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Ohio lawmaker wants law requiring police to record race during traffic stops

By Mark Puente & Stan Donaldson Jr. ● Public Safety ● December 2, 2022 December 3, 2022

In January, State Rep. Juanita Brent will introduce legislation requiring police agencies to record race data when making traffic stops. The Cleveland Democrat says “the only way we can make systemic change is with the data.”

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Power to the pedestrian: new HAWK signal in University Circle lets walkers tell cars to stop

By Lee Chilcote ● Public Safety ● November 22, 2022 November 22, 2022

Amid concerns about pedestrian safety in the University Circle area of Cleveland, an innovative HAWK traffic signal allows pedestrians to give vehicles a red light.

How a wealthy suburb profits from ticketing Black drivers

By Mark Puente, Stan Donaldson Jr. & Cid Standifer ● Social Equity ● November 21, 2022 November 22, 2022

Bratenahl has assessed more than $700,000 in fines, court costs and other revenue since 2020, mostly from Black Clevelanders who drove through the village’s jurisdiction.

In greater Cleveland, federal Covid relief for criminal justice goes mostly to pay police

By Rachel Dissell, Anastasia Valeeva & Weihua Li ● Public Safety ● November 16, 2022 November 15, 2022

So far, a fraction of ARPA spending is on long-term violence prevention, while police salaries, technology, equipment, and facility upgrades top the spending list.

Fab House project brings together stories, visual art, and state-of-the-art tech in Glenville

By Christina Easter ● Arts & Culture ● October 27, 2022 November 7, 2022

The See Our Light project recruited residents to share stories and used digital fabrication technology to transform those stories into an art exhibit. The exhibit will eventually move to the neighborhood’s Fab House, a digital makerspace to come.

Former teen mom Linda Howard mothers young mothers, builds political power

By Caitlin Johnson ● Social Equity ● October 13, 2022 October 14, 2022

Linda Howard makes it her life’s work to provide care to young moms when family and governmental and nonprofit assistance aren’t enough. She provides person-to-person help with material goods, low-cost rent, mental health care, and mentoring – and she’d do even more, if it weren’t for a decade-old conviction that bars her from participation in some efforts.

Doan Brook Watershed Partnership works to protect the region’s ‘hidden’ natural landmark

By Douglas J. Guth ● Sustainability ● September 27, 2022 September 23, 2022

Doan Brook, which runs from eastern Shaker Heights through Cleveland to Lake Erie, is an urban stream facing challenges of pollution and flooding from excess stormwater. The nonprofit Doan Brook Watershed Partnership works to support the stream’s health and preservation and invite citizens to get to know and enjoy the waterway.

Color-coded map of Cleveland showing redlining

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 27, 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.

Growth in Glenville: Strong near University Circle, but lagging to the north

By Christina Easter & Lee Chilcote ● Development ● June 1, 2022 June 15, 2022

During the last few years, new businesses, housing, and arts organizations have opened along E. 105th St. in Glenville, bringing new life to the area. But most of this new development has been concentrated near University Circle. Further north along E. 105th St. new development has not yet taken root as expected.