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Cleveland Wants You to Stop Idling (and Using) Your Car As Much As Possible
“Breathe cleaner air. Save gas. Avoid fines,” about a dozen new billboards from the Department of Public Health read.
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Geauga County Probate Judge Tim Grendell Back on Bench After Six Month Suspension
The 73-year-old judge was suspended last November for detaining two teenagers for refusing to visited their estranged father in 2020.
Posted inOhio News
Ohio Lawmakers Introduce Sweeping New Data Center Legislation
It’s a significant revision of state policy that touches tax breaks, nondisclosure agreements, water use and testing, utility billing, and potential impacts on local governments.
Posted inOhio News
Big Tech Defends Data Centers Before Ohio Lawmakers
The hyperscalers did their best to tamp down fears about water contamination, air pollution and rising energy costs amid widespread public opposition.
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Photos: Thousands of People Filled Downtown Cleveland for the 2026 Pride in the CLE March and Festival
Despite a brief period of rain showers, this year’s Pride in the CLE parade and festival took place without a hitch.
Posted inOhio News
Former FirstEnergy Executives Reindicted on State Bribery Charges Stemming From HB 6
A previous state trial of Chuck Jones and Michael Dowling resulted in a hung jury with 10 of the 12 jurors agreeing on their guilt.
Posted inOhio News
Bipartisan JobsOhio Oversight Bill Gets First Hearing
“This bill is not about whether JobsOhio is successful or unsuccessful, it’s about whether Ohioans can evaluate that success for themselves.”
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Literary Cleveland Scores Big Grant from Arts Fund
Cleveland’s home for the literary arts was the only Ohio organization to win a slice of an $8 million grant from the Literary Arts Fund this week.
Posted inCleveland News
Cleveland’s Pride in the CLE Celebration Rides On Despite Corporate Sponsor Exodus
Trump’s attacks on DEI have led many companies to pull back from supporting Pride events. In Cleveland, sponsors have decreased but the party will go on.
Posted inOhio News
Data Center Opponents Give Ohio Lawmakers an Earful
“Ohio residents are not in the way of progress. We’re just anxious, and we’re afraid that we’re going to lose the little that we have left,” said one resident during public comment.
Posted inCleveland News
Former Members of the Restored Church of God in Wadsworth Say They Were Left Financially and Spiritually Bamboozled
From significant mandatory tithes to end-of-times prophecies, those who have exited the church say Pastor David Pack rules his flock with utter control.
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Cleveland City Council Passes Short Term Rental Regulations Aiming to Curb Parties, Nuisance Properties
“I want to say to the party houses and to the animal houses: It’s over,” one council member said. “We’re not having this going on” any longer.