Madeline Fening

1 week ago | citybeat.com | Madeline Fening |McKenna Horsley |Kentucky Lantern

Ohio House lawmakers sent the state budget to the Senate last week with a last-minute tweak: county coroners would be appointed by county commissioners, no longer elected by the voters. "A coroner shall be appointed quadrennially in each county by the board of county commissioners and shall hold office for a term of four years, beginning on the first Monday of January next after appointment," reads section 313.01. (A) of House Bill 96.

1 week ago | citybeat.com | Jillian Kohls |Madeline Fening

Grab your best golf skirt, polo or flat cap because Mount Adams is hosting the Mt. Adams Masters, a golf-themed bar crawl, on April 12. Signing up for the event is free. The Mt. Adams Masters will include prizes for the top “golfers,” specialty drink deals and golf-themed mini-games and challenges.

2 weeks ago | citybeat.com | Madeline Fening |Katherine Barrier

Hamilton County Commissioners and the Bengals are asking Ohio lawmakers for $350 million to renovate Paycor Stadium. The county announced the request Thursday, just one day after lawmakers in the House passed a controversial budget plan to give $600 million in 30-year state-backed bonds to the Cleveland Browns for a new domed stadium outside city limits in Brook Park. The bonds are expected to cost the state nearly a billion dollars over 30 years; the budget now heads to the state Senate.

2 weeks ago | citybeat.com | Madeline Fening

Two Kentucky legislative leaders — one Republican, the other a Democrat — offered sharply divergent views of the 2025 legislative session that ended March 28. “It’s the good, the bad and the ugly and that’s the truth,” said Sen. David Yates, D-Louisville, the Senate minority whip, speaking at Wednesday’s monthly meeting of the Louisville Forum, a nonpartisan public interest group. Rep.

2 weeks ago | citybeat.com | Madeline Fening |Ben Jodway

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