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A Cincinnati City Council committee Monday declined to vote on four ordinances from Mayor John Cranley that would appropriate federal stimulus money. The city is expected to receive about $290 million from the American Rescue Plan Act.
The first installment of ARPA money is expected by May 11; officials are also waiting on official guidance from the U.S. Treasury on what the money can be used for.
Budget and Finance Chair David Mann says there s not yet enough information to start spending the money. My understanding is that the deficit hole the city faces, and which we definitely want to fill first, is a number that is very much in flux, Mann said.
Ohio Auditor: Wendell Young indictment âstep toward holding elected officials accountableâ Cincinnati City Council member Wendell Young (FOX19 NOW/file) By Jennifer Edwards Baker | April 19, 2021 at 12:01 PM EDT - Updated April 19 at 12:01 PM
CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Ohio Auditor Keith Faber said Monday the indictment of Cincinnati City Councilman Wendell Young âis a step toward holding elected officials accountable.â
âOhioans deserve transparency in their governments and Iâm proud of the experienced law enforcement arm of our office, the Special Investigative Unit, who brought this crime to light,â Faber said in his first remarks since Young was indicted.
Meanwhile, an investigation by Faberâs Special Investigative Unit within the state auditorâs office remains ongoing and will not be available until itâs closed, a spokeswoman for the office said Monday.
Cincinnati City Councilman Wendell Young has been indicted on a single charge stemming from a three-year-old texting scandal.
A Hamilton County grand jury on Thursday charged Young with tampering with records, a third-degree felony punishable by up to three years in prison.
In a statement, Patrick Hanley, the special prosecutor who has been investigating Young for more than a year, said that between January and October of 2018, Young knowingly and with the purpose to defraud, destroyed text messages that belonged to a government entity.
Hanley told The Enquirer this marks the end of his investigation into the Gang of Five case. None of the other four council members accused of illegally texting with each other will be criminally charged.
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Gang of Five: Wendell Young rejected plea deal, special prosecutor says Cincinnati City Councilman Wendell Young (Source: Liz Dufour/Cincinnati Enquirer) By Jennifer Edwards Baker | April 14, 2021 at 2:38 PM EDT - Updated April 15 at 7:33 AM
CINCINNATI (FOX19 - The special prosecutor investigating whether to criminally charge five current and former Cincinnati City Council members over their text messages says one of them, Wendell Young, rejected a plea deal.
“He did reject a plea deal. I can’t tell you what that plea deal is, but he can do whatever he wants. He rejected a plea deal. That’s sort of accurate,” Patrick Hanley said.