Dec 23, 2024 · Relatives of Tanisha Anderson partnered with Cleveland City Council members and Case Western Reserve University students to author a new piece of legislation. As proposed, “Tanisha’s Law” would revise training regimens for mental health crises via a new Department of Community Crisis Response. This new team would try to prevent incidents like Anderson’s November 2014 death, which ...

Jan 6, 2025 · [Photo by Mark Doherty] Almost a year ago, at the annual Urban League of Greater Cleveland’s “Equal Opportunity Day Luncheon,” it was announced that the 2025 National Urban League convention will be hosted in Cleveland from July 16-20.

Jan 21, 2025 · “Issue 1 will end gerrymandering in Ohio by putting citizens, instead of politicians, in charge of drawing maps,” explained Chris Davey, spokesperson for the Citizens Not Politicians campaign, which is leading the effort behind the amendment.. The proposed amendment outlines the selection process for the 15 member Citizen Redistricting Commission (CRC), which will consist of five members ...

Jan 16, 2025 · Much of what’s been keeping Brouwer so engaged has taken place close to home. Although, at this point, Brouwer’s music is liable to pop up just about anywhere, many of her most active and devoted interpreters are right here in Northeast Ohio, where she’s lived since 1996, when she began a 12-year stint as head of composition at the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM).

Community powered journalism for a better Cleveland. Clevelanders, get ready for a first-of-its-kind milestone: the commissioning of the USS Cleveland, a Littoral Combat Ship that will carry our city’s name, pride and community spirit around the world.

Jan 6, 2025 · Rendering of Henrietta Homes (courtesy Famicos Foundation) The Famicos Foundation, a nonprofit community development corporation serving the Hough neighborhood and surrounding areas, is set to break ground early this year on the Henrietta Homes project, which will result in the construction of 40 lease-purchase homes in the League Park area.. The project, named after the organization’s ...

Dec 27, 2024 · A voting machine is seen at a polling site for the Presidential primary election on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Dec 28, 2024 · Lee Chilcote is an award-winning writer and author whose work has been published in The Washington Post, The Associated Press, Vanity Fair, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland Magazine and many others.His poetry chapbooks are The Shape of Home and How to Live in Ruins. He is a founder and past executive director of Literary Cleveland, an organization with a mission of “developing writers ...

Dec 26, 2024 · [Graphic courtesy of The Marshall Project – Cleveland] Early voting is now underway in Ohio. Ahead of the upcoming general election on Nov. 5, The Marshall Project and Signal Cleveland published a judge guide designed to help voters make informed decisions about judicial candidates.

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