Tapping Civic Pride Cincinnati's 'local' beers struggle to meet demand (06/04/03)

Decentralizing City Council Districts could help neighborhoods and newcomers (06/04/03)

Another Kind of Council Race Complaint against Cranley proceeds to attorney general (05/21/03)

Blight of the Week 1521 Vine St. (05/21/03)

Redefining Cincinnati Urbanism has to mean more than new rules (05/14/03)

Measuring Ourselves Sustainable Cincinnati offers a new way to gauge progress (05/07/03)

'I'm the Kind of Guy Who Plans for Things to Get Better' What a change! Cincinnati Public Schools superintendent is optimistic (04/30/03)

Compromised Compass Can suburbanites avoid the future? (04/30/03)

Stuck in Place The abridged version of the never-ending boycott story (04/23/03)

The Great Television Turnoff Next week is a chance to break TV's power (04/16/03)

Oakley in a Box Neighborhood character yields to big retail stores (04/02/03)

Blight of the Week 1442 State Ave., South Fairmount (04/02/03)

Blight of the Week 1901 State Ave. (03/26/03)

Locals Only: Cincinnati Goes Down Bands and other music-minded folks help spread the Cincy gospel at this year's South By Southwest music conference (03/26/03)

Evolution Rock Slideshows, buzz saws and more ass -- highlights from 2003's SXSW (03/19/03)

South By Southwest Bonus Coverage The paper's only so big. Even more SXSW insight for those who can't get enough (03/19/03)

Wrong (03/19/03)

Jurors Like Us Hamilton County juries are racially balanced -- at least on the surface (03/12/03)

Blight of the Week 1429 Race St. (03/12/03)

Getting Inside War Newport gallery hosts work of pivotal war photographer (03/12/03)

Trade Secrets Business and government meet behind closed doors (03/05/03)

A Creative City Want young professionals in Cincinnati? Lighten up! (02/26/03)

Blight of the Week 1508 Race St. (02/26/03)

Learning to Be Neighbors Proposed student village triggers fight for neighborhood control (02/19/03)

County Speed Bumps Portune learns to walk again, while new Commissioner Heimlich sprints (02/12/03)

Burning Questions Is Legal Abortion in Jeopardy? (02/12/03)

Out of Our Bedrooms Covington ponders gay rights law; Cincinnati moves on hate crimes (02/05/03)

Complex Campaigns Rules for council races keep changing -- and more to come (01/29/03)

Blight of the Week 4005 Hamilton Ave. (01/29/03)

Unfair and Unchanged Ohio fails the test of equity in funding schools (01/22/03)

Crazy Conflict The war on drugs combats science and economics (01/15/03)

Blight of the Week 842 Monmouth St. (01/15/03)

A Crisis Budget Hamilton County finds money for social and civic emergencies through a leaner rainy day fund (01/08/03)

Deconstructing Cinergy The last two hours of Cincinnati's concrete bowl (01/01/03)

Blight of the Week 3925 Spring Grove Ave., Northside (01/01/03)

Get the Picture Local photo shows are lined up like the Rockettes (01/01/03)

Year of the Status Quo Democrats, schools and public transit lose at the polls (12/26/02)

Please Don't Go Bar the door: The young folk are leaving (12/26/02)

Getting the Picture Contemporary photo show is Kowal's next venture in art (12/26/02)

Family Feud Sister city activists try to get along (12/19/02)

Blight of the Week 1600 Main St., Over-the-Rhine (12/19/02)

The Bucks Stop Where? Economic promises remain a work in progress (12/12/02)

Democratic Autopsy The party is still kicking -- one another (12/12/02)

Burning Questions What Kind of City Will the New Budget Build? (12/12/02)

Fixing the City New organizations attempt to reverse Cincinnati's decline (12/05/02)

Blight of the Week 1531 Pullan St., Northside (12/05/02)

A Neighborhood or a Node New Urbanism meets resistance in Oakley (11/27/02)

Blight of the Week 632 Race St. (11/21/02)

Sprawl Kills More than taste is at stake when suburbs grow (11/14/02)

Burning Questions Why Not Buy Nothing? (11/14/02)

Cartooning Our Dissent Finding a bit of sardonic humor in the War on Terrorism (11/14/02)

'No' Is Not an Option School board will keep asking for tax hike (10/31/02)

Burning Questions Can Tax Dollars Buy Better Candidates Than Private Contributors? (10/31/02)

Blight of the Week 2119 Central Ave., West End (10/31/02)

Burning Questions Is the Bluegrass Greener on the Other Side? (10/24/02)

Blight of the Week 106-8 E. Eighth St., Covington (10/24/02)

School Daze Charter school collapses; parents and students regroup (10/17/02)

Blight of the Week 1201 Linn St., West End (10/10/02)

Matters of State Legislature has big effect on top issues (10/03/02)

Judicial Challenge Attorney says opponent unfit to run for judge (10/03/02)

Right to Health Care Price Hill or Indian Hill, we all need doctors (09/26/02)

Fire Sale If the free market is good for hospitals, why not fire departments, too? (09/26/02)

Blight of the Week 1125-1127 Russell St., Covington (09/26/02)

Railing Against Transit Tax Using kids and disabled people for politics (09/19/02)

Longshot for Congress Grassroots organizer takes on Chabot (09/19/02)

Mr. Yates Goes to Columbus The ideologue returns to politics a more practical man (09/12/02)

Burning Questions What's the Big Deal About the Ohio Secretary of State? (09/12/02)

Blight of the Week 217 E. Clifton Ave. (09/12/02)

Stonewall Decides Tuesday vote to decide fate of new leadership (09/05/02)

Blight of the Week 649-655 Evans St., Lower Price Hill (08/29/02)

No Free Ride Hamilton County to decide on light rail (08/29/02)

Day Trippin' 100 miles, $100: A summer travel odyssey (08/14/02)

The Need for Speed (08/14/02)

Young and the Rest Is there a weak link in the city's chain of command? (08/14/02)

Blight of the Week 1 Le Roy Court, Mount Auburn (08/14/02)

Burning Questions Did Valerie Lemmie Spark a Union Campaign? (08/08/02)

Death Gets Another Chance New trial will examine one inmate's role in prison riot (08/01/02)

Burning Questions Will the Republicans Pay for Citizens Against Fair Elections? (08/01/02)

Blight of the Week 4203 Kirby Ave., Northside (08/01/02)

Burning Questions Can't You Say Something Nice About the Republican Censor? (07/25/02)

Blight of the Week 1757-61 Sycamore St. (07/25/02)

The Life of a Salesman Weegee's World, 150 photos by the late nocturnal New York City freelance photographer, spill into the hallways of the Cincinnati Art Museum (07/18/02)

Burning Questions Why Is Adamowski Leaving CPS Now? (07/18/02)

Burning Questions The Nurses Didn't Strike, but Has the Crisis Ended? (07/11/02)

Bengals Shut Out Taxpayers If team loses to IRS, the county pays (06/27/02)

Steering Over-the-Rhine Will the new plan end the old fight? (06/27/02)

Blight of the Week 1111 Broadway St., Over-the-Rhine (06/27/02)

Cool Is Money Tristate's homophobia, closed-mindedness hurt it economically (06/20/02)

Open and Shut Todd Portune gets a gag order from his fellow commissioners (06/13/02)

Burning Questions Should a State School Provide a Higher Degree of Clean Air? (06/06/02)

Hot Shot Weegee's revolutionary photography is exposed at the CAM (05/30/02)

Taking Your Kids When the county plays nanny, families can get hurt (05/30/02)

Burning Questions What Will We Pay for Convergys to Stay? (05/30/02)

Class Struggle Teachers' union solidly rejects pay reform (05/23/02)

The Color of Air Fuming over environmental injustice and classism (05/16/02)

Blight of the Week 801 Mt. Hope Ave. (05/09/02)

No New Hooters Audits show zoo now using tax funds correctly (05/09/02)

In Their Backyard Park Levy foes say, 'No taxation without recreation' (05/02/02)

Blight of the Week 660 Lincoln Ave. (04/25/02)

Burning Questions Why Does Ohio Drag Its Feet on Equal School Funding? (04/25/02)

Burning Questions When Are Public Records Too Public? (04/18/02)

Mulberry Bushed Who speaks for residents when it comes to city projects? (04/11/02)

Blight of the Week 109 Mulberry St. (04/11/02)

Suing the Cops Police violence issues move from the streets into the law offices (04/04/02)

Un-Chartered Territory When public school is a private business, conflict follows (03/28/02)

Blight of the Week 2252-4 Loth St. (03/28/02)

Big in Texas Japanese ukuleles, Portuguese underachievers and big American asses at SXSW (03/21/02)

Cincinnati Messes With Texas (03/21/02)

Also Seen at SXSW (03/21/02)

Digging In Woman takes on mining company to protect free speech (03/14/02)

Methadone Highway Ohio drives recovering addicts across state lines (03/07/02)

Burning Questions Is Campaign Finance Reform Too Complex for Voters? (02/21/02)

Disagreeing to Agree Over-the-Rhine knows what it wants; now to convince council (02/14/02)

Burning Questions Why Won't the Democrats Back Marilyn Hyland? (02/14/02)

Call for Help Firefighter on mission to help Hispanics, whether anyone likes it or not (01/31/02)

Burning Questions Will the Freedom Center Tell the Whole Truth? (01/31/02)

Cincinnati Might Assessing the slow progress of Cincinnati CAN (01/24/02)

Burning Questions Is There Any Hope for the Southwest Ohio Green Party? (01/24/02)

Concrete Reforms Cincinnati schools add the fourth 'R': renovation (01/17/02)

Plan Your Own County Town meeting identifies priorities for the next 20 years (01/10/02)

Burning Questions Why Open a Business in Over-the-Rhine Now? (01/10/02)

Roxanne Isn't Done But she's not going to do what you think -- or maybe hope (01/03/02)

Development on Hold A year of second-guessing big projects (12/27/01)

Going Greek UC decides what's best for Clifton (12/20/01)

Get the Picture Two photo shows full of hits and misses (12/20/01)

The Fight for Over-the-Rhine Can the neighborhood survive so many good intentions? (12/13/01)

Burning Questions Why Are American Cities and Suburbs So Mediocre? (12/06/01)

Life Has to Go On But holiday travel will still be a journey fraught with delays, unexpected problems and crowds (11/29/01)

Burning Questions How Could We Afford Not to Reform Campaigns? (11/21/01)

All He Left Us Was a Loan Ohio goes slow on regulating predatory lending (11/15/01)

Burning Questions Watch No Evil: What Doesn't Luken Want You to See? (11/15/01)

Charting a New Course Cincinnati reforms civil service and maybe campaign finance (11/08/01)

School Reformers Finish on Top Newcomer leads as three incumbents re-elected (11/08/01)

Separate, Unequal Urban consultant pitches regional cooperation to combat inequality (11/08/01)

Dead Right Another cop cleared -- mostly -- in a suspect's death (11/01/01)

Paying for Democracy Of course campaign finance reform isn't free (10/25/01)

Burning Questions What Good Are These Tax Levies, Anyway? (10/18/01)

Readin', Writin' and Reform New school board might keep everyone from leaving (10/11/01)

Busting the Banks With revenues down and costs up, Cincinnati's grand riverfront project could be in trouble (10/04/01)

Not for the Commoners Some have to move out so Newport can move up (10/04/01)

A Shot in the Dark Verdict in Roach case won't end controversy (09/27/01)

Out and About Gays get down to business on inequality and tolerance (09/27/01)

Reason to Believe Cincinnati Public Schools give cause for optimism (09/20/01)

Hidden Emergency Firefighter wants help for immigrants in Over-the-Rhine (09/13/01)

Burning Questions Why Is the Gringo Still Single, and in Such a Hurry? (09/13/01)

It's a Maelstrom Audit confirms trouble at Sharonville postal facility (07/05/01)

Collateral Damage Easy mortgages are causing hard times (06/21/01)

On the Money Darrick Dansby believes in helping financially troubled people (06/14/01)

Remaking a Neighborhood Clifton Heights gets ready for urban renewal (06/14/01)

Love and Rebellion March for Justice demands end to police abuses (06/07/01)

Silence Kills Survivor says racism thrives on indifference (06/07/01)

Helter Shelter County relents, won't close homeless facility (06/07/01)

Slices of the World Show is a potpourri of images from photographer's travels (06/07/01)

Godfather of 'Sold' 'Mister Charlie' stages a minstrel show (05/31/01)

Getting There Mass Transit advocate tries to open Cincinnati minds, one by one (05/31/01)

Hot: The Middle Ground Ujima organizers, police, protesters look to be converging for another unpredictable weekend (05/31/01)

Hot Return Riding High and Swinging Sweet (05/31/01)

A Queer Little Law Cincinnati's anti-homosexual law gets a second look (05/24/01)

Let the Cleanup Begin Local governments set priorities for brownfield funds (05/24/01)

The Fire Last Time The latest riots -- and the city's response -- show how little has changed (05/17/01)

Going Postal Weird math, old laws and aged machines trouble mail system (05/10/01)

Heads Won't Roll Instead city manager gets an extra $70K (05/10/01)

Secrets About Race Mediation proposal would keep comments about police anonymous (05/03/01)

When the Looters Came Mayhem -- and mercy -- in Over-the-Rhine (04/26/01)

Burning Questions Are Fewer Steps From the Parking Lot Worth All This? (04/26/01)

Firing on Children Now you know why people run from Cincinnati Police (04/19/01)

Fighting Pollution with Facts Inexpensive high-tech device documents neighborhood air quality (04/12/01)

Burning Questions Why Tinker with the Housing Trust Fund? (04/05/01)

MetroMoves to You Putting public transportation where the public is (03/29/01)

The Last Chance Citizens and lawyers want an end to racial profiling (03/22/01)

Burning Questions Did City Council Ambush True Campaign Finance Reform? (03/22/01)

Sharing the Wealth Study shows Cincinnati dramatically divided between haves and have-nots (03/15/01)

Special Delivery National postal freeze likely won't affect Cincinnati project (03/15/01)

Moving Violations Racial profiling, by the numbers (03/08/01)

Tossed Out City ends recycling program for apartment complexes (02/22/01)

Burning Questions Ending the Estate Tax: Are the Rich Getting Poorer? (02/22/01)

End of the Road Northside might finally get unused highway land back from the state (02/15/01)

Burning Questions Limit Public Input? Luken Says Yes, Luken Says Maybe, Luken Says No (02/15/01)

Burning Questions Why the Hurry to Repeal Housing Retention Law? (02/08/01)

Web Feature: Mayor Apparent Charlie Luken has a vision -- sort of (02/01/01)

No Right Turn Local Democrats deny trying to keep out progressives (01/25/01)

Burning Questions Where Did These Gas Pains Come From? (01/25/01)

Freedom Is Choice Local clinic works toward truly informed consent for abortion (01/18/01)

Web Feature: Boo At Will Ruling clears protesters, citing freedom of speech (01/18/01)

Protesters Not Guilty Three globalization protesters go to trial and win acquittal (01/18/01)

Burning Questions Do We Still Have a Dream? (01/11/01)

Power to the Businesses Electric deregulation should save residents a few dollars, even though none asked for it (01/11/01)

Buying Back Council Cincinnati campaign-finance reformers try, try again (01/04/01)

Riverfront Progress New stadium, new parking; now comes the hard part (12/21/00)

Portune Proposes, Union Disposes Cranley wins bitter contest for Portune's city-council seat (12/14/00)

Burning Questions Is Avondale Parking Lot a Wasted Opportunity for the City? (12/14/00)

Sustainable Cincinnnati A broad coalition looks for new ways to examine Greater Cincinnati's health (12/07/00)

Prevention Is the Best Holiday Medicine (11/30/00)

Protesters Go To Trial Most take plea bargain, then claim they were pressured (11/30/00)

Burning Questions The Protest Was Legal, But What About The Searches? (11/30/00)

TABD Takes Note CEOs say globalization needs better marketing (11/22/00)

Portune Wins, Bedinghaus Hides Election 2000 (11/09/00)

Burning Questions Making the World Safe for Corporations (11/09/00)

Running For Change Third-party candidates work for votes and reform in electoral politics (11/02/00)

Apples, Oranges and Distorted Numbers Beware tax foes' comparisons of school-district spending (11/02/00)

Talking 'Bout Our Generation Mullane's Parkside Cafe (10/26/00)

Not the Bengals, Stupid More than the stadium controversy fuels the county-commission race (10/26/00)

Zoo at the Crossroads Project delays, management changes and now a county audit (10/19/00)

The Other Race Dowlin and Wolterman battle for the other county-commission seat (10/12/00)

Disorderly Signs and Free Food Danville hosts the vice-presidential debate (10/12/00)

Un-civil Rites Hecklers test the limits of free speech at city-council meetings (10/05/00)

Gays Need Not Apply Boy Scout policy raises anti-discrimination questions (09/28/00)

Pulling the Plug on a Bright Idea Cincinnati drops light cannons from downtown gateway project (09/21/00)

Good Catholic Boys Cranley, Chabot share roots and more than a few stances (09/07/00)

Banking on Port Authority After a summer of waiting, politicians seem ready to hand over riverfront development to a new, semi-private organization (08/31/00)

Burning Questions Touchdown! Bedinghaus Wins? (08/31/00)

Illegal Trench Coats and Dangerous Cornrows Schoolhouse shootings put students' rights under the gun (08/24/00)

Testing, One, Two ... Sudsy Malone's owner still working to bring live music back (08/24/00)

Burning Questions Personal Rapid Transit: Too Early to Price Compare? (08/24/00)

Going Up In Smoke? Fireworks dealers fight for their future in a court battle with Indiana's fire marshal (08/17/00)

Not Easy Being Green Green Party VP candidate LaDuke to visit Antioch College (08/10/00)

Burning Questions Another Year, Another Riverfront Lawsuit (08/10/00)

Eye-Opening Competition With its popularity increasing, what do people need to know about laser surgery? (08/03/00)

Local Eye Surgeons (08/03/00)

Burning Questions Playing the Stadium Cost Overrun Game (08/03/00)

A Fork in the Mill Creek Despite local pleas, Army Corps might channelize upper Mill Creek (07/27/00)

Mall Wars Does the public benefit from mall developers trying to out-flank each other? (07/20/00)

Burning Questions Is Dropping the Bengals Ticket Guarantee Meaningful? (07/20/00)

American Cities on the Mend Author brings his message of urban renewal and hope to Cincinnati (07/14/00)

Burning Questions Who Killed Whom in Mount Airy? Hindsight Isn't Always 20-20 (07/14/00)

Cruise Control Eden Park and Corryville crowd problems working themselves out (07/13/00)

Burning Questions What Homophobic Reputation? (07/13/00)

Burning Questions One Vote Can Make a Difference (07/12/00)

A New Authority on the Riverfront A revamped quasi-government organization seems likely to handle the next several years of riverfront development, and maybe more, if the city and county can agree on how it should be organized (06/29/00)

Price Gouging, or Retail? Nordstrom gaining council support for deal (06/22/00)

Installing all cars After more than one year of testing, video cameras are coming to Cincinnati police Cruisers (06/22/00)

Father Knows Best? Traditional families are fewer, and fatherhood is changing (06/15/00)

Area smart growth group gets $12K boost (06/15/00)

It Depends on What You Mean by 'Ready' Two months before the first scheduled game at Paul Brown Stadium, the Bengals and the county are still negotiating stadium lease details (06/08/00)

Burning Questions Should Any Words Be Off-Limits? (06/08/00)

On the Hot Seat: Jack Brennan The Bengals' PR director prepares for the stretch run to a new stadium and new season (06/01/00)

Taking It to the Streets A one-year study is underway to figure out the best way to move people around the riverfront (06/01/00)

Hold That Bus Center! Newport residents angrily reject bus transfer center and call for a public site selection process (05/25/00)

Northside Residents Back Colerain Connector Substitute, but the County Isn't Convinced (05/25/00)

Loyalty Has Its Rewards A tiny radio station shows no signs of slowing down (05/18/00)

Mixed Reviews of Reds Stadium Designs Fans Warm up, Architects Have Questions (05/18/00)

Burning Questions Would Firing Shirey Improve City Hall Leadership? (05/18/00)

Sleepless in D.C. An Oakley resident protests the IMF in our nation's capital (05/11/00)

Burning Questions Nordstrom or Not? If Not, What? (05/11/00)

Paddling the Urban Frontier Canoe trip reveals that not all is lost on Mill Creek (05/04/00)

Hidden Reds Stadium Drawings Unveiled, Sort of (05/04/00)

Approved First, Questions Asked Later The Western Hamilton County Collaborative Plan, already years in the making, is traveling a treacherous path to local government approval (04/27/00)

A Tale of Two Governments Cincinnati city government opens all of its meetings to the public; Hamilton County has no plans to follow suit (04/20/00)

Monroe Mall Reaction Huge; Developer Responds to Anti-Mall Attacks (04/20/00)

Leveling the Home Field Ohio bill would give state tax break to owners who restore or renovate certain older buildings (04/13/00)

Burning Questions The Blame Stops Here (04/13/00)

You Get What You Pay for Training improvements are coming to the Cincinnati Fire Division Š gradually (04/06/00)

Vermont Takes First Steps to Legalize Same-Sex Unions (03/30/00)

Local Water Torture Sierra Club report blames flood damage on U.S. Army Corps wetland permitting; Corps disagrees (03/23/00)

City Manager, Citizens Question Push for Semi-Independent Development Commissions (03/16/00)

Burning Questions Winburn Calls for Overhaul of Empowerment Zone (03/16/00)

Getting Cincinnati into the Zone City planners need public input for zoning update (03/09/00)

Burning Questions Human Relations Commission Has New Director, but Where Will It Go from Here? (03/09/00)

McCain Support Here Not Easily Categorized Powered by the Internet, the press and personality, McCain attracts an unusual alliance of voters (03/02/00)

Burning Questions Senate Hearing to Ohio Environmental Groups: Thanks, but No Thanks (03/02/00)

All's Not Quiet on the Western Front Green Township residents battle a mega-store development proposal, but the war likely has been lost (02/24/00)

Proposed Monroe Mall Spawns Letters, Public Forum, New Group (02/24/00)

Going Through The Spin Cycle After 13 years as ground zero of the local music scene, Sudsy Malone's faces an uncertain future and a quiet present (02/17/00)

Burning Questions Lawsuit Could Complicate Fort Washington Way Project (02/17/00)

Burning Questions Highway Covers Saved by Lindner and Hamilton County Š Barely (02/03/00)

Boone County, Union Residents Give Town Center Plan a Second Shot (01/27/00)

Burning Questions Chiquita/'Enquirer'/'Brill's' Contact: Is There a Source? (01/27/00)

The Road to Nowhere Nearly 200 homes were demolished during decades of unrealized plans to connect I-74 to Colerain and Hamilton avenues; now, pressure from Northside residents is putting the final nail in the coffin of the unfinished projects, but is it the right decision? (01/20/00)

What Annoys a Community Can Make It Stronger (01/20/00)

Burning Questions Cincinnati Road Repairs: Communication Breakdown? (01/13/00)

U-Turn After Udris? With Cincinnati's economic development director gone, officials debate who or what will guide city development (01/06/00)

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