Immigration by Elizabeth Sullivan

Elizabeth Sullivan, who received a BA and MA in Russian and East European Studies from Yale University, started at The Plain Dealer in 1979 as a business reporter. She served in a variety of local and overseas reporting capacities, with one earlier stint as an editorial writer, before rejoining the editorial board in 2003 as an associate editor and foreign affairs columnist. In 2009, Sullivan was named editor of the editorial pages. Additionally, Sullivan writes many of the newspaper’s editorials on energy, international and national security topics.

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Water by Brent Larkin (pdf)

Brent Larkin joined The Plain Dealer in 1981 and in 1991 became the director of the newspaper’s opinion pages. In October 2002 Larkin was inducted into The Cleveland Press Club’s Hall of Fame. Larkin retired from The Plain Dealer in May of 2009, but still writes a weekly column for the newspaper’s Sunday Forum section.

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Transportation in Greater Cleveland by James A. Toman (.pdf version)

Transportation in Greater Cleveland by James A. Toman

James A. Toman has authored or co-authored 18 books on various Cleveland topics, particularly those relating to the downtown district and to public transportation. An inveterate collector of Cleveland streetcar photographs, he has also photographed most of the streetcar, light rail, and subways systems in North America. He holds a doctorate in education/clinical counseling, and retired in 2006 after 43 years in the teaching field.. His last educational post was as dean of the Social Sciences/Human Services Division at Lorain County Community College.

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Overview on Transportation from Encyclopedia of Cleveland History

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News Aggregator Archive 6 (11/3/12 – 2/11/13)

 

Cleveland Connects: Transforming Cleveland Schools: Video(Ideastream)

  

How Did Cleveland Restaurant Scene Get so Awesome? Lessons for Buffalo (Buffalo News)

 

Ohio’s Proposed Tax Changes Could Mean Higher Tax Bills For Some(Plain Dealer)

  

Expert: Lake Erie Better But Still at Risk (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Big Data is Starting to Bring Big Jobs to Greater Cleveland (Plain Dealer)

  

Region Needs Growth Plan and This is Crucial Year: Steven Litt (Plain Dealer)

 

Exploring the Themes of Kasich’s Budget: Editorial (Plain Dealer)

 

What Role Did Supervisors Play in Controlling November Car Chase(Plain Dealer)

 

Ohio Ranks Poorly on Election Performance (Patch.com)

 

What is the Cleveland Plan and Why Would I Want One? (State Impact)

  

Cleveland Needs a New Police Chief and a New Safety Director Now: Phillip Morris (Plain Dealer)

 

Exclusive: How Ohio’s Republican Governor Sold the State on Expanding Medicaid (Washington Post)

 

Home Prices Gain in Dayton’s Hardest Hit Communities (Dayton Daily News)

  

West Side Market’s History of Closings and Fires (Plain Dealer)

 

Ohio Sales Tax Changes: What Gov. Kasich’s Proposal Means to You(Plain Dealer)

  

Air Force Outlines Sequester Cuts (Dayton Daily News)

  

Names of Black Civil War Veterans to be Added to the Soliders and Sailors Monument in Cleveland (Plain Dealer)

 

How Ohio’s School Funding Plan Could Affect Your School District (Plain Dealer)

 

Governor Recommends Cleveland Regain Control of Cleveland Lakefront State Park (Plain Dealer)

 

Cleveland Mayor Responds to State’s Findings in Deadly Chase (WKYC)

 

New Sales Taxes to Hit Many (Dayton Daily News)

 

Lake Huron and Michigan Record Lowest Water Levels Ever; Lake Erie Well Below Average (Associated Press)

 

In Cleveland, Bringing Back Baseball History and a Neighborhood (New York Times)

 

Columbus Commuters Top State in Time Stuck in Traffic (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Gov. Kasich Budget Overhauls Education Funding (Cincinnati Enquirer)

 

Ohio State Students Develop Alternative to Facebook With More Privacy (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Proposed Budget Would Shift Tax Burden By Expanding Base (Columbus Dispatch)

 

The Politics of Gov. John Kasich Budget: Analysis (Plain Dealer)

 

Gov. Kasich Announces Two-Year $63.7 Billion Budget (Toledo Blade)

 

Ohio to Expand Medicaid, Despite Gov. John Kasich’s Opposition to Obamacare (Plain Dealer)

 

Kasich Proposes Cutting Ohio’s Sales Tax, Expand Medicaid (Dayton Daily News)

 

Cities’ Hearts Beating Strong in Ohio’s Three C’s (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Tom Mulready of Cool Cleveland Thinks Our Town is Hot: My Cleveland (Plain Dealer)

 

What to do With City’s Abandoned Houses? (Plain Dealer)

 

Farmers in Ohio Divided on Fracking (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Turnpike Toll Proposal Robs Future Generations of Funds: Angie Schmitt (Plain Dealer)

 

Cleveland Pipe Organ Manufacturer in its 110th Year as Maker of Music for Nation’s Churches (Newsnet5)

 

Cleveland Has $50.5 Million Budget Surplus in 2013 (Plain Dealer)

 

Transformer Station Launches in Ohio City (Cool Cleveland)

 

Gov Kasich’s School Plan Would Dramatically Overhaul Ohio’s Funding Formula (Plain Dealer)

 

Exclusive: Should Ohio Expand Medicaid? (Cincinnati Enquirer)

 

Report: Ohio Poverty Increasing (Akron Beacon Journal)

 

Sustainable Cleveland 2019 to Focus on Advanced and Renewable Energy This Year (Plain Dealer)

 

Manufacturing Surge Powers Ohio Rebound (Dayton Daily News)

 

 

Deep Spending Cuts are Likely, Lawmakers Say, With No Deal on Sequester in Sight (Washington Post)

 

 

Secretary of State Husted and Other Republicans Say Electoral College Changes Not in Store in Ohio (Plain Dealer)

 

 

Transformer Station is Set to Transform Cleveland’s Art Scene (Plain Dealer)

 

 

Stuck in Reverse, Detroit Edges Closer to Bankruptcy (Reuters)

 


Anti-Smoking Marketing Works, But Ohio Spends Almost Nothing On It
(Plain Dealer)

 

 

Lake Erie Off to Another Slow Start for Ice Cover (Plain Dealer)

 

 

Ohio State to Save $1 Million a Year by Buying Wind Power (Columbus Dispatch)

 

 

Cuyahoga County Still Paying Off Gateway Bonds (Plain Dealer)

 

 

Virginia Bill on Electoral College Change Appears Headed for Defeat(Washington Post)

 

 

Republicans Hit Obstacles in Altering Electoral College (Los Angeles Times)

 

 

Pieces Are Starting to Move Into Place for 2014 Ohio Governor’s Race: Joe Hallett (Columbus Dispatch)

 

 

Ohio State Tests Slated to Get Much Harder in Two Years (Plain Dealer)

 

 

Google Fiber Provides Faster Internet and, Cities Hope, Business Growth(Washington Post)

 

 

Road Priorities Uncertain Pending Deal for Ohio Turnpike (Mansfield News Journal)

 

 

Hope For Redistricting Reform in Ohio: Dan Moulthrop (Huffington Post)

 

 

Courdray Pick May Affect Ohio Governor’s Race in 2014 (Columbus Dispatch)

 

 

Cleveland Outpaces Nation Drawing Venture Capital to its Tech Scene(Plain Dealer)

 

  

2013 Great Ohioans of All Time Chosen by Statehouse Review Board(Ohio Statehouse)

 

 

Ohio Waste-Handling Infrastucture is Being Overwhelmed by Marcellus Shale Wastewater (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

 

 

Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers, Now a Public Attraction (New York Times)

 

 

Northeast Ohio House Sales Rose 13.4% in 2012. Condo Sales Jumped(Plain Dealer)

 

 

Ohio Labor Pool Continues to Shrink (Dayton Daily News)

 

 

Owner May Close Former Huntington Building if County Locates HQ Elsewhere (Crain’s Cleveland Business)

 

 

Cleveland’s Urban Scene Gets a Boost From Young Adults Moving In(Plain Dealer)

 

 

Teachers Could Be Next to Retire En Masse (Columbus Dispatch)

 

 

Opposing Views on Obama and Future of Country Split Ohio Community(Washington Post)

 

 

Shaker LaunchHouse Director Reflects on Big Year (Shaker Patch)

 

 

Priest Shortage Pressing Ohio Catholics (Dayton Daily News)

 

 

Universities Face Drop in Future Enrollees (Akron Beacon Journal)

 

 

Cleveland Orchestra Attendance Surging Thanks to Programs Aimed at Children, Students (Plain Dealer)

 

 

“Captain America” Sequel Slated For Early Summer Shoot in Cleveland(Plain Dealer)

 

 

Redistricting Tops Husted’s Agenda (Cincinnati Enquirer)

 

 

FirstEnergy Sponsorship Deal With Browns Worth $102 Million Over 17 Years (Akron Beacon Journal)

 

 

Flats Based Fishmongers Look to Lake Erie to Boost Local Food Production (Fresh Water)

 

 

Cleveland’s RTA to Unveil Nonpolluting Hydrogen-Fueled Bus (Plain Dealer)

 

Ohio May See $1.4 Billion Gain By Expanding Medicaid Coverage (Toledo Blade)

 

Cleveland State University Expected to Reduce Number of Credit Hours Needed to Graduate (Plain Dealer)

 

FirstEnergy Buys Cleveland Browns Stadium Naming Rights (Akron Beacon Journal)

 

Free Online Classes Have Area Colleges Determining the Best Way to Proceed (Crain’s Cleveland Business)

 

Cleveland Institute of Art Will Sell Its East Blvd Site to Cleveland Museum of Art and CWRU (Plain Dealer)

 

Ohio State to Require Sophomores to Live On Campus Starting in 2016(Dayton Daily News)

 

200th Horizontal Well Drilled in Ohio’s Utica Shale Play (Youngstown Business Journal)

 

New Water Lows for Great Lakes Could Drain Local Economies (CNN)

 

Cuyahoga County Council President Questions Executive’s Right to Fire Sheriff (Plain Dealer)

 

Ohio Drillers Gird for Fight with Kasich (Youngstown Vindicator)

 

Right-to-Work: Issue is a Poltical Hot Potato (Cincinnati Enquirer)

 

Unemployment Rates Falls in All Ohio Metro Areas (Plain Dealer)

 

Cashing in Assets or Selling City’s Jewels? (Cincinnati Enquirer)

 

Cleveland Museum of Art to Launch Interactive Center, iPad Custom Tours (Plain Dealer)

 

Merger Study to Involve Four Communities: Moreland Hills, Pepper Pike, Orange and Woodmere (Sun News)

 

Honda to Assemble 2014 Accord Hybrid in Ohio (New York Times)

 

Americans Under 50 Fare Poorly on Health Measures, New Report Says(New York Times)

 

Cuyahoga County Chief Fitzgerald Seems Ready to Run for Governor(Columbus Dispatch)

 

Ohio Republicans Voted More Heavily Than Dems in 2012 Early Voting(Columbus Dispatch)

 

Ohio Voters Cast Record Number of Absentee Ballots in November 2012 Election (Associated Press)

 

Colleges Lose Pricing Power (Wall Street Journal)

 

Cleveland Healthcare Industry the Darling of Venture Capitalists in 2012(Plain Dealer)

 

Ideas to Reinvent Detroit (Detroit Fr. Press)

 

Strickland Won’t Run for Governor in 2014 (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Ohio Graduation Test Will Be Replaced After 2013-2014 School Year(Plain Dealer)

 

Ohio’s High-Risk Legislative To-Do List: Editorial (Plain Dealer)

 

Nearly Half-Million Ohio Kids Likely to Fall From “Proficient” Under New Standards (Akron Beacon Journal)

 

Second Inner Belt Bridge, Estimated at $330 Million, Drawing Contactors’ Interest (Plain Dealer)

 

Ohio Third Graders Face Ultimatum: Learn to Read or Repeat the Year (PBS)

 

Toledo Turbines’ Future Pondered (Toledo Blade)

 

Time For a Change in Ohio’s Public Education Funding: Mica Caine(Huffington Post)

 

Never-Seen Cleveland Police Pursuit Video (WKYC)

 

A Shocking and Shameful Lack of Imagination: Why Don’t More Companies Emulate Lincoln Electric? (The Motley Fool)

 

Kent State Bowl Appearance Looks to be a Sellout (Akron Beacon Journal) 

 

Keeping Cleveland Classical (Waco Tribune)

 

2012 was the Warmest Year on Record in Cleveland (Plain Dealer)

 

Ohio College Grads Make $20K More Than High School Grads (Dayton Business Journal)

 

Ohio House Delagation Backs “Fiscal-Cliff” Deal; See How They Voted (Akron Beacon Journal)

 

Utica Shale Development Continues Slow, Steady Progress in Ohio (Akron Beacon Journal)

 

Drilling Industry Wants to Use Barges to Remove Wastewater (Akron Beacon Journal)

 

Retired Celeste Reflects at 75 on His Public Career (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Budget, School Funding, Taxes Major Issues Facing Ohio Leaders in 2013 (Dayton Daily News)

 

Cleveland’s Population Loss Means 2 More City Council Seats Eliminated Next Year (Plain Dealer)

 

Record Levels of Plastic Pollution Found in Lake Erie (Plain Dealer)

 

University Circle’s Uptown Development Offers Lessons For Budding Upper Chester Project (Plain Dealer)

 

Government Keeping More Secrets in Ohio (Chillicothe Gazette)

 

Faced With Tight Budgets, More Ohio Schools Consider Open Enrollment(StateImpact Ohio)

 

East Cleveland to Cut 20% of Police Force (Fox 8)

 

Port of Cleveland Expects New Rail Link to Boost Traffic (Plain Dealer)

 

As Swing Districts Dwindle, Can a Divided House Stand: Nate Silver(New York Times)

 

Cleveland Club Connects Students to City (Beachwood Beachcomber)

 

New Ohio Drivers License Will Cost More, Take Longer to Get (Dayton Daily News)

 

JobsOhio Claims the Buckeye State Nearly Tops For New Jobs: PolitiFact Ohio (Plain Dealer)

 

Part-Visionary, Part-Realist, All In: Joe Frolik (Plain Dealer)

 

Approaching Illness as a Team at the Cleveland Clinic (New York Times)

 

Toledo Public Schools Adopts New Curriculum Model (Toledo Blade)

 

NHL Lockout Has Tax Cost (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Ohio Schools Budget Squeeze Means Fewer Teachers (Dayton Daily News)

 

Does Ohio Still Have Clout on Capitol Hill? (Dayton Daily News)

 

FBI Agent Oliver Leaves Cleveland After Co-leading Five-Year Cuyahoga County Corruption Case (Plain Dealer)

 

Ohio Population Still Lagging (Akron Beacon Journal)

 

Ohio Unemployment Rate Drops for Third-Straight Month (Dayton Daily News)

 

Right-to-Work Would Face Public Fight in Ohio, Unlike Michigan (Plain Dealer)

 

Ohio Shale Gas Development Supports 39,000 Jobs According to Industry Study (Plain Dealer)

 

Uptown Project in University Circle Starts Second Phase in January(Plain Dealer)

 

Cleveland Clinic Diagnoses Healthcare Act (Wall Street Journal)

 

Lakes Erie, Ontario Most Threatened (Detroit Fr Press)

 

Cincinnati Airport Trying to Rebuild After Drastic Reduction in Flights(NewsNet 5)

 

Cleveland Metro School District to Seek New Headquarters (Crain’s Cleveland Business)

 

Electoral College is Unpopular, Yet Lives On (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Trayless Cafeterias at Bowling Green State Univ. Cut Waste (Toledo Blade)

 

More Seniors Trapped in Children’s Student Debt (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Ohio Lawmakers and Elections Officials Must Get Started on Voting Reforms: Mark Naymik (Plain Dealer)

 

Gov. Kasich’s Turnpike Plan is Chuck-Wagon Politicking at its Best: Tom Suddes (Plain Dealer)

 

Road Legislation Won’t Be Quick (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Ohio Senate Votes 32-1 to Change Redistricting Process (Akron Beacon Journal)

 

Legal Challenges Could Put a Lid on the Shale Gas Boom in Ohio (Plain Dealer)

 

Detroit Faces Fresh Fight For Control (Wall Street Journal)

 

Green City Growers to Plant First Winter Crop in Large Cleveland Greenhouse (Plain Dealer)

 

Ohio ACLU Calls for Special Prosecutor and New Investigators into Fatal Cleveland Shooting (Plain Dealer)

 

Ohio Lost More Residents Than it Gained Last Year (Akron Beacon Journal)

 

Ohio Governor Releases Road Plan Funded by Turnpike Bonds(Reuters)

 

LEEDCo Awarded $4 Million to Launch Offshore Wind Development on Lake Erie (Plain Dealer)

 

Samuel Gompers Debates With Newton D. Baker about “Right-To-Work” Laws in 1922 (Google Books)

 

New Plan Surfaces to Redraw Districts (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Ohio Turnpike to Stay Public (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Poll: Ohioans Support System of Selecting Justices (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Geis Cos. Plan for New Cuyahoga Cty Offices Could Revive Troubled Downtown Intersection (Plain Dealer)

 

Michigan Votes to Restrict Union Rights (Reuters)

 

Gov. Kasich Set to Suggest Changes For Turnpike (Toledo Blade)

 

Ohio’s Health Ranking Remains Poor as State Battles Smoking, Obesity(Plain Dealer)

 

Why Rivers No Longer Burn (Slate)

 

Golf Courses Fade Away in Rough Conditions (Crain’s Cleveland Business)

 

Cleveland Schools to Auction It’s Headquarters (Crain’s Cleveland Business)

 

Lack of Reading Skills “Alarming” (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Revamped Crawford Auto Collection to Open Next Yeat at Revived Historical Society (Plain Dealer)

 

Cleveland Grants Historic Capital Theater 5 Extra Years to Pay Off Loan(Plain Dealer)

 

Kasich Turning From Tax Credits (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Readying a 2016 Convention Bid: Brent Larkin (Plain Dealer)

 

Cleveland Police Shooting Leaves More Questions Than Bullets (Plain Dealer)

 

Northeast Ohio Named a Tech Hotspot for High-Tech Job Growth (Plain Dealer)

 

Cuyahoga County to Sell Ameritrust Buildings to Unnamed Buyer (Plain Dealer)

 

$1 Billion Ohio Natural Gas Processing Plant to Open in May, Encouraging More Drilling (Plain Dealer)

 

Michigan Oks Right-to-Work Law Amid Angry Protests (USA Today)

 

Cleveland Clinic CEO Shares His Vision For the Future of Healthcare(Business Insider)

 

Detroit Faces Threat of State-Appointed Emergency Financial Manager(New York Times)

 

Honda to Export More Cas from N. America Than it Imports Within Two Years (Plain Dealer)

 

Paper Carriers Concerned About Plain Dealer Future (WKYC)

 

Cuyahoga County Considers Consumer Affairs Department (Plain Dealer)

 

Program to Help Ohio Schools Teach Historic Texts (Akron Beacon Journal/Associated Press)

 

Cleveland Plain Dealer Tells Guild it Plans to Cut About One-Third of Newsroom Staff (Poynter)

 

American Cities Fighting to Keep Millennials From Moving to Suburbs(USA Today)

 

Ohio City Residents Fight to Keep McDonald’s Franchise Out (Plain Dealer)

 

Ohio Shale Drilling Slows (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Cleveland Plain Dealer Workers Fight Layoffs and Loss of Daily Paper(New York Times)

 

How Will Kasich Play the Turnpike? – Brent Larkin (Plain Dealer)

 

Cleveland Gets Another High-Speed Broadband Alternative (Plain Dealer)

 

What’s Next For Ohio Redistricting? (Akron Legal News)

 

Ohio House OKs Plan to Give Letter Grades to Schools (Akron Beacon Journal)

  

Cuyahoga County Wants to Set Up College Savings Accounts For All Kindergartners (Plain Dealer)

 

Cleveland Plain Dealer Mulls Layoffs, Restructuring (USA Today)

 

Inside the Talks: Fiscal Framework Emerges (Politico)

 

Rep. Marcy Kaptur Optimistic That She’ll Win Top Appropriations Job (Plain Dealer)

  

Part-Time “Road Scholars” Teaching More Classes at Ohio Universities (Akron Beacon Journal)

 

Ohio Grad Rates Show Racial Disparity (Columbus Dispatch)

 

As Great Lakes Plummet, Towns Try to Save Harbors (Associated Press)

  

Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Legislative Maps (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Split Ohio Supreme Court Says Redistricting Map is Constitutional (Plain Dealer)

  

Is There Enough Water for “Fracking” Boom? (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Expanded Medicaid Could Cost State $3.1 Billion (Dayton Daily News)

 

What’s the Real Cause of Looming Physician Shortage? (Cincinnati Business Courier)

  

Many Ohio Third-Graders in Danger of Failing (Bucyrus Telegraph Forum)

 

4 Decades Later, Kent State Turns a Page (Wall Street Journal)

 

Algae, Invaders Threaten Lake Erie (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Ohio Launches Website to Ease College Planning (Chillicothe Gazette)

  

Electing Black Statewide Officeholders Remains an Elusive Challenge (Plain Dealer)

 

iPad Thefts Challenge School District: Sharon Broussard (Plain Dealer)

 

College Readiness Exam Replacing Ohio Graduation Test (Toledo Blade)

  

Property Owners Want Out of Dublin (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Health Insurance Costs Rising, with Cleveland-Area Employees Paying More (Plain Dealer) 

 

World’s First “Biocellar” to be Built in Cleveland’s Hough Neighborhood (Plain Dealer) 

 

One in 9 Ohio Teens Smokes, Survey Finds (Fremont News-Messenger)

 

October Home Sales Climb in NE Ohio, Statewide vs. Year Ago (Crain’s Clevelands Business) 

 

Team NEO Predicts Strong Job Growth in NE Ohio by 2020 (Plain Dealer)

 

Dissecting Ohio Dialects (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Cleveland Metroparks Close to Lakefront Takeover (Plain Dealer) 

 

Ohio Won’t Set Up State Health-Care Exchange (Akron Beacon Journal) 

 

Ohio, Wisconsin Say They Will Not Run Their Own Health Exchanges (Reuters)

  

Ohio University Nears “Fiscal Cliff” of its Own (Columbus Dispatch)

  

Ohio a Battlegound State for Lincoln, too (Washington Post)

  

Ohio Unemployment Rate Drops Again, Below U.S. Rate (Akron Beacon Journal)

  

Gap Between Rich and Poor Ohioans Widens (Dayton Daily News)

 

Northeast Ohio Losing Three Key Voices on Capital Hill (Plain Dealer) 

 

Charter Schools Attracting Larger Share of Students in Cleveland (Plain Dealer)

  

Bar Association Urges Commission to Take Up Redistricting Reform (Plain Dealer)

  

Shale Gas Fueling an American Industrial Revival (Washington Post)

  

Once a Point of Civic Pride, the Stadium Could End Up Being Another Mistake on the Lake (Cleveland Scene)

 

Chesapeake Sees Dimming Oil Prospects in Ohio (Wall Street Journal)

 

Judging Judges in Ohio: Jill Miller Zimon (Civic Commons)

 

Clock Ticking on Ohio Health Care Decision (Cincinnati Enquirer)

 

Process of Drawing Legislative and Congressional Maps May Change (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Ohioans’ Food Stamp Aid to Be Cut (Toledo Blade)

 

Chin Refugees Nestle in Columbus Area (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Cuyahoga County Precinct Map Shows Areas Where Obama Beat Romney Unanimously (Plain Dealer)

 

Ohio Voters Place Practicality Over Ideology Every Time: Tom Suddes (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Now 10 Years Old, the Peter B. Lewis Building is Quietly Transforming Business Education at CWRU (Plain Dealer)

 

Ohio Polls Need Short Answer to Long Lines (Cincinnati Enquirer)

 

Plain Dealer Staff Launches Campaign to Save the Daily Paper (Plain Dealer)

 

Ohio Supreme Court Candidate Who Shunned Donations Ends Up Victorious (Plain Dealer)

 

Ohio Iffy on Health-Insurance Exchange (Columbus Dispatch)

 

University of Akron President Says High Tuition Rates No Longer Can Be Justified (Akron Beacon Journal)

 

Cleveland Schools Restore Programs After Levy Wins (Plain Dealer)

 

Ohio Supreme Court Races Historic (Toledo Blade)

 

Library Issues Favorable With Taxpayers Statewide (Dayton Daily News)

 

Summit County No Longer Has Representative in Congress (Akron Beacon Journal)

 

Port Authority Issue Failed Heartily With Most Votes Counted (Plain Dealer)

 

It Really Did Come Down to Ohio (Cincinnati Enquirer)

 

President Obama Wins Second Term, Wins Ohio (Plain Dealer)

 

Sherrod Brown Wins Re-Election to U.S. Senate (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Cleveland Schools Tax Passing By a Wide Margin (Plain Dealer)

 

Two Statewide Issues Soundly Defeated (Toledo Blade)

 

Few US House Races in Ohio Truly Competitive (San Francisco Chronicle/Associated Press)

 

5 Maps to Election Victory in Ohio (Plain Dealer)

 

Ohio Law Could Bring Long Delays in a Recount (New York Times)

 

Ohio’s Complicated Process for Counting Provisional Ballots Could Decide the Presidency (Plain Dealer)

 

All Eyes on Ohio on Eve of Election (Los Angeles Times)

 

12 Counties to Watch for Clues to the Presidential Race as Ohio Votes Roll in (Plain Dealer)

 

How to Tell Who’s Winning Ohio on Election Night (Plain Dealer)

 

Port Authority an Asset: Lute Harmon Sr. (Inside Business)

 

Decision 2012: Key Ohio Ballot Issues (WKYC)

 

Breakdown: How Cleveland Public Schools are Funded (WKYC)

 

“5 Ohios” Analyzed in Swing State (Boston Herald/Associated Press)

 

The Vanishing Electoral Battleground (New York Times)

 

Out-of-State Students Cast Their Ballots in Ohio (Chillicothe Gazette)

 

From the Primaries to Portmania, 5 Events That Shaped the Presidential Race in Ohio (Plain Dealer)

 

Driller Says It’s Thrilled With Ohio Shale Results (Akron Beacon Journal)

 

Lawyers Descend on Ohio – Just in Case (Cincinnati Enquirer)

 

Early Voting Takes on Circus-Like Quality in Ohio (Los Angeles Times)

 

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News Aggregator Archive 5 (8/21/12 – 11/2/12)

 

Cuyahoga County Cleanup After Superstorm Focuses on Power Issues (Plain Dealer)


Cloaks, Daggers and Judicial Robes: Thomas Suddes (Plain Dealer)


In Ohio, They Can’t Wait For the Campaigns’ Stalking to End (Washington Post)


Academic Emergency (Cleveland Scene Magazine)


Debate on Ohio’s Issue 2: Terry Casey v. Dan Tokaji (Cleveland City Club)

Effect of an Issue 2 Ballot Win in Ohio Debated at City Club (Plain Dealer)

Honda to Invest $200M, Create 200 Jobs at Two Ohio Plants (Dayton Daily News)


Election Lawyers to Monitor Ohio Balloting (Plain Dealer)


Turnout Will Tell the Tale: Joe Frolik (Plain Dealer)


NE Ohio Water Treatment Plants at Capacity (WKYC)


IBM Supercomputer, Watson, is Headed to Medical School — in Cleveland (Plain Dealer)


Cleveland’s Growing Asian Community Makes An Outsized Impact (Plain Dealer)


Ohio U.S. Senate Poll: Sherrod Brown Leads Josh Mandel by 4 Points (Plain Dealer)


Dead Heat: Obama, Romney Tied in Ohio (Dayton Daily News)


Fighting For the Votes of Central Ohio: Brent Larkin (Plain Dealer)


Honda’s Ohio Plant Changed Competitive Landscape in America (Detroit Fr Press)


Cleveland’s Charter School Growth a Cautionary Tale for Chicago (Chicago Tribune)


All Voters Matter, But Ohio Matters Most: Editorial Cartoon (Los Angeles Times)


Ohio’s Nightmare Voting Scenerio (Cincinnati Enquirer)


Absentee Ballots Could Hang Up Ohio’s Results (USA Today)


Officials in NE Ohio Health Care Community Angle to Change “Medical Mart” Name (Crain’s Cleveland Business)


Northeast Ohio Schools Come Up “Clean” in State Auditor’s Attendance Review (Plain Dealer)


Why China Isn’t Ohio’s Boogeyman (Salon)


U.S. May Soon Become World’s Top Oil Producer (Associated Press)


Ohio Said to Lack Passenger Rail Support (Toledo Blade)


Ohio Has 50-50 Chance of Deciding Election: Nate Silver (New York Times)


Ohio is the Most Important State in the World!: John Stewart (Comedy Central)


Enrollment Drop at NE Ohio Community Colleges (Crain’s Cleveland Business)


Is Ohio’s “Secret” Energy Boom Going Bust? (Reuters)


Russell Means, Indian Activist, and Former Clevelander, Dies at 72 (Plain Dealer)


Russell Means, Who Revived Warrior Image of American Indian, Dies at 72 (New York Times)


Ohio Gasoline Prices Continue Falling Toward $3 Per Gallon, Second Lowest in Nation (Plain Dealer)


Apple Sees Schools Buoying Tablet Lead With IPad in Class (Bloomberg)


In Some School Districts, About 40% of Third-Graders Could Be Held Back By New State Law (Columbus Dispatch)


Ohio, Maker or Breaker of Presidents (Bloomberg)


To Some Homeowners on Cleveland’s West Side, the School Levy is Indeed About More Than Money: Mark Naymik (Plain Dealer)


Voters Wisely Favor Cleveland School Levy: Brent Larkin (Plain Dealer)


Ohio County Elections Director Resigns, Citing Stress of Coming Presidential Election (Associated Press)


Ohio Has Early Voting, But Other Access Issues Remain (Los Angeles Times)

 

Has Ohio School Funding Been Fixed? (Fremont News-Messenger)

 

The City Club of Cleveland Celebrates 100 Years – Video (Cleveland City Club)

 

Ohio Bill Would Ban TV Blackouts of Games in Stadiums Funded by Taxpayers (Cincinnati Enquirer)

 

Ohio’s Unemployment Rate Falls to 7 Percent (Business Week)

 

Tremont Electric, a Tiny Cleveland Start-Up, Finds Big Interest in its Green Energy Device (Plain Dealer)

 

Northeast Ohio Schools Do Well, Generally on State Report Cards (Plain Dealer)

 

Ohio Student Debt 8 Percent Higher Than U.S. Average (Akron Beacon Journal)

 

Proponents, Opponents Debate Issue 2 (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Ohio Touts Early Voting Numbers (CNN)

 

Presidential Candidates Focus on Ohio College Vote (Associated Press/WNCT)

 

Bike Culture in Cleveland (Cleveland State Cauldron)

 

Ohio and the Election: 90-Second Know-It-All: William Neff (Plain Dealer)

 

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Ohio Secretary of State’s Appeal Over Early Voting Rules (Plain Dealer)

 

Supreme Court Rejects Appeal to Block Early Voting in Ohio (Los Angeles Times)

 

The Whizard of Oz Involves Ohio Politics (Springfield News)

 

Debate: Ohio Senate Debate Between Josh Mandel and Sherrod Brown (CSPAN)

 

With Much at Stake, Brown and Mandel Trade Jabs (Dayton Daily News)

 

Differences on Display as U.S. Reps. Jim Renacci and Betty Sutton Spar at City Club (Plain Dealer)

 

Debate: Ohio’s 16th Congressional District: Betty Sutton v. Jim Renacci (Cleveland City Club)

 

Why Ohio Swings: Geographic, Economic Diversity Complicate Ohio, “Close Mirror” of the Nation (Washington Post)

 

Ohio, Navada, Florida Have Longest-Running Streaks as Swing States (Plain Dealer)

 

Three-Year Degrees Are Possible, According to Plans Submitted by Ohio’s Public Universities (Plain Dealer)

 

Indianapolis’ Downtown Sports Strategy Hints at Lessons for Cleveland (Plain Dealer)

 

In Ohio, a Few Votes Here or There Could Win or Lose Race: Thomas Suddes (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Ohio Voting Dispute Makes its Way to the Supreme Court (Washington Post)

 

What the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority Tax Means for Lakefront Users: Mark Naymik (Plain Dealer)

 

Appeals Court Tells Ohio to Count Ballots Tainted by Poll Worker Mistakes (Washington Post)

 

Nashville Abandons Plans For a Medical Mart; Cleveland Has the Field to Itself (Plain Dealer)

 

Cleveland Metroparks Accepts Acacia Country Club Property to Develop as Park Land (Plain Dealer)

 

Ohio Colleges Still Lag in Minorities, Officials Say (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Three Ohio Cities Deemed Best For Working Moms (Reuters)

 

Renacci, Sutton Spar in 16th District City Club Debate (Akron Beacon Journal)

 

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted to Appeal Early Voting Decision to U.S. Supreme Court (Plain Dealer)

 

Ohio Official Will Take Early Voting Decision to Supreme Court (New York Times)

 

Ohio is Global Center of 2012 Election (Coshocton Tribune)

 

In Search of New Residents, Cleveland Looks South to Attract Latino Professionals (Plain Dealer)

 

Ohio’s U.S. Senate Race Draws Milions in Outside Money; Will it Work? (Plain Dealer)

 

Field Trips Becoming History at Some Ohio Schools (Canton Repository)

 

Issue 2 Could Change the Balance of Power in Ohio (Dayton Daily News)

 

Federal Judge Reinstates Early Voting in Ohio (Washington Post)

 

Early Voting is Restored in Ohio (New York Times)

 

Utica Shale Needs “Nodding Donkeys” to Unleash Bonanza (Bloomberg)

 

In Cleveland, a Flashy New Museum But an Even Better Neighborhood (The Atlantic Cities)

 

Battleground Ohio is So Vital, It’s Even Drawing Global Tour Groups (Tacoma News Herald)

 

Nearly 1 Million Ohioans Ask For Absentee Ballots (Dayton Daily News)

 

Statewide College Enrollment Steadily Declines (Dayton Daily News)

 

Voting in NE Ohio Starts With a Rush: Editorial (Plain Dealer)

 

Early Voting Starts Today in Ohio (Dayton Daily News)

  

An Axiom for a Reason: Ohio and Presidential Campaigns (The Hill)

 

Keeping Cleveland a United Airlines Hub Two Years After the Merger (Plain Dealer)

 

Drought Hits Shippers on Great Lakes (Wall Street Journal)

 

Skills Shortage in Ohio’s Shale Sector Could Fuel Wage Bump for Some (Newark Advocate)

 

Colleges in Ohio Courting Students Far From the Buckeye State (Plain Dealer)

 

How Online Education is Changing School in Ohio (StateImpact Ohio)

 

Cleveland Contracts Designer, Builder for New Skatepark in the Flats (Plain Dealer)

 

“Captain America” Sequel to be Filmed in Cleveland (Plain Dealer)

 

Marvel Returning to Cleveland to Film Captain America: Winter Soldier (Spinoff.com)

 

Eric Gordon “State of the Cleveland Schools” 9/27/12 (Cleveland City Club)

 

Cleveland Schools Chief Eric Gordon: “It’s Do or Die Time” for District (Plain Dealer)

 

Evidence of Carp Keeps Lake Watchers on Edge (Toledo Blade)

 

2012 Ohio School Report Cards – Searchable Database (Plain Dealer)

 

Early Voting on Pace to Surpass 2008 Levels in Ohio (Washington Post)

 

Cleveland Makes the Innovation Scene at TheAtlantic.com (Crain’s Cleveland Business)

 

A Space to Be an Entrepreneur…in Cleveland (Atlantic Magazine)

 

Group Challenges Ohio’s Drilling Rules (Canton Repository)

 

Ohio Constitution to Get a Thorough Review (Plain Dealer)

 

Greater Cleveland County Poverty Rates Range From 8 Percent to 19 Percent: Statistical Snapshot (Plain Dealer)

 

Undecided Ohio Voters Decisive in Presidential Election (Akron Beacon Journal)

 

Must-Win Ohio is Under Siege (Philadelphia Inquirer)

 

Breaking News. Newspapers are Not Dead: Lute Harmon Sr. (Inside Business)

 

Ohio Joblessness Holds at 7.2% (Toledo Blade)

 

Ohio Not Ready For “Fracking”? (Columbus Dispatch)

 

Urban Farms are Taking Root in Cleveland, Bringing Home Surprising Harvests (Plain Dealer)

 

Shale: A New Kingmaker in Energy Politics (Wall Street Journal)

 

Northeast Ohio Bioscience Industry Growing, Adding Jobs (Plain Dealer)

 

Cleveland State University Building Campus Life Options (Plain Dealer)

 

Interactive: The Battle For Ohio (Cincinnati Enquirer)

 

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Ohio Rust Belt Reset (Forbes)

 

Case Western Reserve Welcomes ROTC on Campus After More Than 4 Decades (Plain Dealer)

 

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Voter Fraud Fairly Uncommon (Cincinnati Enquirer)

 

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Ohio Early Voting Boon to Voters But Can Lead to Problems, Officials Say (Coshocton Tribune)

 

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Ohio Income Down, Rates of Poverty and Uninsured Unchanged, 2011 Census Figures Show (Plain Dealer)

 

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Health Insurance Premiums Increase Faster Than Wages (Akron Beacon Journal)

 

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Crucial Ohio at the Heart of Presidential Campaign (Associated Press)

 

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Ohio Constitution to get a thorough review (Plain Dealer 9/24/12)

Ohio Constitution to get a thorough review (Plain Dealer 9/24/12)

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The Ohio Statehouse

COLUMBUS, Ohio — While the presidential election is getting most of the attention on this November’s ballot, Ohioans will also decide whether it’s time to tinker with some of the guiding principles of this state — Ohio’s constitution.

Issue 1 on the Nov. 6 ballot asks voters whether it is time to arrange a good old-fashioned constitutional convention.

But even if Issue 1 is rejected, the state’s constitution will get a thorough review soon.

In June 2011, the Ohio legislature voted nearly unanimously to establish the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission, a bipartisan group of 12 legislative members and 20 non-legislative members who will serve two years unless reappointed. The commission will meet in November and offer a report of recommendations to the legislature in January on ways to improve the constitution. Any changes would have to be approved later by voters.

Democratic Rep. Kathleen Clyde of Kent, a member of the commission, said she especially wants to look at voting rights issues such as the redistricting process and the controversy over early voting this election season.

“I’m very concerned with voting rights in Ohio, especially with all of the voter suppression tactics that we’ve seen in the legislature now, out around the state and from Secretary (Jon) Husted,” she said. “I think it would be great if we could have a discussion about the right to vote, and to try to make sure it’s protected in our Ohio Constitution.”

Consider that this type of review is rooted in history that’s more than two centuries old before assuming lawmakers are needlessly meddling with the constitution. In 1789, founding father Thomas Jefferson said: “Every constitution, then, and every law, naturally expires at the end of nineteen years. If it be enforced longer, it is an act of force, and not of right.”

The last Ohio constitutional convention occurred in 1912, though the question on whether or not to have one is put to Ohioans every 20 years. Republican House Speaker and co-chair of the commission, William G. Batchelder of Medina, said a constitutional convention today would consist of 99 elected members from all Ohio counties.

The Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission is based on a similar group in the 1970s. Like that commission, this one will study the constitution and make recommendations to the Ohio legislature, only if two-thirds of the members approve. Legislators will then vote whether to bring the recommendations to voters, which would require a three-fifths majority of the General Assembly.

Steven Steinglass, an expert on the Ohio Constitution and dean emeritus at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, said the two-thirds majority requirement is an attempt to cut down on partisan recommendations.

Batchelder said he believes the commission is a better way to revise the constitution than a convention.

Legislative members of the commission were chosen by party caucus leaders, and non-legislative members were chosen via an application and review process by the legislative members.

Out of the 20 chosen, 14 gave contributions to local political campaigns within the last four years. Joseph Rugola, for example, gave nearly $20,000 to Democratic campaigns in 2010, and Frederick Mills, in addition to contributing to Republican campaigns in recent years, is a lobbyist for various oil companies, including BP.

Former Republican Gov. Bob Taft and former Republican House Speakers Jo Ann Davidson and Charles Kurfess are also non-legislative members. Members do not receive compensation.

Batchelder said contributions weren’t taken into account in the selection process.

“I think that probably shows that they’re very interested in what’s going on,” he said. ” But I never looked it up; I didn’t pay attention to that, frankly.”

Clyde agreed, saying Democrats’ main focus when recommending members was diversity. Batchelder said another one of his priorities was ensuring members were “capable with the law.”

The 1970s commission had 20 of its recommendations go before voters, and 16 were approved. Some of the amendments included affirming that the voting age had been reduced from 21 to 18 and revising the voting process so the governor and lieutenant governor would be jointly elected.

“The 1970s commission is widely viewed as having been very, very successful,” said Steinglass, adding that most of the topics the commission addressed were not the “high visibility, super-contentious issues,” but rather general procedures within Ohio’s government.

Most states have a recurring ballot vote on the need for a constitutional convention, but only a few have adopted the commission process.

Kate Irby is a fellow in Ohio Universitys E.W. Scripps School of Journalism Statehouse Bureau.

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