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The $1.9 billion in bonds will be put towards affordable housing, utilities, public safety, parks and more. Ads claim the bonds won't raise taxes, but advocates say that may not be completely accurate.

Marc Conte, who is the executive director of the downtown Columbus special improvement district, or SID, accused the mayor of mounting a pressure campaign on downtown property owners to remove their support for both SIDs, which rely on voluntary taxes from property owners to operate.

The General Service Administration notice says the federal government "is seeking competitive lease proposals for as-is, fully-finished and furnished office space in support of administrative operations for law enforcement."

Mayor Andrew Ginther pitched the bond issue at a Columbus Metropolitan Club forum Wednesday.

Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther, Columbus City Council President Shannon Hardin and Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein are all raising lots of money. Ginther is running for re-election, but neither Klein nor Hardin have ruled out challenging him.

Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther is not required by law to attend Columbus City Council meetings, but he does always have a plush leather seat with his name on it available in city council chambers on the dais.

It鈥檚 been one year since a ransomware attack breached the city of Columbus鈥� cyber defenses leaking hundreds of thousands of people鈥檚 personal information to the dark web.

The city wants the zero trust network to implement higher security for users of its systems, while also segmenting different servers to try and prevent a cyber attack from shutting down the city's whole system like the 2024 ransomware attack.

Columbus is searching for answers after a mass shooting at an AirBnB party on the city's south side on July 4 left a 17-year-old dead and five people injured. No suspects have been identified or charged.

Columbus announced its next phase for the Zone-In plan, which seeks to modernize and update its zoning code and land-use policy to encourage development. This next set of parcels include more than 40% of the city, mainly in commercial and industrial areas.