Cleveland City Council
City Council is losing two of its seats due to population loss, pushing four incumbents to battle in the upcoming November election. Council leadership and voters are tasked to choose which incumbents they want to stay and which two will go.
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Akron recently became the third city nationwide to join Work for America's "Spotlight City" initiative, a program aimed to hire displaced federal workers for jobs in local government.
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The Ohio Redistricting Commission operated its first meeting without an approved set of rules because there wasn't bipartisan support for them. -
Ireland's president for the next seven years is an independent lawmaker who has long spoken in support of Palestinians and has been vocal about her distrust of European Union policies. -
Park levies will be on ballots in Ashland, Geauga, Lake and Medina counties in November, as are more than a dozen municipal park levies expected across the region. -
Forecasters say Melissa will unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage in Jamaica. At Category 5, the system would be the strongest hurricane to hit the island since record-keeping began in 1851. -
China's top trade negotiator, Li Chenggang, told reporters the two had reached a "preliminary consensus," while Trump's treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said there was "a very successful framework." -
The Paris prosecutor said on Sunday that a number of suspects have been arrested over the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre museum in Paris last weekend. -
"Bust of a Woman with a Flowered Hat," a vividly hued Picasso portrait of longtime muse and partner Dora Maar, had remained hidden from public view for more than eight decades. -
City Council Vice President Jack Amrhein was appointed by council on Oct. 15 to finish the remainder of Jerry Fiala's term as mayor. Fiala, Kent's longtime mayor, died in September following an extended illness. -
Cleveland Public Library’s new Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch feels incomplete without an outdoor space, says Steven Litt.
