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Number of Ohio Unclaimed Fund Claims and Payouts Surged After State’s Plan to Use Money for Stadiums
In 2026, 184,083 claims paid out $182 million. In 2025, 68,787 claims paid out $109 million.
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Waterfront Board Reviewing 11 Proposals for Lakefront Development in Post-Stadium Cleveland
11 developers have pitched varied plans including mid-rises, a music venue and a hotel ahead of the next master plan for the area. Waterfront czar Scott Skinner told the City Planning Commission it’s going to be a decade-long process though.
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State Attorneys Defend Ohio’s Plan to Fund Browns Stadium, Urge Court to Dismiss Challenge
Ohio is facing a class action lawsuit in response to a program using citizens’ unclaimed funds to pay for stadiums and other facilities
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More Than 133,000 Ohioans Started the Process to Recover Their Unclaimed Funds in June
Ohio’s two-year operating budget includes spending $600 million of unclaimed funds on the Cleveland Browns’ new domed stadium in Brook Park.
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Ohio Senators Propose Novel, If Questionable, Browns Stadium Funding Plan
“This is not robbing Peter to pay Paul,” Cuyahoga County executive Chris Ronayne said. “This is robbing Bob and Betty Buckeye to pay (Browns owners) Jimmy and Dee Haslam.”
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Cleveland City Council, Downtown Cleveland Inc. Join Rebuke of GCP for Dome Endorsement
“It is the worst-kept secret in town that GCP’s leadership is disinterested in the work of revitalizing our region’s core. There should be a change of leadership at this increasingly irrelevant organization.”
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Bibb and Ronayne: GCP’s Endorsement of Brook Park Dome is an “Affront to Any Partnership We Have Had Together”
“It has become apparent that GCP does not value its relationship with local leaders and is not acting in the best interests of the City of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, or Northeast Ohio,” the two wrote in a letter to the board
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Exclusive: Rendering Shows How Cleveland Browns Would Renovate Existing Lakefront Stadium
As the Haslams push for a dome in Brook Park, Scene has obtained a rendering of the much talked about but never publicly seen plan B, which remains a real possibility
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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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The Haslams Gave Big Donations to Ohio Lawmakers, Who Are Now Deciding the Fate of Browns Stadium
“Campaign contributions do not influence policy decisions,” Matt Huffman’s office said when asked about the donations.
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Cleveland Officially Sues Browns Over ‘Modell Law’
The Haslams can’t “bilk the city and its taxpayers for millions,” the complaint says
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Op-Ed: Class Snuggle — Cozying up to Cleveland’s Most Reviled Billionaire Owners
Gifting the Haslams $1.2 billion ignores empirical research that “these subsidies are a boondoggle for taxpayers”
