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The city of Columbus’ population has risen 3 percent since 2020, according to new figures from the U. S. Census Bureau. The city’s population is 933,263, according to bureau estimates, up from 906,022 five years ago. Most of that increase occurred from 2022 to 2024 when the city gained 22,036 residents. The city’s population dipped [...]
Ohio’s roadways rank 10th in the nation, according to a new report from a national think tank, up seven spots from the previous report. The rankings in the Reason Foundation’s 28th Annual Highway Report are based on 13 categories, including road pavement and bridge conditions, the number of traffic fatalities, congestion delays, spending per mile [...]
Central Ohio is the fastest-growing large metro area in the state, according to new figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The number of people living in the Columbus metro area grew 4 percent from 2020 to 2024. The Cincinnati metro area grew by 2.3 percent over the same time period while the Cleveland region’s [...]
Core counties in the Houston, Miami and Phoenix metropolitan areas grew more than any others in the country primarily because of people moving in from outside the United States, according to population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Without the international migration, Harris County, Texas; Miami-Dade County, Fla.; and Maricopa County, Ariz., would have had [...]
TourismOhio has launched the official 2025 Ohio Spring Events Guide. Available online at Ohio.org, the guide showcases 440 events and experiences throughout the state, according to a news release. The guide, which is organized by month and region, is designed to be a roadmap to Ohio’s spring adventures. “Spring is nearly here, and Ohio is [...]
An analysis of an English-language movie database from 1970 to 2000 revealed an increase in the amount of murdering or killing that takes place in movies, an Ohio State University researcher detailed in a recently published study. Communication professor Brad Bushman, a corresponding author of the study, said researchers employed machine learning to search a [...]
BOSTON (AP) — New research indicates students are paying less to attend public universities than they were a decade ago — and tuition increases at private colleges have slowed after years of hikes. Figures compiled by the non-profit College Board indicate the average student attending an in-state public university this year faces a tuition bill [...]
SEATAC, Wash. (AP) — Background music is no longer an afterthought at many airports, which are hiring local musicians and carefully curating playlists to help lighten travelers’ moods. London’s Heathrow Airport built a stage to showcase emerging British performers for the first time this summer. The program was so successful the airport hopes to bring [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — If Ohio and movies don’t strike you as going together, organizers of an upcoming statewide celebration of cinema hope to open your eyes. Not only is Ohio birthplace to dozens of famous actors — from Lillian Gish, known as the First Lady of the Screen, to Clark Gable, Paul Newman, Martin Sheen, [...]
Immigration in 2024 drove U.S. population growth to its fastest rate in 23 years as the nation surpassed 340 million residents, the U.S. Census Bureau said. The 1 percent growth rate this year was the highest it has been since 2001, and it was a marked contrast to the record low of 0.2 percent set [...]