Sharon Coolidge

3 weeks ago | newarkadvocate.com | Sharon Coolidge

Jim Tressel has been a football coach and an advocate for education for years, which is how he first met Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. Their relationship dates to when Tressel was president of Youngstown State University and DeWine was Ohio attorney general. So, on Feb. 1 when Tressel was in Berea, Ohio, for a Baldwin Wallace Board of Trustees meeting and DeWine called and said he was in the area and asked if he stop by, Tressel assumed they'd talk education.

1 month ago | cincinnati.com | Sharon Coolidge

Democrat Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval officially kicked off his re-election campaign Tuesday before a group of enthusiastic Democrats, touting the city's growth and offering a hint of what the 2025 mayor's race might look like. None of President Donald Trump's "petty and transactional" leadership, he said. The crowd enthusiastically agreed, applauding.

2 months ago | cincinnati.com | Sharon Coolidge

With just a few hours until the filing deadline, three people have filed to run for mayor of Cincinnati – current Democratic Mayor Aftab Pureval and Republicans Cory Bowman and Brian Frank. The deadline to file is today at 4 p.m.It's too soon to know who will be on the ballot. The candidates need 500 signatures from registered Cincinnati voters, an amount all three men collected. Pureval filed 968 signatures; Bowman; 757; and Frank, 1043, according to Hamilton County Board of Elections officials.

2 months ago | cincinnati.com | Sharon Coolidge |Sydney Franklin

A new study has found that relocating Cincinnati's Government Square transit hub would negatively impact ridership and increase operational costs. The study determined that moving operations to the Riverfront Transit Center would increase travel times and require significant additional resources. Safety concerns at Government Square, which prompted the study, were found to be less severe than in other downtown areas.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Sharon Coolidge |Sydney Franklin

Metro's transit hub should remain at Government Square in the heart of Downtown Cincinnati, a study released Tuesday found. The study, done in the wake of an increase in violence at the bus hub early last year, analyzed the service impact of relocating Metro’s operations and ridership.