Local Politicians & Issues
Greg Landsman said he was raised to help friends in need. The City Councilmember said that’s why he gave his colleague Tamaya Dennard $1,000 when she asked him for money last year. “My heart went out to her at the time. I thought I could be helpful. I hope I was,” Landsman said Thursday. But […]
Councilwoman Tamaya Dennard thanked supporters in her first comments following her arrest on federal charges. Dennard is accused of bribery, attempted extortion and honest services wire fraud, according to court records unsealed Tuesday. She posted a statement on her Facebook page Wednesday to let everyone know that she is “alright.” Dennard wrote that messages, prayers, […]
Cincinnati City Council member Amy Murray is stepping down from her position, according to two sources inside Cincinnati City Hall. Murray and Hamilton County GOP Chairman Alex Triantafilou said Monday morning that Murray would make “a special announcement about her future on the Cincinnati City Council” at a 1:30 p.m. press conference. In a statement […]
A low-level drug possession should not carry a lifelong stain and be a barrier to employment or loans, a clear Cincinnati Council majority approved a new law to try to remedy that situation. By an 8-1 vote with Republican Amy Murray as the lone dissenter, the council adopted the ordinance which will take effect in […]
Cincinnati City Council is considering expunging criminal cases involving people who were convicted of possessing small amounts of marijuana. The issue and a related ordinance were on the agenda at Council’s Law & Public Safety meeting Monday. It unanimously passed in a vote and now will go onto full council. It calls for those convicted of nonviolent […]
Longtime Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune is expected to announce his retirement Thursday, our news partner at the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. He is expected to say he will not run for re-election next year, and they are reporting, citing unnamed sources. Portune will make a “Major Announcement” at 12:30 p.m. Thursday before the regular Hamilton […]
A state senator and close friend of Tracie Hunter says he believes there was a conflict of interest in her case. Now, he wants Hunter’s conviction thrown out. The former juvenile court judge was sentenced to six months in jail after being convicted of using her position as a judge to obtain documents from her […]
In a new effort to reverse her conviction, former juvenile court judge Tracie Hunter is taking aim at an Ohio Supreme Court justice. Hunter is serving a jail sentence for having an unlawful interest in a public contract. A jury found she gave her brother confidential records to help him keep his job as a […]
Jon Husted, current Secretary of State who said he didn’t have time to interview on the Buzz and talk to our community- got his way – along with Mike DeWine they appealed early voting hours in Ohio and the Supreme Court agreed. Now it’s your turn. This is the same Secretary of State who created […]
The Democrats are up tonight to present to the country their case for reelecting President Obama. The Democratic National Convention begins tonight, in Charlotte North Carolina, with Michelle Obama having headlining speech. Former president, Bill Clinton, will be headlining tomorrow night. The convention will wrap up with President Obama speaking to a 70,000 seat Bank […]
