Chris Wetterich
@ChrisCinciBiz
Journalist at the Cincinnati Business Courier covering government and politics, transportation & downtown development. [email protected]
Seriously why not just have at least one old school Hut in every city?
There's a Pizza Hut in North Carolina that is untouched by time; red cups for beverages, light fixtures, jukebox, table cloths, and even has the salad bar oh my god
Among Cincinnati’s young developers, there's unease at how hard it's become to build here. “There’s not a single functioning submarket in this region,” one of them said, referencing land values, rents and borrowing costs as well as permitting, zoning and community pushback. 🧵
Surprising move at @kroger, with George Vincent joining the supermarket giant as general counsel. bizj.us/1qo3ld
Total banana republic x.com/reedreports/st…
Buried in amendments to the Interior Dept. Gov funding bill, is a stipulation that the Kennedy Center Opera House must be renamed the 'First Lady Melania Trump Opera House' in order to receive federal funds. The Appropriations Committee adopted that amendment by a vote of 33-25.
What are the rising smaller metro areas? I'd suggest Greenville, SC; Columbia, SC; and Knoxville, TN
"It's a nightmare." EPA's cuts may hit Cincinnati hard. bizjournals.com/cincinnati/new…
No one is happier than Donald Trump that Hunter Biden has decided we should hear from him at this moment.
lololololol, rich, literally, of Hunter Biden to talk about anyone "dining out" on their associations.
Hunter Biden calls out the Pod Save America team as "four white millionaires dining out on their association with Barack Obama from 16 years ago" as he outlines his issues with the greater Democratic establishment
In Ohio, if you own a badly run NFL team, you can spend heavily to maintain gerrymandered GOP supermajorities, get a $600M gift to move your team out of a major city, then buy a $25M oceanfront mansion 1,000 miles away 72 hours later. My latest: ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/21/new…
Ohio House overrides Gov Mike DeWine property tax veto, tables votes on others If Senate OKs, school districts, local governments would be banned from using replacement or emergency levies Hard to see how this translates into meaningful property tax relief dispatch.com/story/news/pol…
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Mike Brown: "I'm not the normal business man. I'm not looking to maximize profit. I'm looking to have a team that pleases the people in Cincinnati and pleases me. It isn't the bottom line." "Suddenly, people say you're worth four billion dollars. No, I'm not. It's ridiculous.…
I would love to read a general interest book about how pretty much every major world cuisine as we know it was completely reinvented over a period of 50-100 years in the wake of the Colombian exchange--chilis coming to India and China, tomatoes to Italy, etc. etc.
Just remember: Not a single European, much less any Italian, had eaten a tomato until the 16th century.