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Guardians for Fair Work support wage theft protection
SCREEN SHOT BY BRUCE CHECEFSKYMonday, September 12, 2022; Public Comment, Cleveland City Council Meeting, Cleveland City Hall, 601 Lakeside Avenue: Matthew Ahn, a spokesperson for the Guardians for Fair Work, says legislation introduced at Cleveland City Council to address wage theft falls short of expectations. Guardians for Fair Work support wage theft protection by Bruce…
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Additional funding needed for mental health programs and services
Additional funding needed for mental health programs and services by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, October 2022) Individuals suffering from mental health crises often find themselves in court when it would be more appropriate for them to receive treatment that would allow them to have a path toward recovery from their illness. Instead, many end up…
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Cuyahoga County Executive Candidates’ Forum on Health, Human Services & Critical Needs
Candidates Forum on Health, Human Services & Critical Needs (Plain Press, October 2022) Join us Thursday, October 6th from 7-8:30 pm, for a Candidates Forum on Health, Human Services & Critical Needs, featuring County Executive candidates Chris Ronayne and Lee Weingart. With a new County administration comes the opportunity for major changes in how we…
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Creation of care response model urged for responding to calls for mental health or behavioral health crises
Creation of care response model urged for responding to calls for mental health or behavioral health crises (Plain Press, September 2022) Progressive think tanks and mental health advocates have joined in a collaborative effort to spur the City of Cleveland to speed its implementation of a care response model for responding to calls it…
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Who pays property taxes to support services when the economy is dominated by nonprofits?
by Stephanie Czekalinski This is part three of a series examining the tax-exempt status of nonprofit hospitals in Northeast Ohio and how the loss of tax dollars impacts communities. (Plain Press, September 2022) Fifty years ago, when Clevelanders needed to fund schools, pay for parks, or expand libraries, they relied on booming tax revenue from large…
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August 2, 2022 Primary Election official results
(Plain Press, September 2022) The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections has posted the official results of the August 2nd Primary Election on its website. Below are some of the results from districts that have some precincts within the area served by the Plain Press. Cuyahoga County Turnout 10.53% of Cuyahoga County’s registered voters cast ballots…
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Cleveland nonprofit hospitals get millions in property tax breaks. Many are asking, ‘Is it worth it?’
Cleveland nonprofit hospitals get millions in property tax breaks. Many are asking, ‘Is it worth it?’ by Stephanie Czekalinski & Michael Indriolo Plain Press, July 20220 Nora and David Brown live in a two-story single-family home in Cleveland’s Fairfax neighborhood. The modest home on East 100th Street, with a gabled roof and an enclosed porch, is just a block away…
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Cleveland City Council passes new tax abatement legislation
Cleveland City Council passes new tax abatement legislation Plain Press, July 20220 At a special meeting held on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, Cleveland City Council passed legislation that will restructure the City of Cleveland’s tax abatement policy. A press release immediately following the meeting from Cleveland City Council Chief of Communications Joan Mazzolini explains the new…
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Local and state politicians show more empathy to developers than to Cleveland’s children
Local and state politicians show more empathy to developers than to Cleveland’s children by Chuck Hoven Plain Press, July 20220 Cleveland’s new tax abatement policy set to start on January 1, 2024, while better than the current policy, does little to address the glaring need to substantially increase the flow of property taxes to the Cleveland…
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