Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and nine partner agencies this week announced The Mount Vernon Project: School of Public Service, a series of online trainings designed to give candidates for public office and newly elected officials at all levels of Ohio government an orientation to public service.
As with last week’s story about City of Athens public officials salaries, here’s the salary information about elected officeholders and others serving Athens County.
The commitment Athens City Council made over the summer to review city policy under a lens of racial equity is expected to continue in partnership with a local nonprofit.
Councilmember Sarah Grace proposed a resolution (Resolution 10-20) to declare racism as a public health crisis last June that was unanimously approved by council. Grace said that when she introduced the resolution, it was intended to mirror a statewide trend, as many other cities and counties declared racism a health crisis amid a nationwide racial reckoning in the aftermath of several killings of Black people at the hands of law enforcement.