Abigail Bottar

1 week ago | wyso.org | Abigail Bottar

For decades, Ohio cities like Mansfield have experienced economic turmoil, loss of industry and subsequent population decline. But, in recent years, the northeast Ohio city has reversed that trend. More people are moving to Mansfield. With Intel poised to set up shop a mere hour away, the city is preparing for a wave of even more people. City leaders say they’ve been getting ready for this moment long before Intel announced it would make its home in Ohio.

2 weeks ago | wosu.org | Abigail Bottar

In Downtown Mansfield on a rainy spring day, cars are navigating through a one-way street that’s currently under construction. Half of the road is torn up and blocked off with orange cones for a revitalization project that launched in March but was years in the making. “New sidewalks, we’ll resurface the street, new water mains, new amenities, kind of beautifying it," Mansfield Mayor Jodie Perry said.

2 weeks ago | wosu.org | Abigail Bottar

Some constituents in Northeast Ohio say they're frustrated with a lack of response from their elected officials and are organizing their own town halls — with or without their congresspeople — to discuss President Donald Trump's sweeping executive orders and federal funding cuts.

3 weeks ago | wosu.org | Abigail Bottar

Local libraries are sounding the alarm that the Ohio House of Representatives proposed two-year budget includes significant cuts for the Public Library Fund. Gov. Mike DeWine’s proposed budget increased funding for the Public Library Fund to 1.75% of the General Revenue Fund, but the House’s proposed budget changes that to a line-item amount for each year. “It eliminates the language that guarantees the Public Library Fund," Ohio Library Council Executive Director Michelle Francis said.

1 month ago | ideastream.org | Abigail Bottar

With spring just around the corner, gardeners in Akron’s North Hill neighborhood say they’re eager to start planting. At Akron Cooperative Farms, a community garden that mainly serves Bhutanese immigrants, mustard greens, a hearty crop that can be harvested a few weeks after planting, are already starting to poke their heads out of the soil in greenhouses.