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NOBLE urges residents to lobby against Ohio Senate Bill 240
(Plain Press September 2024) Northern Ohioans for Budget Legislation Equality (NOBLE) urges residents to lobby to oppose Ohio Senate Bill 240. If passed, Ohio Senate Bill 240 would negatively affect SNAP and Medicaid recipients and limit individuals from receiving these much-needed services. One proposed provision is to bring back the modified drug…
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Torso Murders: Cleveland’s “Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run”
(Plain Press September 2024) It has been decided by the Cuyahoga Chief Medical Examiner, along with a non-profit organization, the “DNA Doe Project,” to exhume the unidentified victims of the “Cleveland Torso Murderer” to identify them through new DNA testing. Their remains have been buried in the City of Cleveland’s Potter’s Field for almost…
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Legal Aid can help with legal issues related to employment
by Tonya Sams (Plain Press September 2024) Millions of people report to work every day and have no idea what rights they have as employees. If their rights are violated, they may have to find an attorney. Employment Law attorneys focus on many work-related issues such as discrimination, wage theft, workers’ compensation, expungements, unsafe…
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Cuyahoga County determination of property values called arbitrary and capricious
To the editor: (Plain Press September 2024) As someone who worked for 25 years in the mortgage industry {the last 10 years in underwriting} I find it appalling that Cuyahoga County determines property values in such an arbitrary and capricious manner. LETTER Part of my responsibility was reviewing appraisals whether it be for…
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Public hearings on Enbridge’s natural gas rate application scheduled
(Plain Press September 2024) The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) scheduled public hearings regarding Enbridge Gas Ohio’s (formerly known as Dominion Energy Ohio) applications to increase rates and charges and for approval of an alternative rate plan. A local public hearing will be held on: Sept. 18, 2024, 6:00 p.m. at the Frank…
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Residents speak out about gentrification in Detroit Shoreway
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LAND This map shows the Detroit Shoreway, a near-westside neighborhood that is just west of Ohio City, just east of Cudell, and just north of Clark-Fulton and Stockyard. Lacey Caporale, a recent PhD graduate in sociology from Case Western Reserve University, has done extensive research in the neighborhood, interviewing dozens of…
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Author shares research on displacement caused by gentrification
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press August 2024) On July 10th at the Rhizhome House in Cleveland Heights the Greater Cleveland Housing Collective hosted an anti-gentrification teach-in and discussion with Andrew Lee, the author of Defying Displacement: Urban Recomposition and Social War. At the workshop, Lee shared some of his experience organizing against displacement…
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Cleveland is the most stressed city in the U.S.
by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press August 2024) The city of Cleveland, designated as a global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, tops yet another list. This time, despite the Mayor Bibb administration’s continuous promotional campaign to paint a picture of a glowing metropolis on the lake, filled with new statistical data…
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Detroit Shoreway hosts annual Garden Walk Cleveland (photos)
PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Sunday, July 14, 2024; Garden Walk Cleveland 2024, Detroit Shoreway neighborhood; This large pot of flowers was one of many on display at this year’s Garden Walk Cleveland, an annual event that encourages people to tour the gardens and backyards of participating neighbors. This year, Detroit Shoreway was one of 11…
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