From waiting in line at the DMV to filling out paperwork to apply for food stamps, pretty much everyone will experience an administrative burden at some point in their lives. But what exactly is an administrative burden, and how does it prevent people from getting help when they need it?
Legislation working its way through Cleveland City Council could expand the jurisdiction of University Circle Police into Little Italy. Some council members support the expansion, while others questioned how the private police force will interact with residents.
Carolyn Cooper remembers East Glenville, the neighborhood she grew up in, as a well-manicured, caring community, but in what seemed like a blink of an eye, it has transformed into just another blighted Cleveland neighborhood.
In Cuyahoga County, voting patterns have resulted in mostly White judges deciding the fate of mostly Black criminal defendants.
The Land has been around for more than one year now. In our brief lifetime, we’ve published hundreds of stories, some of which have had rippling impacts through Cleveland.
Just three Cleveland City Council meetings remain this year if the Jackson administration wants to pass its proposed ARPA spending plan for the first half of the city’s $511 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding.Â
Cleveland officials have spent months hashing out how to spend a portion of the $511 million in federal stimulus money from the American Rescue Plan Act. But what do residents want the money used for? The Land and Cleveland Documenters put in a public records request to find out.
Community development corporations have launched a neighborhood platform to influence the next mayor’s agenda after the Nov. 2 election. They see an opportunity to not only influence a Kelley or Bibb administration, but also to help the city recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disrupted city services, exacerbated disparities between residents, and wreaked havoc on local business districts.
Issue 24’s supporters rallied at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections following a march down Chester Avenue just east of downtown. A few hours later, mayoral candidate Kevin Kelley’s supporters packed a bar on the far west side to hear him criticize the proposed charter amendment.
Cleveland City Council held its first special meeting on Monday to kick off its planning for the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) relief funds awarded by the federal government ($511 million, the most of any Ohio city). Here’s what we learned sitting in.
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