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A recent survey conducted by The Entrepreneurs' Organization indicates 62 percent of Cincinnati-area entrepreneurs think they'll see increased net profits in 2013.  Forty-one percent of those surveyed expect to hire more full-time employees, while 50 percent expect to hire more part-time workers.

The survey included 43 Cincinnati-area companies with at least $1 million in annual revenue.  Overall, the average respondent grosses $3.4 million in revenue.

Frontier Airlines says it's going to start nonstop service from Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Airport to Denver later this year.  The new service will begin May 17.  Frontier's first flight from Denver will arrive at CVG the evening of May 16. 

Frontier is a low-cost airline that operates from a primary hub at Denver International Airport.

The new flight will depart CVG at 6:15 a.m. and arrive in Denver at 7:15 a.m. daily except Sundays.

It'll depart Denver at 6:59 p.m. and arrive at CVG  at 11:35 p.m. daily except Saturdays.

This week WVXU Political Reporter  Howard Wilkinson talks with Maryanne Zeleznik about John Boehner's latest move in the debt ceiling talks.

A new poll shows that an overwhelming majority of Kentucky parents favor raising the dropout age to 18 years old.

Currently, students can drop out of school at 16 with a parent’s permission. But Governor Steve Beshear has pushed to change that.

A poll by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky shows that 85 percent of parents agree with the governor and would like to see the age raised to 18.

The poll surveyed 1,000 parents in Kentucky.

Slowly but surely, the 2013 race for Cincinnati City Council – the first in which council members will be elected for four years terms – is taking shape.

Not that there is any hurry. The filing deadline for council candidates is not until August.
 

But the city’s three political parties – and the candidates themselves – can’t wait that long to get campaigns up and running.
 

A Cincinnati City Council election is a non-partisan election – meaning that no party designations appear on the ballot next to candidates’ names.