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How to Build Pro-Worker Governance in Cleveland Rust Belt cities like Cleveland face a much more hostile landscape for passing pro-worker policies than major cities like New York. But a range of policy options is available to legislators who want t...

Cleveland is constrained by anti-worker state policies in Ohio, but there are still ways for local government to support worker rights and union organizing.
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Cavs, Guardians eye same unclaimed state funds as Browns – which could help Gateway pay for stadium repairs The Cleveland Cavaliers and Cleveland Guardians have applied for $105 million from the same account of unclaimed state funds that lawmakers tapped to help finance a new Cleveland Browns stadium.…

These people have no shame.

Today we need to hear Toni Morrison's courageous voice more than ever. Ohio's statewide celebration of her life and work begins this week.
@literarycleveland.bsky.social
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New solar homes in Cleveland offer fresh starts for those transitioning from homelessness: Mission Possible In Cleveland's St. Clair–Superior neighborhood, new energy-efficient homes mark a milestone for a ministry helping the homeless.

"Solar panels on the roof allow the all-electric homes to produce more energy than they use, keeping utility bills low." https://bit.ly/4tjmT3b

Tracing Cleveland history in ghosts of dead waterways Cleveland’s natural landscape made the city into an industrial hub, but as the 1800s became the 1900s, that relationship began to shift.

Haunted by ghost streams...

‘Doomed to the sewers’: Finding traces of Cleveland history in ghosts of dead waterways signalcleveland.org/cleveland-hi...

2026 Ohio Active Transportation Conference — Greater Ohio Policy Center 2026 Ohio Active Transportation Conference

Thanks to @greaterohio.org for hosting this. Lots of work needed to reclaim the streets of Ohio's cities for people.

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Ohio could raise a billion dollars by passing a modest Wealth Proceeds Tax.

Cleveland mayor wants Burke airport closed during his second term — if Congress and council agree Mayor Justin Bibb wants Burke Lakefront Airport closed by 2029’s end

Let's finally get this done.

Mayor Bibb: "If you look ahead, the cities that are going to win, not just in Cleveland but around the world, are the cities that prioritize public access, public space and their waterfronts."
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Message for NOACA transportation planners: The public should not pay for transportation projects that are built for the benefit one user, are needed just a few days of the year, and do not create regional economic development.
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We're kicking off a yearlong statewide celebration of Toni Morrison on February 18, 2026!

Spread the word, sign up for our newsletter, and join in the celebration.
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Thanks for 100% green power!

Cleveland needs an inspiring plan to make expanded transit services the centerpiece of low-mileage, affordable lifestyles.
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Coalition Urges Cleveland Public Power To Reconsider Solar Project on Abandoned Slavic Village Site - Cleveland Scene Advocates and neighbors want CPP to be more transparent as to why it reneged on a plan to install solar panels on a former landfill site that's been an eyesore for the last decade in Slavic Village.

Coalition urges Cleveland Public Power to reconsider solar project on abandoned Slavic Village site www.clevescene.com/news/clevela...

Imagine defending a lease this bad, or the people who negotiated it.

Ohio’s libraries could face hard choices next year after 2025 budget cuts 2025 was a tumultuous year for Ohio’s libraries, between the dismantling of a decades-old state funding system and millions of dollars in financial cuts.

Yet, Ohio leaders found $600 million to build a replacement NFL stadium for the Haslams, who have a net worth approaching $9 billion.

Power, Not Economic Theory, Created Neoliberalism Neoliberalism didn’t win an intellectual argument — it won power. In an interview with Jacobin, Vivek Chibber unpacks how employers and political elites in the 1970s and ’80s turned economic turmoil into an opportunity to reshape society on their terms.

Neoliberalism didn’t win an intellectual argument — it won power.

In an interview with Jacobin, Vivek Chibber unpacks how employers and political elites in the 1970s and ’80s turned economic turmoil into an opportunity to reshape society on their terms.

Solar-powered affordable housing in St. Clair-Superior The small houses on Luther Avenue, off East 55th Street, stand out for their high energy efficiency, including being solar powered.

Love these Cleveland prototypes of affordable, energy-efficient homes constructed of factory-made wall panels.

Cleveland turns to solar power in push for more affordable housing signalcleveland.org/lmm-solar-po...

An email about a subscription price increase from @cleveland.com today included the following note:
"This is to inform you that your price was set by an algorithm using your personal data." 😱

Need more of this in Cleveland. Tanmay Shah’s win for City Council shows how grassroots mobilization can elect progressives.

Tanmay Shah wins Cleveland Ward 12 race, pending a recount A self-described democratic socialist, Shah unseated a retired union laborer backed by the mayor and council president.

Tanmay Shah wins in Cleveland City Council Ward 12, besting incumbent Danny Kelly by 9 votes. There will be a recount Dec. 1, but it would be unlikely that it changes the results. signalcleveland.org/cleveland-ci...

Sharply rising health care costs imperil Greater Cleveland transit service -- Another way that our lack of an affordable national health care system harms everyone.
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Our statement on Cleveland Public Power's smart decision to freeze shutoffs for 30 days as the federal government fails to make SNAP payments. Via the grassroots group Our CPP

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Really excellent speaker series from John Carroll University on what it means to be human in a world of catastrophic change: visit.jcu.edu/livable-future

Is Cleveland better off without Browns stadium? Breaking down Cleveland's football stadium costs, and what the city gets in return

Cleveland is pretty clearly better off without the Browns stadium. Good story in today's Plain Dealer.

Let's go! The City of Cleveland - home to a public power utility - is one of the first in the nation i've heard of so far banning shutoffs during this federal shutdown crisis.

Public power can lead the nation in showing what democratic institutions can do to make our lives better.

Cleveland’s sports billionaires refuse to pay their fair share while city battles poverty Justin Bibb is the first Cleveland mayor in memory to challenge Guardians and Cavs owners' expectations for taxpayer-funded repairs in a city plagued by poverty.

Thanks to @justinmbibb.bsky.social for insisting that, in a city with one of the highest poverty rates in the nation, billionaire sports team owners should pay for the facilities that primarily benefit their businesses.
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This is one of the best, most comprehensive news articles about the Ohio earthworks I've ever seen. Please give it a read. There's so much great knowledge in here; stuff every Ohioan should take pride in about our home state and the astonishing history here we ought to revere.

Brook Park, Browns make case for state help to upgrade roads around stadium site Brook Park seeks $70 million from the state for road improvements near Browns stadium site

It is absolutely ridiculous to ask state taxpayers to fund this. Yet, the clowns in charge will probably approve it anyway.

Clevelanders join National Week Without Driving to push for more transit options National Week Without Driving, Monday through Sunday, aims to reveal barriers to getting around without access to a personal vehicle.

"About a quarter of Cleveland residents don't have access to a personal vehicle as their primary mode of transportation, according to Census data, leaving them to rely on other forms of transportation to navigate the city."

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A coal-burning steel plant may thwart Cleveland’s climate goals The facility is the city's biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions. Advocates say its dirty blast furnaces need to be replaced with cleaner technology.

To meet important carbon-reduction goals, Cleveland and Cuyahoga County need the Cleveland-Cliffs plant to invest in modern, clean steel-making technologies.
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