Public commenters push for participatory budgeting; council discusses ARPA contract delays
Meeting coverage by Cleveland Documenters | Compiled by Signal Cleveland’s Doug Breehl-Pitorak. Here’s what happened last week in local public government meetings covered by Cleveland Documenters. Cleveland Public Meetings Report…
Announcing the First Black Media Initiative Bridge Project: Audience Revenue Cohort
Six Black-led newsrooms from across the U.S. have been selected to be part of the inaugural cohort of the Black Media Initiative Bridge Project: Audience Revenue. The six-month program provides technology…
Book Review: Becoming A Kept Man
By Trish Johnson “ 'She’s a kept woman' is what they’d whisper. In male-dominant societies of the past, females who looked to men for financial support or gifts in exchange…
Legal Aid Helps Your 2023 Start Right
By Tonya Sams It’s time to enjoy the holiday season! 2022 is almost over, but it’s never too early to start getting affairs in order for the new year and…
Wage Theft and Payroll Fraud Prevention Ordinance
By Bruce Checefsky On Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, the Cleveland City Council passed the Wage Theft and Payroll Fraud Prevention Ordinance, which prohibits the City of Cleveland from entering into…
Futureland: A Promise for Cleveland
By Nicole D. Miller This October, the east bank of the flats in Cleveland was swarmed with innovators, creatives, leaders, and tech gurus donning their best business attire and genius…
Clinical Trial Finds Supplements Don’t Lower Cholesterol
SPORT Trial presented during American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2022 Findings from a Cleveland Clinic trial show that six commonly used dietary supplements marketed for improving heart health did not…
TCO Kids Korner December 2022
By Trish Johnson Season's Greetings from the TCO Kids Korner! Thank you so much for your many submissions of drawings and paintings this year. We look forward to your participation…
New Resource Center Opens in Slavic Village
By Mark Silverberg The Broadway-Slavic Village (BSV) neighborhood is a diverse community with many assets and challenges. BSV is challenged by very high housing foreclosures, HIV rates, poverty, drug addiction,…
Is Cleveland City Council Breaking the Ohio Sunshine Laws?
By Ron Calhoun Ohio’s "Sunshine Laws" give guidelines for public access to government records and meetings (The Ohio Open Meetings Act ). In short, "the Ohio Open Meetings Act requires public…