Cincinnati Mayor

Mayor Aftab Pureval is recommending "financial freedom" pilot programs, including medical debt relief and a guaranteed income study.

Cincinnati officials are denouncing proposed state laws that they say violate the human rights of transgender Ohioans.

Ohio lawmakers have reached an agreement to allow the proposed sale of the city-owned Cincinnati Southern Railway to move ahead. Voters could see the sale on the ballot as soon as November.

Officials are already planning to pass the next Cincinnati budget by the end of June.

Cincinnati Council voted unanimously Wednesday to require safe storage of guns around children and allow for local enforcement of the federal ban on people with a domestic violence conviction from possessing a firearm.

The pocket veto is an unintended loophole of charter language that allows the mayor to indefinitely postpone legislation, effectively killing it without any discussion.

Some Cincinnati officials want to eliminate the mayor’s so-called pocket veto. That’s when the mayor doesn’t refer legislation to a council committee, effectively vetoing it before it’s even discussed.

Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval and his wife, Dr. Whitney Whitis, welcomed their second child this week. Pureval will take two weeks of paternity leave, followed by 10 weeks with a reduced public schedule.

Three community leaders will manage Cincinnati's mayoral transition as Aftab Pureval prepares to take office in January. Pureval announced the members of his transition team Monday.

Mayor John Cranley touted what he calls Cincinnati's comeback in his final State of the City address Tuesday night. Cranley spoke to a crowd of city leaders, elected officials, and guests at the new TQL Stadium.