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- Money & banking
Ohio's three biggest home-grown banks report third-quarter results next week
Fifth Third goes Monday, KeyCorp Tuesday and Huntington Thursday. Their banks held about $771 billion in assets at midyear.
- Growth & housing
Cincinnati groups launch a lab to work on the region's housing shortage
Partners include the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, UC's Real Estate Center, LISC and Fifth Third. A modular-housing study is due in November.
- Ohio history · Feature
Home State Savings: the run that closed 70 Ohio thrifts
In March 1985 a Cincinnati savings bank's losses on a Florida bond dealer emptied Ohio's private deposit fund, and the governor shut every thrift it insured.
- Ohio history · Feature
Cincinnati's railroad: built in 1880, leased for generations, sold for $1.6 billion
The only railroad owned by a U.S. city began as a bet on Cincinnati's economy. Voters cashed it out in 2023, and a trust fund now pays for repairs.
- Sports
Crew beat Charlotte 3-1; FC Cincinnati falls to New England before Sunday's derby
FC Cincinnati is ninth in the East with 36 points and the Crew 13th with 32. They meet at TQL Stadium at 5 p.m. Sunday.
- Growth & housing
Cincinnati's first review of its tiered tax abatements is overdue
The 2023 overhaul required an evaluation by Sept. 1. City staff now want another year of data first.
- Education
Cincinnati Public Schools asks voters for a 7-mill operating levy
The levy would raise about $66.3 million a year. The district has town halls Oct. 13 and Oct. 20.
- Tech
Cincinnati police defend surveillance tools as Council drafts limits
An ordinance in the works would cap how long data is kept, limit sharing and require Council approval of contracts.
- Growth & housing
Ohio has more than half of the nation's local data center ballot measures
Ballotpedia counts 21 Ohio measures in 18 communities this year, from outright bans to a vote-first rule in Grove City.
- Business
State backs five projects expected to add 1,173 jobs, led by a Fayette County battery plant
The Tax Credit Authority approved credits for projects totaling more than $431 million in investment and $79 million in new annual payroll.
Local businesses
- Cincinnati USA Regional ChamberBusiness organizations · Cincinnati
- American Financial GroupFinance & insurance · Cincinnati
- Cincinnati FinancialFinance & insurance · Fairfield
- Fifth Third BancorpFinance & insurance · Cincinnati
- First Financial BancorpFinance & insurance · Cincinnati
- Western & Southern Financial GroupFinance & insurance · Cincinnati
- Graeter'sFood & beverage · Cincinnati
- RhinegeistFood & beverage · Cincinnati
- Cincinnati Children'sHealth & life sciences · Cincinnati
- CintasManufacturing & industrial · Mason
- GE AerospaceManufacturing & industrial · Evendale
- Model GroupReal estate & construction · Cincinnati