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AUSTIN, Texas — One of the most booming cities in the U.S. over the past decade thinks that it grew even bigger than the U.S. Census Bureau says it did. Austin, Texas, became the largest U.S. city to challenge its 2020 census figures when it filed an appeal with the Census Bureau last month, saying [...]
Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther recently announced $16.2 million in funding for summer programming for the city’s youth. The money will be used for education, violence prevention, career exploration and jobs training to help provide safe and engaging outlets for youth throughout the summer, according to the mayor. “Over the past two years, our youth have [...]
COLUMBUS — Ohio school district employees once again could be allowed to carry guns under legislation being fast-tracked by Republican lawmakers to counter the impact of a court ruling that restricted the practice. The measure aims to undo the effect of an Ohio Supreme Court ruling last year, which held that under current law, armed [...]
Batten down the hatches for another nasty hurricane season. Nearly every natural force and a bunch of human-caused ones — more than just climate change — have turned the last several Atlantic hurricane seasons into deadly and expensive whoppers. The season that started June 1 looks like another note in a record-breaking refrain because all [...]
The last week of April was a whirlwind for San Francisco’s Chinatown. The storied neighborhood debuted the “AAPI Community Heroes Mural,” a mostly black and white depiction of 12 mostly unsung Asian American and Pacific Islander figures on the wall of a bank. Three days later “Neon Was Never Brighter,” the first ever Chinatown contemporary [...]
The Columbus Metropolitan Library Board of Trustees recently approved architects for four additional building projects — a continuation of the library’s vigorous aspirational building program. Schooley Caldwell and Evoke Studio was selected to design a new Marion-Franklin Branch at a new site and renovation and expansion of the existing Barnett Branch, an announcement detailed. Bostwick [...]
If you’re preparing to buy a home, you’ve probably been saving up for the down payment and other closing costs, but if that nest egg can only get you through the front door, it may not be enough. Once you own the home, you also own its peeling wallpaper, aging water heater and the carpet [...]
As summer travelers take to the roads, the Franklin County office responsible for ensuring consumers aren’t shortchanged by malfunctioning gas pumps at county filling stations has some good news to share — zero skimmers were found on gas pumps in the county. Skimmers are devices installed by would-be thieves, who illegally harvest credit and debit [...]
Ko Im always thought she would live in New York forever. She knew every corner of Manhattan and had worked hard to build a community of friends. Living in a small apartment, she found her attitude shifting early in the pandemic. After her brother accepted a job in Seattle in the summer of 2020, she [...]
Far fewer Americans said “I do” during the first year of the pandemic when wedding plans were upended, a new report finds. There were 1.7 million weddings in 2020, a drop of 17 percent from the year before and the lowest recorded since 1963, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. The [...]