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Arnold Pinkney was blessed with the rare ability to figure out where voters were headed, and get there first.
That gift made Pinkney one of the most effective political strategists and campaign managers in Cleveland history.
Over the course of a political life that spanned nearly half a century, Pinkney’s candidates won a whole lot more races than they lost.
But Pinkney, who died Monday at the age of 83, didn’t win them all. And two of those losses were tough to take.
Because they were his own.
Pinkney ran for mayor in 1971 and 1975, defeated both times by Ralph Perk. Of the two, 1971 was, by far, the most disappointing.
In one of the most memorable mayoral races ever waged in Cleveland, events beyond Pinkney’s control conspired to cost him a victory.
Pinkney’s mentor was former Mayor Carl Stokes. He worked as a top City Hall aide to the nation’s first black, big-city mayor, and in 1969 managed Stokes’ winning re-election campaign.
Of all the members of the city’s growing black political class in the 1960s, Pinkney always thought Stokes stood head and shoulders above them all.
“Only one person had the charisma, the experience and the drive to win that job,” Pinkney recalled a few years ago. “Back then, it took a special talent for a black to be elected mayor. And only Carl had that talent.”
With the black church as its foundation, Stokes’ political base was built to last. And when he decided not to seek re-election in 1971, Pinkney hoped to use that base to become the city’s second black mayor.
Stokes quickly got on board. But first he had a score to settle.
Partisan primaries were held in those days. In the Republican primary, Ralph Perk easily dispatched a young state representative from Collinwood named George Voinovich.
Pinkney ran as an independent, leaving Council President Anthony Garofoli and businessman James Carney as the Democratic candidates.
Stokes disliked Garofoli, and in the waning days of the primary campaign he recorded a message endorsing Carney that was telephoned into the home of virtually every black voter in the city. Political robo-calling was in its infancy at the time, but that call enabled Carney to upset the favored Garofoli.
Stokes had flexed his sizable political muscle to punish a fellow Democrat, but he was playing a risky game. After convincing blacks to support Carney in the primary, he asked them to switch back to Pinkney in the general election five weeks later.
It backfired. About one in five black voters stuck with Carney, enough to swing the election to Perk, a Republican.
The 1971 campaign was my first as a reporter for the Cleveland Press. And I distinctly remember that, aside from Perk and a handful of his closest allies, no one thought he would win.
Afterwards, some who knew Stokes well thought he never wanted Pinkney to win, that he wanted at the time to be known as Cleveland’s first — and only — black mayor.
Pinkney never bought that. But he did come to believe Stokes’ strategy cost him the election.
“There’s no question Stokes’ endorsement of Carney siphoned votes from me 35 days later,” he recalled 20 years later. “I indicated to him (Stokes) that I didn’t think the strategy would work, but Carl prevailed.”
By 1975, Cleveland had switched to nonpartisan mayoral contests where the top two finishers in the primary would meet in a runoff election.
In the primary election, Pinkney finished first in a five-candidate field, nearly 4,000 votes ahead of Perk, who was seeking a third, two-year term.
Years later, Perk would admit he played possum in the primary. By taking a dive in Round 1 of the voting, Perk hoped to scare his supporters (i.e. white voters) and increase turnout on the West Side.
It worked. In the runoff election, he beat Pinkney by 17,000 votes.
Pinkney never again sought elected office, instead devoting his time to campaign consulting and selling insurance.
He played a key role in many statewide campaigns, notably Dick Celeste’s three runs (two of them successful) for governor. In 1984, he managed Jesse Jackson’s race for president.
When Gerald Austin, another veteran political consultant with deep Cleveland ties, was offered the job of managing Jackson’s presidential campaign in 1988, the first person he called was Pinkney.
“Arnold told me if Jackson and I could both control our egos, we’d learn a lot from each other,” recalled Austin. “So I took it. Arnold was special. He was a wonderful teacher, a real gentleman, a dear friend.”
For 40 years, Pinkney, Lou Stokes and George Forbes formed a political triumvirate that permeated every aspect of black political life in Greater Cleveland.
One Saturday morning in the late summer of 2011, Pinkney and House Speaker Bill Batchelder sat at a table in Forbes’ home and drew a new congressional district that protected the seat held by Rep. Marcia Fudge. Stokes signed off on the district via telephone.
Slowed a bit by illness, Pinkney nevertheless played an instrumental role in the 2012 school levy campaign that saw voters overwhelmingly agree to fund Mayor Frank Jackson’s school reform plan. And last fall he served as an adviser to Jackson’s re-election effort.
Former Plain Dealer editorial page editor Mary Anne Sharkey worked with Pinkney on those and other campaigns. From Pinkney, she learned the importance of a ground game in winning citywide elections, watching as he “dispatched troops with the precision of a general.”
Pinkney wasn’t averse to using social media and other 21st-century political tools, but his talents and tactics remained decidedly old school. Nevertheless, they worked.
“Arnold had a golden gut,” said Sharkey. “He did not need focus groups. He knew this town.”
About as well as anyone who ever lived.
Brent Larkin was The Plain Dealer’s editorial director from 1991 until his retirement in 2009.
Arnold Pinkney obituary from Plain Dealer
Arnold Pinkney obituary from Plain Dealer January 13, 2014
http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2014/01/post_51.htmlPolitical strategist Arnold Pinkney, consultant to Jesse Jackson, Frank Jackson and others, dies
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Arnold Pinkney, who rose from the steel mills of Youngstown to become a nationally known political strategist and the manager of Jesse Jackson’s historic presidential campaign, died Monday — mere months after his most recent campaign.
He was 83.
Pinkney was best known locally as the shrewd kingmaker who put Louis Stokes in Congress and Frank Jackson in the Cleveland mayor’s office. In between, he was a trusted tactician for former Mayor Michael R. White and former Ohio Gov. Richard Celeste.
Friends said Pinkney had been ill for months. But his influence remained considerable in local politics. Last June he endorsed Armond Budish for Cuyahoga County executive, becoming one of the Beachwood-based state representative’s key early backers. He also remained close with Mayor Jackson through his successful bid last fall for a third term.
A statement from Hospice of the Western Reserve and forwarded by the Cleveland NAACP said Pinkney passed at 1:30 p.m. at the David Simpson Hospice House. His family thanked well-wishers but asked for privacy in the statement. Arrangements with the E.F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home are pending.
“The Cleveland community has lost a remarkable public servant who cared deeply about the future of our children and the well-being of all people,” said U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge, a Democrat from Warrensville Heights and chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus. “Mr. Pinkney has been a friend and an astute political mentor to many, including me. My thoughts and prayers go out to his wife Betty, his daughter Traci and all other members of his family.”Said Budish, in an emailed statement: “Our hearts, thoughts and prayers go out to Arnold’s family today. Mr. Pinkney was a dedicated leader and public servant not just to the African American community, but also to all of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. His imprint on this region has been historic, and he will be sorely missed but not forgotten.”
Political consultant Mary Anne Sharkey, who worked with Pinkney on levy campaigns and on Frank Jackson’s campaigns, said Pinkney remained engaged on the mayor’s recent re-election campaign. She recalled working with Pinkney to prepare Jackson for a City Club of Cleveland debate with challenger Ken Lanci.
“Arnold paid attention to everything from soup to nuts,” said Sharkey, who was at Cleveland City Council’s Finance Committee meeting Monday afternoon as word of Pinkney’s death spread. Council members, she said, observed a moment of silence.
An insurance broker, Pinkney drew national attention as the campaign manager in civil-rights leader Jesse Jackson’s 1984 presidential bid. Jackson didn’t win, but he credited Pinkney with running a campaign that mobilized millions of previously disenfranchised poor and minority voters.
“I am very sad today,” Jackson told the Northeast Ohio Media Group in a telephone interview Monday. “With his passing, a huge part of history goes with him — that generation, led by Carl Stokes and Lou Stokes.
“A civic leader who could push or pull,” Jackson added. “He could manage in the background or lead from the forefront. He was forever blessed with a good mind and courage and could be trusted. His legacy of service will be with us a long time.”
Pinkney often said the highlight of his career occurred years earlier in the ballroom of the Beverly Hills Hilton in Los Angeles.
Minnesota Sen. Hubert Humphrey had made a strong showing, but narrowly lost the California primary in his quest for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination. As the partisan crowd cheered, the former vice president’s wife, Muriel, motioned for Pinkney — then her husband’s deputy campaign manager — to join the candidate on stage.
“We’re going to win this race,” Humphrey told Pinkney on national television. “And if we win, you’re coming to Washington with me to help put this country back together.”
Everyone back in Ohio was watching, and Pinkney was convinced he was headed to the nation’s capital for a cabinet post or a high-level White House position.
“It was one of the proudest moments of my life,” Pinkney would recall years later.
Humphrey didn’t win, and Pinkney didn’t go to Washington. But his fascination with politics lasted until his death. It was an attraction that began at an early age.
An education in politics
His father, David, was vice chairman of the Mahoning County Republican Party and favored Wendell Willkie over Franklin D. Roosevelt. His mother, Catherine, served as a precinct committeewoman. Their politics cast the boy as an underdog in the overwhelmingly Democratic steel town.
“Me and one other kid, a white kid, were the only ones in our whole school to wear Willkie buttons,” he said with a chuckle.
Pinkney’s father died just three months before his son, the youngest of five children, graduated from high school. To help the family make ends meet, the 17-year-old Pinkney moonlighted in steel mills.
It was around that time that he discovered Humphrey, who was to become a surrogate father. Listening to the 1948 Democratic National Convention on the radio, the teenager heard the youthful mayor of Minneapolis deliver an impassioned plea for his party to embrace civil rights — a plea so strident it drove Southern segregationists from the Philadelphia convention hall.
The speech rang in Pinkney’s ears for years. Decades later in hotel rooms from Portland to Pittsburgh, Humphrey and Pinkney would share meals and talk politics until dawn. Pinkney rode in Muriel Humphrey’s limousine during the senator’s funeral.
Young Pinkney was moved by Humphrey, but his first ambition was to play baseball. His exploits on the diamond at Albion College in Michigan eventually landed him in the school’s sports hall of fame. A talented shortstop with a strong bat, Pinkney played ball with Major Leaguers while stationed in Europe during an 18-month stint in the Army.
Pinkney held his own with the big-leaguers, but Indians scout Paul O’Dea warned the young man that he would be in his late 20s by the time he made it to the majors.
“He said, ‘Your race needs more lawyers than baseball players,'” Pinkney recalled.
Heeding O’Dea’s advice, Pinkney came to Cleveland in 1955 and enrolled in law school at Western Reserve University, but dropped out when he ran out of money. He met his wife, Betty, while at Albion. The couple later had a daughter, Traci.
The young family man went to work, becoming the first black agent hired by Prudential Insurance Co. He was soon drawn to causes, heading a membership drive for the NAACP and picketing a supermarket chain for not hiring blacks.
Partnering with the Stokes brothers
Pinkney met the Stokes brothers while doing bail bond work, and he soon became involved in local politics. After seeing Pinkney run successful local judicial campaigns, Louis Stokes tapped Pinkney to run his 1968 Congressional bid. The victory made Stokes Ohio’s first black congressman. Pinkney’s reputation grew after he helped Carl Stokes, the first black mayor of a major American city, survive a tough re-election fight.
“It’s like watching a symphony,” Louis Stokes said of Pinkney’s campaigns during a 2001 interview. “I’ve seen a lot of campaigns and Arnold is unquestionably the best I’ve ever seen.”
Pinkney did not spend his whole career behind the scenes. He served as Cleveland school board president from 1971 to 1978. The post thrust him into the public spotlight during the start of the district’s tumultuous desegregation case.
Pinkney’s visibility grew, but it wasn’t enough to propel him to higher office. He made unsuccessful runs for mayor in 1972 and 1975. After the latter loss, he moved to Shaker Heights to remove himself from consideration for future races.
The affable Pinkney was known for campaigning hard in white West Side wards where support for a black candidate ranged for disinterest to outright hostility. Pinkney would later tell of walking into a Kamms’ Corner tavern and hearing himself being loudly disparaged by a guy standing at the bar.
“The guy said, ‘He don’t have the nerve to come in here,'” Pinkney recalled years later. “I tapped him on the shoulder and shook his hand. He said he lived in Fairview Park, but if he lived in Cleveland, he would have voted for me.”
But Pinkney also discovered a considerable down side to public service. While serving on the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority in 1984, Pinkney was convicted of having an unlawful interest in a public contract. Pinkney argued he sold insurance to the board only after a board attorney told him such a deal was legal.
Five years later, a state parole board unanimously recommended a full pardon, and Celeste, who was then governor, pardoned his old friend.
The reigning guru of Cleveland politics
Pinkney spent much of the last two decades championing candidates and causes he believed in. His knack of knowing exactly how many votes a candidate or issue needed to prevail — and precisely where to find those votes — established him as the reigning guru of Cleveland politics.
“Most people take political science course and that kind of thing,” said former Cuyahoga County Deputy Elections Director Lynnie Powell, who first met Pinkney as a 16-year-old campaign volunteer. “Arnold never really did that. He knew in his gut how to run a campaign and how to reach people.”
White, who met Pinkney when he was 14, frequently tapped into that expertise during his three terms as mayor. In a six-year period, White asked Pinkney to run campaigns on five issues, all of them successful: the 1995 effort to extend the countywide tax on cigarettes and alcohol to help pay for construction of Cleveland Browns Stadium; the 1996 Cleveland schools levy campaign; a 1997 campaign to defeat a charter change that would have limited the city’s ability to grant tax abatements; and a 2001 school bond issue.
“I’d rather be on his side than against him,” said Richard DeColibus, the retired Cleveland Teachers Union president who pushed the unsuccessful tax-abatement issue.
Pinkney ran lawyer Raymond Pierce’s mayoral bid in 2001, losing to Jane Campbell and rival political strategist Gerald Austin. But he got revenge four years later when he helped Frank Jackson defeat the Campbell-Austin team.
Through it all, Pinkney remained an active partner in Pinkney Perry Insurance, a firm he and Charles B. Perry opened more than 45 year ago. He also served on the boards of Albion and of Central State University in Wilberforce.
“I have a gift for getting people involved,” Pinkney said in a 2001 interview. “And I like doing it.”
This obituary was written by former Plain Dealer reporter Scott Stephens, with contributions from Plain Dealer reporter Grant Segall.
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Obama Administration Calls For Limits on Testing in Schools (New York Times)
E-Schools Still in the Crosshairs of State Charter School Ratings, National Study (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Race, Racism and Lead Poisoning: Toxic Neglect (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
How Polluted With Toxic Algae is Ohio’s Drinking Water? (Columbus Dispatch)
Ohio’s Competing Issues 2, 3 Vary in Support (Toledo Blade)
Wine Boom in Ohio Grows (Toledo Blade)
In Swing-State Ohio, Both Parties Want to Limit Their Own Power in Redistricting (Governing)
Cuyahoga County and Cleveland Officials Want to Form Agency to Reduce Infant Mortality (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
An Inner-Ring Suburb on the Edge: “The Future of Maple Hts is Bleak”: Mark Naymak (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Cleveland Launches Plan to Rebuild Urban Forest (WKYC)
Three Short Videos Explaining Ohio Issues 1, 2 and 3: Video (Ohio Sec of State)
Legalizing Marijuana and Controlling Monopolies: What to Know About Issues 2 and 3 (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Curing Cleveland’s Legacy of Lead Poisoning (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
With Boehner Gone, Will Ohio Lose Influence in Ohio? (Columbus Dispatch)
Area Restaurants are Desperate for Skilled Help (Crain’s Cleveland Business)
Ohio’s Shale Industry Isn’t About to Crack (Crain’s Cleveland Business)
Ohio Voters Support and Oppose Legalizing Marijuana. Wait, What? (Washington Post)
Downtown Cleveland Lakefront Development Could See City Funding for Infrastructure, Parks (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
MetroHealth’s Campus Transformation Goes Far Beyond Bricks and Motar (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Ohio Issue 1, the Redistricting Amendment: What You Need to Know (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
7 Cuyahoga County Cities Unite to Ask Voters to Curb Deer Population (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
What’s Behind the Rise in Cincinnati Shootings? (Cincinnati Enquirer)
Expert Says Ohio’s Redistricting Proposal (Issue 1) Could Serve as Model For Other States (WOSU)
More Ohio Farmers Go Organic (Columbus Dispatch)
Poll: Ohio Headed to a “Constitutional Crisis” over Marijuana Issues (Dayton Daily News)
The Story of Cleveland’s Gang Violence is Written Chapter by Chapter on the City’s Streets (Cleveland Scene)
Judge Allows Youngstown Schools State-Takeover Bill to Stand (WKBN)
Cuyahoga County Executive Budish Proposes $10 Million Infusion into Pre-K Program (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
State Issue 1 Would Change Who Makes Decisions on State Voting Districts (WCPO)
Ohio Issue 2: Election Guide (Cincinnati Enquirer)
Ohio’s Issue 3 More Complicated Than Support for Legal Marijuana (Toledo Blade)
Fewer Food Pantries Serve Ohioans in Need (Columbus Dispatch)
Cleveland’s Slavic Village is on the Comback Trail, Eyes More Local Retail (Crain’s Cleveland Business)
Ohio Legislators in Both Parties Want New Congressional Redistricting Method (Columbus Dispatch)
Ohio Passes Legislation Aimed at Cleaning Up Scandal-Ridden Charter School Sector (Washington Post)
A Long Chat With Norman Krumholz, Former City Planner of Cleveland (Cleveland Scene)
Port Sells First Load of Recycled Dredge From Cuyahoga River Sediment (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Northeast Ohio Hospitals Decry Skyrocketing Drug Prices (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Cuyahoga County Housing Market Recovering Slowly, Local Experts Say (Cleveland Jewish News)
Cleveland is One of the More Pricey Cities for Health Care Costs, Analysis Says (Crain’s Cleveland Business)
Is Hopkins Reducing Staffing Because It’s Running Out of Money? (Cleveland Scene)
Free College Classes Attract Thousands of Ohio Middle and High School Students (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Debate Over Issue 3: “Marijuana Legalization at Cleveland City Club: Video (City Club)
Interviews With Columbus Mayoral Candidates (Columbus Monthly)
May Co, 925 Building, Former Goodyear Campus Vie for Big State Tax Credit (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
New Site on Central Lakefront Under Consideration For Cleveland Intermodel Hub (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Housing Experts to Discuss Northeast Ohio Foreclosures, Recovery at Wednesday Forum (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Cleveland Faces Long-Stalled Efforts to Diversify Police Ranks (Ideastream)
Youngstown: A Cautionary Tale (Toledo Blade)
A Green River: Spreading Algae on Ohio River is Cause for Concern: Editorial (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Confusing Ohio Test Results are Latest Effort to Unravel Common Core’s Promise (Washington Post)
To Help Solve Cleveland Airport’s Problems, Create a Regional Authority: Brent Larkin (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Ohio’s Oil, Natural Gas Industry Important Despite Downturn (Akron Beacon Journal)
When Cleveland Was a Hotbed of Rock N Roll: 40 Years of Photos (Slate)
Report Says Universities in Ohio Can do More to Cut Costs (WCPO)
Legalized Marijuana Sales Could Make Ohio $300 Million, Budget Office Says (Columbus Dispatch)
Toxic Algae Bloom Now Stretches 650 Miles Along Ohio River (Columbus Dispatch)
LeBron James Calls For Greater Gun Control in Wake of Cleveland Child Shootings (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Polluted Stew Remains Over Northeast Ohio Despite Improvements in Air Quality: NOACA Report (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Fleeing the Witness Stand: Fear of Gangs Escalates in Cleveland Courtrooms (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
The Day Cleveland’s East Side and West Side Were Linked 100 Years Ago (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Cleveland Clinic, CWRU Break Ground on $515 Million Health Education Campus (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Akron’s Drinking Water Supply Surrounded by Oil Wells, a Cash Cow for the City (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Toxic Algae Outbreak Overwhelms a Polluted Ohio River (New York Times)
Issue 8-Cuyahoga County Arts and Culture Forum at Cleveland City Club 9.28.15-Video (City Club of Cleveland)
Come to Cleveland? Maybe Not (Belt)
Cuyahoga County Needs New Downtown Courthouse and Jail, Officials Say (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Most First Year Kids in Ohio Online Schools Learn Little, Fall Behind and Never Catch Up (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
From River Bottom to Topsoil: Recycling Cuyahoga River Sediment in Slavic Village (Belt)
Cleveland’s Bike Share System Could Have Hundreds of Bicycles by Spring (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Cleveland to Pay $13.2 Million Next Year For Police Reforms (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Pioneering Cleveland Journalist Doris O’Donnell Dies at Age 94 (TribLive)
Tourism Officials Compare Lake Erie Algae Problem to Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Say Industry is Ailing (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Ohio Facing a Clean Water Crisis (Columbus Dispatch)
Enrollment is Falling at Northeast Ohio’s Law Schools (Crain’s Cleveland Business)
John Boehner’s Departure Will Hurt Ohio’s Clout and Prestige, Officials Say (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Speaker of the US House and Ohio Representative John Boehner to Resign from Congress (Columbus Dispatch)
Ohio Sees an Alarming Jump in Drug Overdose Deaths (Columbus Dispatch)
Cuyahoga County Clerks Latest Public Service-Workers to Unionize (Cleveland Scene)
Ohio’s Middle Class Still Struggling to Recover, Not Only From Great Recession, But One in 2001 (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Ohio Cuts Math and English Testing Time About 40% This Year (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Michigan Bill Seeks to Ban Shipping Crude Oil on Great Lakes (Detroit Free Press)
Cincinnati Economy Fastest-Growing in Midwest (Cincinnati Enquirer)
Uber Doubling Up in Ohio With Push for 10,000 More Drivers (Columbus Business First)
Dayton to Host First Presidential Debate on Sept 26, 2016 (Toledo Blade)
How One Couple Turned a “Toxic Corner” of Cleveland Into a Develpment Hotbed (Vanity Fair)
America’s Leading Immigrant Cities (Atlantic Citylab)
Ohio’s Contributions to American Cuisine (Columbus Dispatch)
What’s the Deal With Issue 2? (Cincinnati Enquirer)
Northeast Ohio Home Sales Still Toppng 2014 Levels, But August was Slower (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
What You Need to Know About Issue 3 – Ohio’s Marijuana Legalization Measure (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
How Scott Walker’s Withdrawl May Affect Ohio Governor Kasich’s Presidential Bid (Columbus Dispatch)
Ohio Obesity Continues to Climb (Dayton Daily News)
Will Ohio Ban Pay-to-Play School Activities? (Columbus Dispatch)
Republican National Convention Poised to Disrupt Calendars Next Summer (Crain’s Cleveland Business)
Cleveland State Wolstein Arena Gets a Major Assist from the Q (Crain’s Cleveland Business)
Cuyahoga County Departments Asked to Reduce Budgets by 10% (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Early Childhood Education Still Best Ticket Out For Inner-City Cleveland Youth: Brent Larkin (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Census: Nearly 1.8 Million Ohioans in Poverty (Cincinnati Enquirer)
For Gang Members, the Revolving Prison Doors “Like Going to College” (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Fatal Car Accidents on the Rise in Ohio (Dayton Daily News)
Hudson Launches Its High-Speed Internet System (Crain’s Cleveland Business)
Ohio Kids Who Don’t Quite Meet PARCC Testing Standards Are Still “Proficient”, State School Board Decides (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Fewer People Are Without Health Care in Ohio (Dayton Daily News)
Ohio’s Tech Companies Struggling to Overcome Shortages in Talent and Capital (Columbus Business First)
Ohio Didn’t Like Its Students’ Common Core Test Scores – So It Changed the Passing Grade (Washington Post)
MetroHealth to Open Emergency Departments in Cleveland Heights, Parma (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Planned Parenthood is a Symbol. This is the Reality of One Ohio Clinic (Washington Post)
Issue 3 Marijuana Legalization Supporters and Opponents (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Charter School Equipment Belongs to Operators, Not Schools, Court Rules (Columbus Dispatch)
83% of Ohio State’s Students Graduate; Highest Rate of Ohio’s 13 Public Universities (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
From Jail to Jobs. In Ohio, Prisoners Train to Find Redemption: George Will (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Ohio Turnpike Cuts Deal Aimed at Expanding Wireless Coverage (Associated Press)
Ohio Still Has 250,000 Fewer Jobs Versus 2000; Job Growth Well Below National Average (Columbus Dispatch)
Cuyahoga River Cleanup Reaches New Benchmark With Walleye Discovery (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Bipartisan Group Pushes to Reduce Ohio’s Prison Population (Ideastream)
University Circle Proposal Could Add 700+ Apartments (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Are Local School Taxes Subsidizing Ohio Charters? (Columbus Dispatch)
Broad Ohio Coalition Want Renewable Energy Targets Restored (Associated Press)
Has Cleveland Finallly Realized Its Destiny as a Destination? (Ideastream)
Ohio Health Insurance Industry is Shrinking; Prices Bound to Rise (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Ohio Sees Wages Dip: Now Below Average (Columbus Dispatch)
A Frank Discussion About Race, Bigotry and Humility: George Ridrigue, Editor (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Charter School Questions Dog John Kasich at Home (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Critics Say Issue 2 Could Block More Than Marijuana Amendment (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
The Comeback of the Great Lakes States (Forbes)
Urban Resilience: A Tale of Two Cities (Huffington Post)
Ohio Auto Crashes Increase by 7% in 2014; Insurance Rates to Climb (Columbus Dispatch)
Droughts Plaguing Much of U.S. Present Opportunity For Great Lakes Regions (Buffalo News)
Civil Cases Plummet in Cuyahoga County, Across the State as Foreclosures Drop Drastically (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
How Columbus Managed to Record Nation’s Highest Wage Growth (Fortune)
Fiat Chrysler Plans to Keep Wrangler But Exit Wrangler in Toledo (Toledo Blade)
Are Charter Schools in the Future For Youngstown City Schools (Belt)
A Look Back at the Early Years of Air Show Races in Cleveland (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Brain Gain in the Rust Belt (Atlantic Citylab)
FirstEnergy’s Lakeshore Power Plant Will Be Demolished (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Algae in Western Lake Erie Eats Into Fishing Business (Associated Press)
Frequently Asked Questions About Ohio’s Marijuana Issue 3 (Dayton Daily News)
With State Takeover Looming, School Begins in Youngstown (StateImpact)
Now That the Lake Shore Power Plan is Closed, Why Isn’t Anyone Talking About How to Best Use That Land (Cleveland Magazine)
In Latest Mega-Merger, Akron General Joins With Cleveland Clinic (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Electronic Poll Books Will Be at Voting Locations Across the State by November, 2016 (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
First Look at One University Circle High-Rise Apartments to Start Rising in January (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Is Ohio the Next Home of Hanging Chads? (Politico)
Lake Erie Algae Bloom Spreads to Cleveland, Could Set Record, Scientists Warn (Columbus Dispatch)
Can Becoming a “Global Employer” Expand Cleveland’s Talent Base? (Freshwater
How Wall Street is Losing Talent to Cleveland (Bloomberg)
Waukesha’s Plan For Lake Michigan Water Raises Worries (New York Times)
Ohio State’s Average ACT Scores Set Another Record and Are a Far Cry From a Decade Ago (Columbus Business First)
Frackers Draw Water in Ohio, But Pay Nothing (Wheeling Intelligencer)
Ohio Voters Support President Obama on Curbing Emission, Oppose Him on Iran Treaty (Cincinnati Enquirer)
John Kasich Approval Rating Soars in Ohio (Politico)
Should Swimming Be Banned When Lake Erie Water is Unsafe? (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
In Northeast Ohio, Old Malls Rot While New Shopping Centers Sprawl (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Are Ohio’s Prisons Worth the Cost Even Though They Reduce Crime? (Youngstown Vindicator)
Ohio Jobless Rate Lowest Since 2001 (Dayton Daily News)
Legislative Inaction Adds to Ohio Charter Schools’ Ills: Brent Larkin (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
91.6% of Students Attended First Day of Cleveland Schools; Better Than Last Year, Still Below State Standards (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
The Final Insult. US Airways “Passes Over” Founding City Pittsburgh on Final Flight (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Northeast Ohio Home Sales See 20.4% Gain (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Cleveland Tourism Industry Has a Record Year (Cleveland Scene)
24 Ohioans Who Tried to Be President (Dayton Daily News)
Lou Stokes – the Congressman, Leading Lawyer and Towering Political Presence Has Died (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Tributes to Former Cleveland Area Congressman Louis Stokes, Watch Video, See Photos and More (Dayton Daily News)
Plain Dealer Editorial Board Discusses Lou Stokes: Video (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
How Home Rule Handcuffs Renewal: Thomas Bier (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
5 Reasons Why Ohio Will Always Be the State of Aviation (Dayton Daily News)
Congressional Redistricting Reform is Overdue in Ohio: Editorial (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Traffic Deaths on Rise in US and Ohio Highways in 2015 (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Ohio’s Corn Crop Likely Smaller Than Expected (Wall Street Journal)
Cleveland’s Next Boom: Office Space (Freshwater)
What Happens if Both Marijuana Legalization and Anti-Monopoly Amendments Pass? (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
“State-of-the-Art” Max Hayes Career High School Opens Tuesday (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
SmartMart is Set Up to Be One-Stop Shopping For Entrepreneurs: Tech Czar Talk (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Sherrod Brown to Back Iran Treaty, Splitting Ohio’s Senators (Columbus Dispatch)
Old Coal Mines Still Taint Ohio Waterways (Columbus Dispatch)
Centennial Trail One Step Closer to Linking Lake Erie to Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
John Kasich’s Appeal to Moderates Gains Traction in New Hampshire (New York Times)
Ohio Embarks on New Campaign to Attract Foreign Students (StateImpact)
Black Unemployment Rate Has Decreased, But Still More Than Double That of Whites (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Medicaid Costs Nearly $2 Billion Below Estimates in Ohio (Columbus Dispatch)
Ohio to Vote on Legalizing Marijuana (USA Today)
Who Will Be Next Mayor of Cleveland?: Roldo (Cleveland Leader)
Ohio Uninsured Cut More Than Half (Dayton Daily News)
Ohio Voting Laws Discriminate, Lawsuit Says (Columbus Dispatch)
Kasich Wants to Change Structure, Role of Ohio Education Board (Columbus Dispatch)
As Goes Ohio: Why the Buckeye State Remains the Key to the Presidency (Belt)
Cuyahoga County Filings For November 3 Election (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Startups, Artists Invade Former Cleveland Meat Plant (Crain’s Cleveland Business)
Kasich Wins Plaudits For Debate Performance (Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum)
As Ohio Goes, So Goes the Nation (The Hill)
Ohio Sales Tax-Holiday Weekend Begins; Will Public Buy It? (Columbus Dispatch)
Second Guessing Cleveland’s “Opprtunity Corridor”: Mark Lefkowitz (GreenCityBlueLake)
Land Use Lands as Critical Issue in Northeast Ohio (Cleveland Jewish News)
A Single Cleveland Bus Route Offers Promise, Challenges for Republicans (Bloomberg)
Lose By Less: The GOP’s Cleveland Imperative (National Journal)
Late-Summer Algae Bloom Threat Stirring Concern Along Lake Erie (Cleveland Scene)
A Decade Later: Honoring Ohio’s Fallen Marines in Brook Park (Cleveland Leader)
Cleveland Desires Long-Term Economic Surge From Republican Convention (Ideastream)
Here’s a Look Back at Past Presidential Debates in Ohio (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Ohio Gov. Kasich Makes Cut For Thursday’s GOP Debate in Cleveland (Toledo Blade)
Ohio to Fight President Obama’s Plan to Curb Greenhouse-Gas Emissions (Columbus Dispatch)
Years After Housing Crisis Subsides, Cleveland Suburbs Battle Scourge of Abandoned Homes (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
U.S. EPA Gives Ohio to 2030 to Cut Power-Plant Emissions by One-Third (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Toxic Algae Struggles Leave Toledo’s Reputation Hanging in the Balance (Toledo Blade)
Cincinnati Taking a Different Course Than Baltimore, Ferguson (Cincinnati Enquirer)
What You Can and Can’t Do When Pulled Over By Police For a Traffic Stop (Dayton Daily News)
With Debate and Convention, GOP Looks to Reclaim Ohio in 2016 (New York Times)
The Next “Must-Live” Cleveland Neighborhood is… (Fresh Water)
How Long Until Lake Erie’s Algae Problems Affect Tourism? (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Ohio Board of Education Lacking Clout (StateImpact)
Cleveland Hopkins Flights Now Among Cheapest in Nation (Crain’s Cleveland Business)
First Energy Wants Ohio to End Deregulation, Return to State-Controlled Rates (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Solar Power Sparks Resistance From Ohio Utilities (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Cuyahoga County Faces $27 Million Deficit This Year (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
First Signs of Toxins Found in Raw Lake Erie Water in Toledo (Toledo Blade)
Ohio Infant Mortality Rates 23% Higher Than US Average (Associated Press/News-Herald)
Number of School Librarians Dropping Fast Across Ohio (Associated Press/WKBN)
Ohio Governor John Kasich on “Meet the Press”-Video (NBC)
Ticket Requests No Longer Being Accepted For Republican Presidential Debate in Cleveland (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Cleveland School District’s Efforts to Bring Charter Schools on Board Getting “Mixed” Results (Crain’s Cleveland Business)
Another Toledo Water Crisis? It’s Possible If We Lose Focus on Lake Erie-David Kushma, Editor (Toledo Blade)
Civil Rights Groups Challenge Constitutionality of Cleveland’s New Protest Rules (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
John Kasich Could Learn From Last Ohio Governor to Seek Presidency (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Source: Amazon Has Plans to Create 2000 Jobs in Central Ohio (Columbus Dispatch)
Could Cleveland Be the “Valley” of the Midwest? America’s New Hub for Entrepreneurs (Forbes)
Cleveland City Council Passes “Parade” Legislation to Limit Protesting on City Streets (Cleveland Scene)
Ohio Senators Push For Congressional Redistricting (Columbus Dispatch)
Hudson Invests In Faster Internet Connections to Spur Economic Development (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
The Feisty Politician: Jeff Johnson (Cleveland Scene)
East Cleveland Annexation: A Tale of Two Cities (WKYC-TV)
Ohio Housing Market Sees Busiest June Since 2005 (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Uncovering the Cost of College Sports at Ohio’s Public Universities (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Anxiety Hits Ohio’s Shale Industry (Columbus CEO)
Sports Owners Dip Into the Public’s Purse, Despite Their Billions in the Bank (New York Times)
More Ohio Kids Living in Poverty (Columbus Dispatch)
24 Ohioans Who Tried to Be President; 8 Who Succeeded (Dayton Daily News)
Can Kasich Pull It Off? (Columbus Dispatch)
Ohio’s John Kasich Brings Heat, Intrigue to 2016 GOP Presidential Race (Los Angeles Times)
Will Ohio Flunk Failing Charter Schools? Top Ohio Education Official Resigns (StateImpact)
What Ohio Gov. John Kasich is Doing to Public Education in His State (Washington Post)
Louis Stokes Diagnosed with Lung and Brain Cancer (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Cleveland Sees More Tech Startups Surviving the “Valley of Death”: Tech Czar Talk (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Buying Beats Renting in Ohio (Columbus Dispatch)
Ohio Implements New Rules For Frackers; Many Areas Left Unregulated (Canton Repository)
Ohio Spends More to Plug Old Wells, But Still Needs 24 More Years to Plug 580 Wells on List (Canton Respository)
Columbus Dispatch Endorses Mt. McKinley Name Change (Columbus Dispatch)
East Cleveland First Annexation Steps: Petititons Turned In (WKYC)
Legislative Attempts to End Death Penalty in Ohio Now Has Bipartisan Support (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Utica Shale Play May Hold 20 Times More Natural Gas Than Previously Thought (Columbus Business First)
Ohio Broke the Law By Leaving Failing Schools Out of Key Charter School Evaluation (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Report Yields Surprising Results About Cleveland’s Solar Energy Market (Crain’s Cleveland Business)
Overbuilt Retail Has Left Dead Malls Across NE Ohio. Will Severence Town Center be Next? (Cleveland Scene)
Former Ohio State President: “Colleges Have Lost Control of Athletics” (Columbus Business First)
Ohio’s Common Core Math and English Tests Will Be Cut to 3 Hours Each (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
All of Ohio’s 88 County Prosecutors are White; Just 12 of Them are Women (WOSU)
Three Ohio Metros Among Top 50 U.S. Exporters (Dayton Business Journal)
Macy’s in Downtown Pittsburgh to Close (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Marijuana Issue Highlights the Steep Cost of Getting on the Ballot (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Supreme Court Case Could Create Nationwide “Right-to-Work” for Public Sector Workers: Brent Larkin (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Neighborhood Inequality Particularly Profound in Columbus Area (Columbus Dispatch)
The Last of Little Syria: Documentary by the Toledo Blade (Toledo Blade)
Report Finds $100 Goes Further in Ohio (Toledo Blade)
Lake Erie Experts Predict Major Toxic Algae Bloom This Summer; Rainy June to Blame (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
This Year’s Algae Bloom in Lake Erie Could Rival 2011 Record Year (Toledo Blade)
Cuyahoga Court Reforms Could Net Big Savings For Taxpayers, Report Says (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Redistricting Reform Campaign Begins, Preaching Fairness For Partisan Process (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Ohio Communities Want Control Over Fracking (Cincinnati Enquirer)
Republican Presidential Candidatre Debate One Month Away in Cleveland (WKYC-TV)
Ohio University Opens Medical School in Warrenville Heights Hospital (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Sidewalks Project in Buckeye Tells Stories of Neighborhood (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Over-65 Population Jumping in Ohio (Associated Press)
What’s the Payoff for Ohio When it Comes to Data Centers? (Crain’s Cleveland Business)
Gov John Kasich Vetoes Cut $33 Milion From Cuyahoga County School Districts (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)
Cleveland Jewish News Digital Archive Now Available For Free (Cleveland Jewish News)
Ohio’s Effort to Reform Its Ridiculed Charter Schools is a Big Fail (Washington Post)
Ohio Students to Take New Tests in Grades 3-10 (Dayton Daily News)
What Stayed in the Ohio Budget and What Was Vetoed by Gov Kasich (Columbus Dispatch)
A Look Back at Cleveland Hopkins Airport on its 90th Birthday (Plain Dealer/NEOMG)