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  • Cleveland City Council Ward 7 race heats up

    PHOTOS COURTESY OF RONALDO RODRIGUEZ, JR., LA VILLA On July 14th, Ward 7 City Council candidates participated in a Neighborhood & Community Media Association of Greater Cleveland Community Media Panel discussion with reporters from Tremonster, Plain Press, and La Villa. by Bruce Checefsky    (Plain Press August 2025) Cleveland City Council Ward 7 candidates Austin…

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  • Local governments violate Constitutional rights of protesters

    by Chuck Hoven      (Plain Press January 2025) Powerful interests seem to be at work to suppress the First Amendment rights of protesters engaged in bringing attention to Cuyahoga County’s $16 million investment in Israel Bonds that support a government in Israel which Amnesty International says is engaged in a genocide in Gaza. Protest March…

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  • Role of grand juries in Cuyahoga County examined

    by Chuck Hoven      In the December 2022 issue of the Plain Press in an article titled “Second District Police Community Relations Committee changes name” it was reported that Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Erin Stone of the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office promised to get back to the Plain Press with data on “what percentage of cases…

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  • ADAMHS Board CEO Issues Statement Regarding Mayor Bibb’s Decision to Change City of Cleveland’s Diversion Center Policy

    (Plain Press, February 2022)  “I’d like to thank Mayor Bibb for his swift action to eliminate the requirement for a Cleveland police officer to call a city prosecutor before taking a person to the Cuyahoga County Diversion Center,” said Scott S. Osiecki, Chief Executive Officer of the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board…

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  • Issue 24: What’s next?

    Issue 24: What’s next? by Cleveland Documenters (Plain Press, January 2022)                 As the new year approaches, Cleveland Documenters are wondering what’s next regarding Issue 24, the amendments to the City’s charter that aim to strengthen civilian oversight of police discipline in cases of alleged misconduct.      Here’s what we know.      The charter amendments officially took effect on Nov. 22.…

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  • Cleveland Police Commission urges protesters to file formal complaints

         (Plain Press January 2025) The Cleveland Police Commission issued the following statement urging those who feel their first amendment rights to peacefully protest have been violated to file a formal complaint:      Earlier this month, at a joint community event with the Cleveland Monitoring Team, the CPC heard from at least two community members who said…

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  • Tamir’s Campaign for Justice calls on officials to reopen civil rights case

    Tamir’s Campaign for Justice calls on officials to reopen civil rights case by Michael Indriolo (Plain Press, December 2021)                 Public square is always noisy; however, for a brief moment on Tuesday November 9th, a pocket of the Cleveland landmark was filled not with the sounds of busses and construction, but with song. A mother cries for…

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  • November 2, 2021: election results

    November 2, 2021: election results Mayoral contest (Plain Press, December 2021) Justin Bibb won the November 2nd mayoral election receiving 36,168 votes or 62.86% of the votes cast. Kevin Kelley received 21,352 votes or 37.14% of the votes cast. The total of 57,520 votes cast in the mayoral contest represents 23.2% of the 247,264 registered voters in…

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  • Muddy waters: Issue 24 raises heated debate about police accountability

    Muddy waters: Issue 24 raises heated debate about police accountability by Michael Indriolo (Plain Press, November 2021)   LaTonya Goldsby was a teenager when the story of Rodney King’s brutal beating at the hands of LAPD broke. Again, she watched her TV with burning eyes when George Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon Martin in 2012. Then, Mike Brown was…

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  • Ward 12 City Council Candidate Survey

    Ward 12 City Council Candidate Survey (Plain Press, November 2021) The three community newspapers that serve areas of Ward 12 – Neighborhood News, Tremonster and the Plain Press — collaborated in creating this survey. The survey questions were asked of Rebecca Maurer and Anthony Brancatelli, the top two finishers in the City Council Primary Election.…

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