A $24 Uber hour in Cincinnati can turn into a $14 hour surprisingly fast.
Put 22 miles on the car, account for fuel and vehicle wear, then remember the driver still owes self-employment tax on whatever's left.
That gap between advertised pay and real pay is the whole story behind Cincinnati side hustle work. It's…
Hamilton County commissioners approved a larger children's services levy one week after Cincinnati Public Schools placed a new 7-mill property tax on the ballot.
Homeowners inside the CPS district could pay about $366 annually per $100,000 of property value under both measures if both pass.
Not every Hamilton County property owner faces both levies. That…
Hamilton County homeowners will decide in November whether Cincinnati Public Schools deserves another tax increase.
Before they vote, the state says the district already spends $21,511 per student each year.
The CPS spending per pupil figure comes directly from the Ohio Department of Education's FY25 District Profile Report, the same document the state uses to…
A burst of gunfire on Borden Street sent three people to the hospital before sunrise Sunday.
It left Cincinnati police searching South Cumminsville for the shooter.
Officers responding around 5 a.m. found evidence spanning multiple locations near Elmore and Borden streets. This included shell casings from different firearms.
Police established crime scenes outside the Elmore Street…
A West Price Hill woman is facing a federal charge after prosecutors say she flooded two Mississippi government offices with nearly 30 bomb and death threats.
Michelle Francine Edwards, 41, now sits in the Hamilton County Justice Center while a case built on cell tower data and Cash App records moves toward extradition.
The West…
CPS Levy Reversal Could Reshape the November Ballot
Cincinnati Public Schools' board could reverse its own income tax levy just one week after approving it.
Board members will vote Monday on rescinding the earned income tax levy they approved July 27.
Less than a week after approving a first-of-its-kind earned income tax, Cincinnati Public Schools'…
Cincinnati Public Schools is asking residents for $74 million per year in new revenue while reporting a current operating expenditure of $21,511 per pupil.
That per-pupil spending figure is $6,687 higher than UC's posted tuition and fees for an Ohio undergraduate at its Uptown campus.
The comparison offers another way to understand CPS per-pupil spending…
A Cincinnati chapter of a rapidly growing national organization meets every other week in Walnut Hills.
That local presence mirrors a national resurgence that just made Democratic Socialists of America the largest socialist organization in American history.
Metro Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky Democratic Socialists of America, the local Cincinnati DSA chapter, runs an active local…
The Cincinnati Board of Education moved Monday night to put an earned income tax on the November ballot.
The proposal would end a rate advantage Cincinnati has held over Ohio's other major cities for decades.
Cincinnati's Board of Education voted 5-2 Monday night to put the earned income tax on the November ballot, WVXU education…
Nearly 602,000 Hamilton County voters were included when Ohio turned over its statewide voter database to the U.S. Department of Justice in February.
Six months later, a federal judge across the river ruled Kentucky didn't have to hand over that same kind of information.
Ohio voter data from Hamilton County and every other county in…


