Erin Glynn

@eringlynn.bsky.social

Hamilton County/regional politics reporter for The Cincinnati Enquirer. Previously covered the Ohio Statehouse for USA Today Ohio and Cincinnati's suburban counties through Report for America.

Cincinnati Democrat Rep. Greg Landsman voted in favor of a war powers resolution today. He was one of four Democrats to vote against the war powers resolution last month. "It's time to be done in Iran," he said in a statement.

Hamilton County Commissioner Alicia abstained from three votes related to Paycor Stadium improvement funding today. Reece said the new lease the county approved in August is having an impact on homeowners.

Reece said the plan treats the Freedom Center as an afterthought. "We wouldn't do it for anything else. I would be standing up right now at the Holocaust Museum if you were trying to put a Ferris wheel in front of it. I would stand up and say 'no way,'" she said.

Commissioner criticizes Ferris wheel idea near Freedom Center, calls it 'disrespectful'

A Ferris wheel may come back to The Banks, per a new master plan marking the next stages of Cincinnati's riverfront development.

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"[Defendants] treated him with contempt, goading and mocking him until he foreseeably engaged in escalating acts of self-harm until he eventually lost consciousness and died from his head injuries," attorneys for the family said in court documents.

Family sues for change after autistic 19-year-old dies from injuries in Ohio jail

The family of an autistic 19-year-old who died after his time in the Montgomery County Jail is suing the county and its medical services company.

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Hamilton County Commissioners will vote on paid leave for employees specifically for kidney or bone marrow donation on Thursday. Employees who donate a kidney would get up to about a month of paid leave (240 hours) and those who donate bone marrow could take about a week off.