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Who pays property taxes to support services when the economy is dominated by nonprofits?

By Stephanie Czekalinski ● Government ● June 23, 2022 June 24, 2022

Fifty years ago, when Clevelanders needed to fund schools, pay for parks or expand libraries they relied on booming tax revenue from large companies. General Motors, Republic Steel Corp. and Ford Motor Co. employed thousands of people and provided a tax base to fund services for the community. But Cuyahoga County’s economy has changed.

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The debate over tax breaks for nonprofit Cleveland-area hospitals is also about racism and redlining

By Stephanie Czekalinski & Michael Indriolo ● Social Equity ● June 22, 2022 June 24, 2022

For years, hospitals and public policy wonks have been engaged in an ongoing debate over whether nonprofit hospitals provide adequate benefits to the community to make the tax breaks they receive a good deal for taxpayers. That debate is further complicated by the history of racist policies like redlining that still affect Clevelanders today.

Cleveland nonprofit hospitals get millions in property tax breaks. Many are asking, ‘Is it worth it?’

By Stephanie Czekalinski & Michael Indriolo ● Economy ● June 21, 2022 June 24, 2022

An Ideastream analysis of Cuyahoga County fiscal records shows that the clinic owned at least $2.4 billion in tax-exempt property countywide as of 2018 assessments. If that property was taxable, it would contribute about $84 million to government coffers annually.

The Land takes home honors at Ohio Excellence in Journalism awards

By Lee Chilcote ● Civic Engagement ● June 15, 2022 June 17, 2022

This past week, The Land writers Grant Segall and Michael Indriolo took home honors with the Press Club of Cleveland’s All Ohio Excellence in Journalism awards.

Ohio’s first LGBTQ residential building feels inclusive to some, like ‘just apartments’ to others

By Justin Glanville & Ken Schneck ● Development ● June 9, 2022 June 15, 2022

As the building approaches its sixth anniversary, some former residents and the building’s founder and co-developer say it’s not fulfilling its promise to be a space that proactively supports older LGBTQ people.

MidTown’s tree champion goes citywide

By Grant Segall ● Sustainability ● June 9, 2022 June 15, 2022

Samira Malone has become the first director and employee of the Cleveland Tree Coalition, which hopes to reforest the Forest City.

How NE Ohio communities are building small transit solutions to solve big issue of sprawl

By Conor Morris ● Transportation ● June 9, 2022 June 15, 2022

In Northeast Ohio, the continuing sprawl of urban and suburban development has placed some major job centers out-of-the-way for many workers.

Stuck in Cleveland: riders struggle to use public transit to get to work

By Conor Morris ● Transportation ● June 9, 2022 June 24, 2022

The recent route redesign of public transit routes did improve some riders’ ability to get to their jobs, but transit advocates like Marvetta Rutherford, who has had to walk an extra 30 minutes after a bus ride to get to work, say more needs to be done.

What do you want to know about criminal courts in Cleveland?

By Rachel Dissell ● Civic Engagement ● June 6, 2022 June 15, 2022

Submit your questions here, and The Marshall Project’s team will scrape records from the court’s public docket to answer them.

Pride in the CLE returns to downtown on Saturday, June 4th

By Tricia Chaves ● Social Equity ● June 2, 2022 June 15, 2022

True to its grassroots ideal that Pride is not a moment but a movement, Pride in the CLE begins at noon this Saturday, with a march in downtown Cleveland followed by a festival on Malls B and C.