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Columbus City Council is scheduled to vote on a nearly $1 billion annual budget Monday night, following a failed bid to delay police hiring.

Columbus City Council has dropped a plan to delay the hiring of police recruits. Council president Shannon Hardin abandoned the proposal on Monday, saying

Last summer, as protesters demanding racial justice flooded Columbus streets, a meme began passing around social media, depicting the city budget as a bar

As Columbus City Council prepares to consider passage of a budget that would effectively cancel the June police recruit class, leaders in the Division of Police warn there could be unforeseen consequences — including longer response times.  But City Council President Shannon Hardin said the city needs to pause as the police hiring and recruiting process is evaluated, while also investing in alternative response and anti-violence measures. Hardin proposed an amendment during a Feb. 11 budget hearing that would delay the start of the next scheduled recruit class and divert the $2.5 milli...

" An EMT helps a patient into an ambulance. Emergency medical services were pioneered by the Freedom House Ambulance Service in Pittsburgh in 1967. Granger Wootz/Getty Images It may seem like a given that when Americans call for an ambulance, a trained paramedic will be on board the truck to begin administering emergency care. But as recently as 50 years ago, this was not the case — ambulances were more like taxis to the nearest hospital. That all changed thanks to an ambulance crew recruited from a poverty-stricken black neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that operated between 1...