4+ week, 7+ hour ago   (246+ words) The Salvation Army has extended its Hurricane Helene Long-Term Recovery Assistance Program for Georgia residents in need through Dec. 31, 2027. Hurricane Helene swept across Georgia in September 2024, causing more than $1.5 billion in property damage and an estimated $5.5 billion in agricultural losses....

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (591+ words) Aristotle Hutras was the director of the Ohio Retirement Study Council from 1990-2011. I began my public service in 1973 and had the good fortune to work alongside four diligent and thoughtful Ohio budget directors, Democratic and Republican. I agree with their…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (950+ words) Fear of an abuser shouldn't keep someone from voting or buying a home. That's the mission behind Ohio's Safe at Home program, which shields survivors' personal information, such as addresses and phone numbers, from public databases to prevent offenders from…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (853+ words) Columbus City Council President Shannon Hardin is pitching a plan to stretch the city's affordable housing bond dollars with an approach that some cities have called "social housing." The proposal would use some of the $500 million in affordable housing bonds…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (324+ words) Ohio abandoned a plan to allow certain data centers to send water into lakes, rivers and streams after significant pushback. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency won't finalize a proposed general permit for new data centers without access to sewerage systems…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (393+ words) Protesters gathered outside the Georgia State Capitol on Saturday to demand community consent and an end to tax breaks for data center development. The Data Center Coalition stated the industry supported more than 187,000 jobs and generated $2.1 billion in state and…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (469+ words) (The Center Square) – A Cold-War relic in Southern Ohio from America's nuclear past is emerging as a prime site in the latest global evolution – data centers and artificial intelligence. In late March, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (344+ words) Thursday is the next-to-last day of early voting in Georgia, and Columbus voters are casting ballots at a steady pace. More than 10,000 people have voted in just four days of advance voting. Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (489+ words) I'm a son of a planner. When I say it out loud, for dramatic effect, I make a slight pause after the second "a" before delivering the word planner as the punchline. It's true. My dad was a city planner…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (758+ words) NEW PHILADELPHIA − The Republican nominee for Ohio governor, Vivek Ramaswamy, says data centers need to pay for their own electricity and water and likened a ban on them to the pandemic shutdowns and restrictions of 2020 and 2021. During a question-and-answer session…...