Jeff Cramerding News Today

For the first time in a few years, ARPA money was not needed to fill a budget deficit, thanks to revenue from property and income taxes coming in higher than expected.

CFD’s Fire Training Center in Millvale sits just 700 feet from Ethel M. Taylor Academy, a public elementary school, and is surrounded by several residential neighborhoods.

The controversial Connected Communities plan won approval from a City Council committee Tuesday. The same councilmembers will take a final vote Wednesday.

Cincinnati city council members voted to recognize May 11 as World Keffiyeh Day to honor a traditional garb worn by many in the Middle East, including Palestinians.

The proposal is called Connected Communities and if passed, it is supposed to make it easier for developers to build multifamily homes and mixed-use developments throughout the city.

The vote came after two years of public engagement, drafting and editing of the proposal. It also concluded a nearly five-hour public comment session.

City leaders say they are still reading and digesting the Cincinnati Futures Commission report, but outside critics have already emerged.

A new street grid should be part of the giant Brent Spence Bridge project, two former mayors say. They'll be the frame for development, they say.

At least 48 U.S. cities have passed resolutions calling for a ceasefire in Gaza; Cincinnati is not one.

Executive Director Douglas McClintock said it would have taken well over $250,000 to “really make sure that we were not having to close things down.”