Columbus

The director of a Columbus warming shelter is criticizing city leaders' decision to close the centers ahead of schedule.

The announcement comes a week after a Franklin County Common Pleas judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking part of a 2018 state law that expanded self-defense protections and other gun rights.

Columbus' Issue 19 would ban self-dealing ballot issues and extend signature gathering for organizers.

Columbus city officials said residential complaints regarding late-night activity surrounding food trucks are spurring new citywide legislation.

For the first time in three years, hundreds of thousands of people will head downtown this weekend for the Columbus Arts Festival in what organizers hope is a return to normalcy.

Columbus housing officials want to battle a shortage of affordable housing by requiring participating developers to build more dwellings that are economical to people making less than the area’s median income.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge made the announcement from a south Columbus residential construction site.

Columbus city officials are taking a joint, no-tolerance approach to people operating vehicles recklessly and loudly on city streets, with a particular focus on ATVs and motorbikes and help from the public.

Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein has filed a lawsuit challenging a recent Ohio state law known as the "Conscience Clause."

The Central Ohio Transit Authority wants to put a sales tax increase before voters, possibly as early as November. COTA said the money raised would go toward a $6 billion rapid transit system.