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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 [...]
The Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation has awarded its inaugural Growing Tomorrow Grants to help “inspire, encourage and nurture young agricultural professionals and entrepreneurs to find creative and transformative ways to address challenges facing the agricultural sector today.” Two grants were awarded to young professionals and entrepreneurs “who are looking to generate wider and deeper public [...]
From foster grandparents who volunteer at an early child-care center to citizen scientists who collect water quality data in remote locations, non-profit volunteers have increased after a decline blamed on the COVID-19 pandemic. A new survey released this week from the U.S. Census Bureau and AmeriCorps shows 28.3 percent, or 75.8 million people, volunteered with [...]