Cincinnati officials are preparing a larger city budget while warning that mounting overtime costs and staffing shortages could strain finances for years.
Mayor Aftab Pureval and City Manager Sheryl Long introduced a proposed fiscal year 2027 budget that increases spending even as the city faces a projected $30 million deficit.
According to reports from…
District officials warn that the growing CPS budget deficit requires immediate financial restructuring.
Parents and teachers must prepare for difficult conversations as the CPS budget deficit threatens future operating funds.
Mandated spending eats into district resources
The Cincinnati Board of Education recently approved roughly $329 million in expenditures during their April meeting. This massive spending…
Icy pond VOA MetroPark claimed lives in a tragic incident.
Icy pond VOA MetroPark proved deadly as crews recovered the bodies of a man and his two dogs.
A community shaken by the icy pond VOA MetroPark tragedy
Emergency crews recovered the bodies of a man and his two dogs from an icy pond at…
Cincinnati has always been a city of strong opinions and deep pride. Ask any local, and you’ll get an earful about chili, the Bengals, or which neighborhood has the best coffee. But in 2025, with the city at a crossroads of development, politics, and culture, we hit the streets—and the inboxes—to ask a simple question:…


