Abigail Bottar
Reporter/ProducerExpertise: Audio reporting, Akron politics, rail safety
Education: Kent State University - Bachelor of Arts, political science
Favorite spot in Northeast Ohio: Downtown Kent
Experience:
Abigail Bottar covers Akron, Canton, Kent and the surrounding areas for 蜜桃导航. She started in public radio as a news intern at WKSU. Her reporting on the train derailment in East Palestine has appeared nationally and internationally on the BBC, NPR, 鈥淢orning Edition,鈥� 鈥淯p First,鈥� 鈥淗ere and Now,鈥� MSNBC, 鈥淟iving on Earth鈥� and Vox鈥檚 鈥淭oday, Explained.鈥�
Highlights:
- 2022, Best Spot News Coverage, Ohio Associated Press Media Editors
- Guest on the 鈥淪ound of Ideas鈥� and panelist on the 鈥淪ound of Ideas Reporters Roundtable鈥�
Why trust 蜜桃导航?
The mission of 蜜桃导航 is to be a trustworthy and dynamic multimedia source for illuminating the world around us. Our highest priority is providing news and information that is reliable and accurate, that is gathered with integrity and professional care and that is presented with precision and respect for the intelligence of our audiences. We are transparent about how we discover and verify the facts we present and strive to make our decision-making process clear to the public. We disclose relationships, such as with partners or funders, that might appear, but will never, influence our coverage.
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development capped funds for programs that house formerly homeless people at 30% of their previous allocation. -
Summit County voters have approved the proposal to limit property taxes. Issue 2 also shields the county from some state proposals to eliminate property taxes. -
The Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program ran out of funds on Saturday. Cities and nonprofits are suing the Trump administration over its refusal to release contingency funds to pay for the program. -
Nine people, mostly juveniles, were injured in a shooting in Bath Township early Sunday morning. Two gunshot victims have already been released from the hospital, Police Chief Vito Sinopoli said. -
The League of Women Voters of Ohio and Kent held a community conversation Thursday night at the Kent United Methodist Church. -
Tallmadge Church at the center of Tallmadge Circle was founded in 1825. Plans for the church predate the city's settlement in 1807. -
Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is set to run out Nov. 1 if the government doesn't reopen. More than 77,000 Summit County residents are on SNAP, according to county officials -
House Bill 335 takes after a proposed charter amendment regarding property taxes that Summit County voters will weigh in on Nov. 4. -
On Feb. 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, a small town on the border of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Several studies are ongoing to find what the public health impact of the accident is. -
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is proposing limiting permanent housing funding to 30% of continuum of care allocations, down from 87%, according to the Summit County agency.
