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The leader of the Columbus Urban League is calling the $6.5 million gift a "game changer" for the organization.

The Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services is set to partner this summer with a number community organizations with the common goal of providing young people with valuable career training.

Young people at risk of run-ins with the juvenile justice system are the focus of a Columbus City Council partnership with the Columbus Urban League. Council members are set to vote Monday night on funding the program.

The Urban League plans to put what they call gang violence intervention specialists in South and East Columbus neighborhoods where 14 to 24-year-olds stand the highest risk of gang involvement.

Earlier this month, Columbus city leaders unveiled the city's first-ever climate action plan. Decades of research shows that climate change poses a particular risk to marginalized populations and communities of color.

On November 2, Columbus voters will decide on a ballot measure that would take tens of millions of dollars from the general fund to promote what supporters say is green energy use in the city, but the murky language of the ordinance leaves much in doubt as to where the money would go.

Less than a quarter of Black Ohioans have gotten a COVID-19 vaccine. That’s compared to nearly 40% of white Ohioans. Columbus Urban League and New Salem Baptist Church are trying to address that disparity with vaccine clinics this weekend.

Mayor Andrew Ginther pulled into the Celeste Center at the Ohio State Fairgrounds a bit after noon Friday. The 60,000-square-foot expo floor has been…

The pandemic hit Ohio one year ago. Since then it has upended everyday life. For some, that has meant working or learning from home.But for those already…

As businesses continue applying for the second round of federal Paycheck Protection Program loans, the Columbus Urban League is working with Black-owned…