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Photos: Views From Downtown Cleveland During the Guardians’ Home Opener
This season’s home opener was the 33rd consecutive sellout, dating back to 1994
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Petitioners Get Approval to Start Gathering Signatures to Put Data Center Ban on Ohio Ballot
“Everyone is going to see an impact because of this and we need to stop it now while the train is just leaving the station,” said one committee member behind the longshot effort.
Posted inOhio News
Prison Workers Smuggle Drugs Into Ohio Facilities But Are Rarely Prosecuted
Guards and other employees bring in drugs that fuel a multimillion-dollar prison economy, leading to chaos, violence and death.
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‘Ohio Is Too Expensive.’ Ohio House Democrats Plan to Introduce Series of Affordability Bills
“It’s time that legislators and leaders stepped up to take action,” said state Rep. Beryl Brown Piccolantonio of the bills that focus on health care, housing, child care, consumer goods, and energy affordability.
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Ohio Craft Brewers Lobbying for Override of THC Beverage Ban
“Everything THC was like whipped cream on a sundae,” a co-owner of Great Lakes Brewing said. “It was all to profit.”
Posted inCleveland News
RTA May Scrap Last Downtown Trolley, Scale Back Waterfront Line in Service Cuts
In 2015, three downtown trolley routes combined for more than a million rides. Ten years later, only the B-Line remains.
Posted inOhio News
ACLU Decries Expanding ICE Partnerships With Ohio Law Enforcement
Mahoning County Sheriff Jerry Greene last year said that the $125 per inmate per day he received from ICE added $4.5 million a year to his bottom line.
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The Amateurs and Pros Tracking Down the Biggest Trees in Ohio
Somewhere between hobby and calling, Ohio’s tree-seekers are hunting giants and discovering why the ones still standing matter more than ever.
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Reserve Square Residents Say Water, Heat, Other Repair Issues Persist
Tenants told Scene they’re still living without functioning trash chutes and working elevators despite the building receiver’s claim progress has been made and pressure from Cleveland City Hall.
Posted inOhio News
More Than 8,500 Acres of Ohio’s Public Land Approved for Fracking
“The poisonous fruits of fracking will now grow in everyone’s backyard,” Save Ohio Parks said in a statement.
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‘Like The Walking Dead’: Smuggled Drugs Fuel Chaos Inside Ohio Prisons
K2 use is soaring behind bars, causing unpredictable behavior, violence and death. So, why can’t prison officials stop the flow of the drug?
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The Checkered Shelf Opens in Former Appletree Books Space
Owner Mary Pat Jolivette wants her store to be an epicenter of experience. “I want people to come in and spend a half hour in here,” she said.