Parma

As voter concerns about inflation continue to grow, several attempts to get new funding for school districts in Northeast Ohio fell flat, including in Parma and Nordonia. However, elsewhere, voters were more charitable, with plenty of school levy renewals passing and some other new-dollar requests getting approved.

School districts across Northeast Ohio have levies on the ballot this year for voters to consider. Getting those levies passed may be harder in some districts.

The Onion filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court this week in support of a Northeast Ohio man who was arrested in 2016 for creating a parody Parma Police Department Facebook page.

Ukrainians, politicians and residents gathered at St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Parma on Sunday; Gov. DeWine has ordered the state to stop the sale of all vodka made by a Russian-owned company; The ACLU and Planned Parenthood are suing to block enforcement of an Ohio abortion restriction; and more stories.

As Russia invades Ukraine about 5,000 miles away from Cleveland, supporters of Ukraine and its people rallied in Northeast Ohio this weekend.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost sues over a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees of federal contractors; Democrat Shontel Brown is sworn into the House; Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Cranley says he will fire Ohio’s entire utility regulatory board if elected; and more stories.

The project would reroute a current underground tributary path through Stormes Drive to provide a shorter, more direct route to Baldwin Creek.

The postal service's operation at the former Parma metal fabrication facility is expected to bring many new jobs to the city.

Cuyahoga County is about as Democratic as you can get in Ohio. But the geography of that support has been changing in recent years, especially in largely white suburbs, an analysis of 2012 and 2016 electoral results shows.

In 2016, Vice President Joe Biden took the stage in a Parma union hall to campaign for Hillary Clinton. He dropped by Rudy’s Strudel and Bakery, known for its pastries and pierogi—the kind of retail politics rarely seen in this year’s pandemic election. President Barack Obama had won the city twice by double digits. But that November, Donald Trump eked out a less-than-four-point win over Clinton, while falling short of an outright majority.