Tax Abatements

City Council candidates clashed over tax abatements at a Columbus Metropolitan Club forum on Wednesday. Incumbents defend the idea, but challengers see…

The city of Canton is expanding a program to attract new residents. Since the mid-1990s the city has had four Community Reinvestment Areas. Now the...

The Columbus School Board voted to approve a three-year teacher contract with the Columbus Education Association during a hearing Monday.School board…

A previously-shelved plan to build a tower in the North Market parking lot is back, with some significant revisions. At 28 stories tall, developers’…

Columbus City Council wants to create new affordable housing development opportunities on the city’s Far East Side.“A lot of the areas, especially in our…

Some held signs, most chanted, but Marisa Keith pushed a cart.“This is my art cart,” she explains. “I wanted everybody to see that this is my…

Hundreds of teachers and their supporters streamed through downtown Columbus on Wednesday demanding lower class sizes, higher pay and an end to tax…

This is the first of a two-part series on affordable housing in Columbus. Read part two here.Mattias Minarsch leads a group of about half a dozen Habitat…

Columbus uses income tax incentives to encourage employers to create jobs. On Friday, City Council member Elizabeth Brown is announcing a measure…

Columbus City Council is looking at an evaluation of its tax incentive program Monday night. Columbus offers tax abatements to companies in exchange for…