
Becca Costello
Local Government Reporter at WVXU-FM (Cincinnati, OH)
Local Gov Reporter at @917WVXU Cincinnati | Listen to Backed Up, a 6-episode podcast about sewer infrastructure! Tips: [email protected].
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1 week ago |
wvxu.org | Nick Swartsell |Becca Costello
Detentions of Greater Cincinnati immigrants have drawn protests this week. The demonstrations come as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement across the country. A group gathered outside a Department of Homeland Security office in Blue Ash Tuesday for a news conference pushing back on the arrest of Alonzo Tomas Mendez. Mendez was one of several people Homeland Security agents arrested in East Price Hill May 31.
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1 week ago |
wvxu.org | Becca Costello
Cincinnati City Council voted Monday to give preliminary approval to the next city budget, making some additions to the draft proposed by City Manager Sheryl Long and Mayor Aftab Pureval. Budget and Finance Committee Chair Jeff Cramerding says he's satisfied with the outcome in a tough budget year, with a deficit and no federal stimulus to fill it. He says Long put together a good budget with public works as a top priority. "That was critically important," Cramerding told WVXU.
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2 weeks ago |
wvxu.org | Becca Costello
Nine people running for Cincinnati City Council received a valuable endorsement from the Democratic Party Wednesday night. Eight of the nine current council members got the endorsement, plus political newcomer Ryan James. An endorsement from the Hamilton County Democratic Party is a significant boost on Election Day; in the last Council election in 2023, all nine endorsed Democrats were elected. Incumbent Victoria Parks is not running for re-election, which opened a spot on the slate.
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2 weeks ago |
wvxu.org | Becca Costello
A new website includes financial information about Cincinnati's investment fund resulting from the sale of the city-owned railway. An appointed Board of Trustees managed the Cincinnati Southern Railway for decades before voters approved the sale to Norfolk Southern in 2023. That board has since transitioned to managing and growing the $1.6 billion sale revenue through investment.
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2 weeks ago |
wvxu.org | Becca Costello
Three affordable housing projects in Cincinnati have been awarded highly competitive Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC). The awards are a victory for local officials after two years in a row with just one award. City officials say this year's success is thanks, at least in part, to better coordination between the city's Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) and the Cincinnati Development Fund (CDF), which manages the Affordable Housing Leverage Fund.
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