Today From The Ohio Newsroom

High cost of food has increased worries over 'benefits cliff'

At the end of February, a pandemic-era boost to SNAP benefits, often called food stamps, ended, and around 600,000 Ohioans lost a chunk of t

Pandemic food assistance ended. It’s left Ohio families struggling.

Kelly Cunningham loves to cook.

Tonight, she has pasta on the stove. In her kitchen in Mount Vernon, 50 miles northeast of Columbus, she cuts up peppers for a pan of sizzling meat. She inherited this love from her grandmother – who passed down her recipes and her love of garlic salt.

But feeding her family of four has become stressful for Cunningham in recent months.

Can coal waste solve the affordable housing shortage?

Ohio’s affordable housing problem is getting worse, according to data from the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio.

But a team of researchers at Ohio University is working on a solution.

Taylor Swift re-ignites the debate: Which Ohio city gets the biggest concerts?

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?

Wage theft is prevalent. Ohio cities are cracking down

Nearly a quarter million Ohioans are paid less than the state or federal minimum wage, according to data analysis by Policy Matters Ohio.

Goodwill’s new daycare center shows how employer-supported child care could help solve the child c

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.

One Ohio city has found a way to lower speed limits without state permission

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.

A pilot program hopes to create a college-to-police-department pipeline

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.

Nursing staff shortages mean less health care options for Ohio veterans

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.

The country’s last remaining washboard factory brings business – and music – to Logan, Ohio

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.