Streetcar’s No. 1 Problem: Obstructionism
The Chastity Bunch
Ohio Republicans continue their ill-conceived war on sex education, women’s rights and health care for the poor
Healthy Hits
Statewide group asks Ohio voters to legalize medical marijuana and industrial hemp
Think of the Children
Local leaders pledge to support efforts to put more low- and middle-income kids in preschools
The Many Merits of Cycling Infrastructure
Breaking the Holy Ceiling
Group to ordain the first female Catholic priest in Cincinnati
Republicans Continue Voter Suppression Tactics
City Manager Defends Streetcar in Light of Budget Gap
Budget Gap Threatens Streetcar
Policy Group: Ohio House Tax Plan Favors Wealthy
Ohio's Support for Same-Sex Marriage Continues to Grow
Senator loses support following shift in favor of same-sex marriage
{CommentsCant} · Friday, April 19, 2013
An April 19 Quinnipiac University poll found a plurality of Ohioans now support same-sex marriage, continuing a trend first noted by a Washington Post poll in September.
With a margin of error of 2.9 percent, the Quinnipiac poll found 48 percent of Ohio voters now sup...
With a margin of error of 2.9 percent, the Quinnipiac poll found 48 percent of Ohio voters now sup...
Morning News and Stuff
Ohio courts hurt poor, Qualls calls for streetcar hearing, House to vote on budget today
{CommentsCant} · Thursday, April 18, 2013
A new report from the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio (ACLU) found Ohio's poor are regularly victimized by illegal practices in courts that jail the state's poor for failing to pay fines they can't afford. The problem particularly afflicts the state's rural counties, which sometimes openly ad...
Morning News and Stuff
Streetcar faces $22.7m budget gap, bill would restrict sex education, councilman resigns
{CommentsCant} · Wednesday, April 17, 2013
In a memo to the mayor and City Council members last night, City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. revealed the streetcar is facing a $22.7 million shortfall because construction bids were way over budget. The memo says $5.3 million of that budget gap coul...
Budget Gap Threatens Streetcar Project
Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls calls for public hearing to discuss project
{CommentsCant} · Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Bad Budget Ideas Confound Public Discourse
1 Comments · Wednesday, April 17, 2013
In the past few weeks, Cincinnati’s
political scene has been engulfed by debate over the budget, often
prompting testy exchanges between city officials.
Republicans Push Anti-Abortion, Abstinence Agenda
0 Comments · Wednesday, April 17, 2013
The Ohio House Finance Committee on April 16 approved a
budget bill that would ban comprehensive sex education, defund Planned
Parenthood and fund crisis pregnancy centers that pro-choice groups call
“anti-choice.”
GOP Medicaid Threat Unites Common Enemies
0 Comments · Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Ohio House Republicans are poised to
reject the Medicaid expansion and the $500 million per year in federal
funding that would come with it for the next two years.
Thomas to Resign from Council, Wife to Replace Him
0 Comments · Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Democratic Councilman Cecil Thomas will
resign his council seat after the April 17 council meeting. Thomas
recommended that his wife of 32 years, Pam Thomas, take his seat.
Morning News and Stuff
Explosions shake Boston Marathon, council member could resign, sequestration hurts Ohio
{CommentsCant} · Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Two explosions at the Boston Marathon yesterday led to the deaths of at least three and injured at least 140 others, with the deaths including an 8-year-old boy. So far, it is unclear who carried out th...
Councilman to Resign, Wife to Take Seat
Cecil Thomas recommends Pam Thomas for replacement
{CommentsCant} · Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Democratic Councilman Cecil Thomas’ last City Council meeting will be Wednesday, after which he will be replaced by his wife of 32 years, Pam Thomas. “Her qualifications are impeccable,” Thomas told reporters Tuesday. “She will give this city a good representation.” Thomas’ wife ran for Hamilton County clerk of courts last year, ultimately losing to Tracy Winkler. But Thomas said ...
