Taylor Swift is coming to Cincinnati. Not Columbus. Not Cleveland. Not Toledo or Dayton or Lima or Bucyrus. Cincinnati, and Cincinnati alone.
By making the Queen City the only Ohio stop of her Eras tour, she’s re-opened an old debate:
Which Ohio city gets the biggest concerts?
Nearly a quarter million Ohioans are paid less than the state or federal minimum wage, according to data analysis by Policy Matters Ohio.
At the Goodwill of South Central Ohio, employees who recently had babies sometimes struggle to return to work — not because they don’t want to, but because they can’t find child care.
Leaders in several Ohio cities have asked the state legislature to give local governments more control over speed limits, without much luck. But city officials in Cincinnati are trying a different approach. They argue a new interpretation of Ohio state law allows them to more easily lower some speed limits.
In 2020, thousands of Ohioans gathered in protests across the state, calling for police reform. Since then, municipalities have initiated a number of changes to address police brutality, including partnerships with Black-led organizations and community workshops on citizen rights.
As you step into Joe Ferneau’s home in southeast Ohio, it’s immediately clear he’s proud of his military service.
On the wall, where you might expect family photos to hang, are portraits of men in uniform.
Stepping into the Columbus Washboard Company is like stepping back in time.
The walls are lined with antique washboards – their fading “Made-Rite” logos disappearing into sun-kissed wood. Beneath them sit vintage irons, metal wash tubs and an early model of a laundry agitator.
Ohio farmers have been in the corn and soybean business for a long time.
But now, some are entering a new market: carbon farming.
That’s when farmers increase the amount of carbon stored in the soil — through practices like no-till planting — in exchange for credits, which they can then sell to corporations trying to reach net-zero emissions.
A small crowd cheers on a bejeweled drag queen, as she struts onto a stage at the Olive Tree in Bellefontaine.
Despite being a 45-minute commute from Ronald Woodland-Wright’s home in Westerville, Woodland-Wright performs here often as Beariana Grande. Tonight, her pink makeup glimmers in the light of the disco ball as she lip-synchs to Taylor Swift.
The buzz of the cutters at Revive Station Barbershop in Warren often overlaps with a steady flow of conversation.
Barber Adrian Favors – known by his clients as Big A – is chatting with two young clients on a day in late February. He occasionally pauses his trimming to ask the boys about everything from sports, to school to their favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.
