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0000017a-3b40-d913-abfe-bf44a4f90000Howard Wilkinson joined the WVXU news team as the politics reporter and columnist in April 2012 , after 30 years of covering local, state and national politics for The Cincinnati Enquirer. On this page, you will find his weekly column, Politically Speaking; the Monday morning political chats with News Director Maryanne Zeleznik and other news coverage by Wilkinson. A native of Dayton, Ohio, Wilkinson has covered every Ohio gubernatorial race since 1974, as well as 16 presidential nominating conventions. Along with politics, Wilkinson also covered the 2001 Cincinnati race riots, the Lucasville prison riot in 1993, the Air Canada plane crash at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in 1983, and the 1997 Ohio River flooding. And, given his passion for baseball, you might even find some stories about the Cincinnati Reds here from time to time.

Former mayor Mallory takes private sector job

City of Cincinnati
Former Mayor Mark Mallory

Former Cincinnati mayor Mark Mallory has taken a high-level job with a Pittsburgh-based engineering company.

Mallory, who left office Nov. 30 after eight years as Cincinnati’s mayor, will be the senior vice president and national director of community and North American economic development for the Chester Group.

The Chester Group provides “energy, water and wastewater solutions to public and industrial clients across the United States and internationally,” the company said in a press release.

Mallory “has shown himself to be an extraordinary leader throughout his career and has a proven track record with establishing solid relationships,’’ said Robert Agbede, the Chester Group’s president and CEO.

Mallory will remain in Cincinnati in his new position. He began working for the Chester Group on Jan. 13.

“This is a great opportunity to be part of a century-old, world class global organization where I can utilize my expertise in creating strategic alliances to support the company’s plans for growth,’’ Mallory said in a written statement.

“I have spent the last eight years working to revitalize Cincinnati and now I was to use my experience to help mayors and other elected officials revitalize communities throughout North America,’’ Mallory said.

Mallory finds himself out of elected office for the first time in 20 years. In 1994, he followed his late father, State Rep. William Mallory Sr., into the Ohio House. In 1998, he became a state senator, before running for mayor in 2005. He was re-elected mayor in 2009. Cincinnati’s term limits law prevented him from running again in 2013.

Howard Wilkinson is in his 50th year of covering politics on the local, state and national levels.