City officials will be meeting with a select group of invite-only business owners to discuss their individual special interests during a planned ‘bus tour’ through Columbus, though no open-call or notice was provided to the public for non-favored businesses to apply to participate. Officials mentioned several select businesses and owners by-name when discussing the event at a recent city council meeting.

In another attempt to put alcohol on ‘Pedal Pub’ vehicles downtown, city officials tried to justify how state law allows for the consumption of alcohol in a limousine while also admitting the vehicles aren’t legally limos. Here are the details.

A former RiverCenter employee came forward in an exclusive interview to expose the discriminatory, unprofessional, abusive, and vindictive things going on at the RiverCenter, including alleged embezzlement. She says the public deserves to know. Here is her story.

Residents will soon be able to receive free job training through Chattahoochee Valley Community College thanks to the city signing off on a new partnership between the Phenix City Library and CVCC.

Attendance at this year’s Steeplechase at Callaway Gardens was noticeably low, with smaller crowds of attendees discussing the empty box seats amongst themselves. Shrinking social circles and smaller public support for the event’s beneficiaries may be to blame.

Columbus city councilwoman Evelyn “Mimi” Woodson tyrannically scolded Uptown CEO Ed Wolverton in front of the entire city, urging the public to take hostile action against the private organization until it complied with her personal political agenda.

While city council races to create an “entertainment district,” older and more experienced business owners are urging younger and more inexperienced ones to slow down and be more cautious. Read on to hear what they had to say.

City council members openly discussed how they are basing legislative decisions on the whims and wishes of a local developer, ignoring representative government for an oligarchical theme instead.

All rhetoric aside, a single gross negligence lawsuit from allowing Pedal Pub to operate would cost the city more than all the tax revenue the single business is even capable of producing in an 18 year period.

Seven years ago, the organization set a vision for increasing prosperity in the Fountain City by 2025, though the city has grown poorer and deadlier. They now want $3 million from taxpayers to perpetuate their failing plan as they move their own goal posts.

Phenix City’s council tried to explain why the city needs to apply for a measly $6k state grant to help fund the kayak event that’s already underway while simultaneously claiming how “profitable” the failing tourism initiatives are for the city. You could see the dismay on Mayor Lowe’s face.

City council may change laws so a “tourism” business with a shoddy track record can have patrons consume alcohol in its moving vehicles on city streets, ignoring the state’s open container laws. The business just injured 15 people in a rollover accident in May.

A local chemical plant has been spewing toxic waste onto surrounding neighborhoods for more than 20 years, but Phenix City officials are fighting for the poisoning to continue in the name of “economic development.”

While currently under federal investigation for its alleged discrimination and hostile practices, a RiverCenter attorney ignored proper channels and contacted the whistleblower who filed the federal complaints, appearing to try to influence the investigation in their favor.

In a poor attempt to silence our reporting, Phenix City Manager Wallace Hunter labeled the city’s own financial data as “false information,” saying citizens should get data from the same place the Muckraker does — the city clerk’s office. Read on and see the data yourself.

Uptown’s Atlanta-based partner admitted to the $500 fees previously charged to local Columbus food truck vendors, causing Uptown to appear foolish as it continues to deny the rates were ever charged. Read on for the full story.

While admitting their ten-year failure against Columbus poverty, the United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley asked the same impoverished community for $7.5 million.

Columbus ranked dead-last in healthcare and among the worst in activities when compared to the rest of the nation, despite a decade of its “amazing” development efforts.

The City’s leadership lost twenty-six cents of every taxpayer dollar it had for nearly a decade when adjusted for today’s value, and is now taxing residents more to cover their losses.

An Uptown Columbus employee accidentally leaked that the upcoming Kayak World Cup will be a financial loss, contradicting positive financial sentiments by adding to the organization’s multimillion-dollar deficit.

Uptown Columbus charged local food trucks a hefty fee to vend at their own town’s festival while Atlanta-based participants were not, leaving Columbus vendors feeling ripped-off and under-appreciated.

Columbus and Phenix City officials attempt to save face for the surge of tourists and their money, but fail to enforce powerful littering laws for residents year-round.

Data confirms Columbus has disproportionately failed to retain employees when compared to other cities, as a job fair announced by the city reveals a tremendous staffing shortage.

The lounge aims to offer an exclusive experience for guests while paying no mind to the area’s high crime rate nor the continued destruction of the Civic Center’s own grounds.

The City Council voted 3 to 2 in favor of the increase, making the city one of the highest sales tax jurisdictions in the nation. The Council debated heavily on topics concerning short-term budgetary goals while failing to consider long-term implications supported by data.

An "All Clear" has been given by authorities and the area has been deemed safe.

Columbus wants to retain talented and educated people, but its actions continue to drive them away. Exploring this irony may provide the valuable insight needed to get it right.

Numerous RiverCenter employees have walked out, citing a hostile workplace as the reason. Many of them couldn’t even bear to stay long enough to line up another job.

Tax forms reveal the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts incurred a cumulative net loss of more than $1.13 million from 2014 to 2019, matching its executive director’s tenure.

The Springer’s Artistic Director removed his personal Facebook account after publicly admitting the venue cancelled The Hodgetwins’ performance because of its content.