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Trump’s Tariffs Could Increase the Price of Ohio Craft Beer
Besides increased prices, the tariffs could also cause the closure of small breweries
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Browns Owners Gave Big Money to Ohio Lawmakers Who Now Look to Make a Risky Bet With Public Dollars
Meanwhile, lawmakers are slashing funds for education, libraries, and even infant mortality programs and pediatric cancer research
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Cleveland City Council Approves Laws to Substantially Curtail and Regulate Smoke Shops
“Smoke shops and tobacco retailers have proliferated in this city, and now, thanks to this new set of laws, we have the tools to fight back”
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Four Case Western Students’ Visas Revoked as Trump Continues Crackdown on Universities
Some 45 students total have lost their legal status, and been urged to self-deport, across Ohio as of Tuesday
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Cleveland’s Home For Every Neighbor Program Surpasses 150 Unsheltered People Housed
“This program sends a clear message: the forgotten are not forgotten,” a deacon noted
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Cleveland Police Beat a Teenager in Front of Tower City in March, a Lawsuit Claims
The teen was smacked with a baton by a CPD officer after officers mistakenly believed he’d tripped a female cop, a complaint filed last week alleges
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Public Schools Could Have Less Property Tax Help Under Ohio House Education Budget
The plan would make school districts with reserves over 30% of annual operating costs give the remaining money back to property-tax paying homeowners. Some districts say that would lead to more levies and cuts
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Local Leaders Discuss “Unprecedented,” Possible Nobel Peace Prize-Winning “Urban Agenda” for Cleveland at City Club
Details, however, were sparse on concrete steps the coalition will take to solve poverty and increase economic mobility beyond “collaboration” and “accountability”
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Ohio Republican Senators Propose Eliminating Drop Boxes, Requiring Proof of Citizenship for Voting
A University of Maryland study suggests more than 21 million Americans don’t have up-to-date citizenship documents on hand
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Despite Vocal Neighborhood Outcry, Cleveland Landmarks Commission Approves Planned Starbucks Drive-Thru in Ohio City
The “drive-thru is not really in context with the rest of the historic district,” said Cleveland Planning Commission Director Calley Mersmann, who voted no.
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HUD Funding Cuts Could Shutter More Than Half of Cleveland’s Community Development Corporations
Mayor Bibb urged local nonprofits and CDCs in a letter Wednesday not to spend money until there’s “complete clarity” from the Feds
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Ohio House Advances its Two-Year Budget Proposal Including $600 Million for Browns Dome
“The only piece of this budget — that is big and complicated — that got the full breadth of the creativity of this body is a $600 million subsidy for billionaires who own a failing sports team,” said one rep