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A city employee will receive $95,000 to settle claims against Municipal Court Clerk Reginald Thompson and the Columbus Consolidated Government.. Columbus Council unanimously approved the ...
The 2020 George Floyd protests in Columbus renewed calls to remove the statue, with petitions circulating to also remove other statues of the explorer and to rename the city. [6] The statue's removal was announced on June 18, with Columbus mayor Andrew Ginther announcing plans for a work of art that better represents the people of Columbus. The ...
Columbus (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /, kə-LUM-bəs) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio.With a 2020 census population of 905,748, [10] it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest (after Chicago), and the third-most populous U.S. state capital (after Phoenix, Arizona, and Austin, Texas).
Columbus, the capital city of Ohio, was founded on the east bank of the Scioto River in 1812. The city was founded as the state's capital beside the town of Franklinton, since incorporated into Columbus. The city's growth was gradual, as early residents dealt with flooding and cholera epidemics, and the city had few direct connections to other ...
The highest-compensated city employee in 2022 was Columbus police Lt. Jimmie D. Barnes, who was paid a total $411,514, including $319,582 in "other" compensation, which the City Auditor's Office ...
Workers place the Christopher Columbus statue onto a flatbed truck after removing it from its pedestal in front of Columbus City Hall in this 2020 Dispatch file photo. It was put in a city storage ...
Central Market, home to the first city hall Columbus City Hall (1872–1921) Columbus's first city hall was at the Central Market building, but it moved to a new building on Capitol Square in 1872. In 1921, a fire destroyed that building, [1] [2] now the site of the Ohio Theatre. [3] James John Thomas, mayor of Columbus from 1920 to 1931, laid ...
The Columbus City Council on Monday vastly expanded tax abatements for new housing, part of an effort to double the number of homes built in the city. In a unanimous vote, the council agreed to ...