"Today we have a historically diverse and cohesive set of council members," newly sworn-in Mayor Aftab Pureval said Tuesday. "Today we have a mandate from the public to execute on our bold vision. And today in Cincinnati, we have a coalition to get it done."
Thirty-four of 35 candidates for Cincinnati City Council responded to a WVXU survey asking their policy opinions on several key issues. Learn more about each candidate here.
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Marian Spencer, a civil rights activist with a spine of steel who led local desegregation efforts, will be honored this weekend with the city s first public sculpture modeled after a real woman.
The sculpture, commissioned by the Women s City Club, will be unveiled at Smale Park on Sunday from 5 to 6 p.m.
Spencer, who died in 2019, is most remembered for leading the charge to desegregate Coney Island and Cincinnati Public Schools. She had leadership roles on Cincinnati City Council, the NAACP, the University of Cincinnati and Women s City Club. She was also a co-founder of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
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Cincinnati City Council approved just shy of $30 million in stimulus spending on Wednesday, divvying up the last of the city’s first-year allocation from the American Rescue Plan.
Wednesday’s spending comes after council approved $134.2 million in stimulus spending on May 5. Cincinnati will get another round of money to spend in 2022, for a total between the two years of about $300 million.
Here are key takeaways from the latest round of spending:
Passion or ‘political speeches’?
Councilmembers were debating between two plans for spending the money, one put forth by councilmembers Steve Goodin and David Mann and the other by councilmembers Greg Landsman and Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney.