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Commentator Terry Pluto reflects on his Plain Dealer/Cleveland.com colleague Paul Hoynes' 43-year career covering Cleveland baseball and why it earned him a place in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Editors' Picks
Organizers of the movement to abolish property taxes in Ohio didn’t gather enough signatures to put the issue on the ballot this fall. But the debate over property taxes is far from over. July 20-24, we’re diving into whether Ohio’s rising property taxes should be abolished, reformed or left alone.
The "Sound of Ideas" team convened a discussion at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo all about property taxes, and potential efforts to reform or eliminate them.
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An amendment to abolish property taxes won’t go before Ohio voters this November. But the group behind that effort is still circulating petitions across the state to try for next year’s ballot. -
It's not just watching paint dry. The twists and turns of the Reflecting Pool repairs, originally a two-week project, have kept bloggers and viewers busy all summer. -
The federal lawsuit alleges civil rights violations, including malicious prosecution and withholding or destruction of evidence, as part of an effort "to punish" the activists for exercising their constitutional rights. -
An independent autopsy of the body of Nolan Wells shows that the cause of death is undetermined pending an investigation, according to attorney Ben Crump. -
The fighting comes as the Trump administration is seeking billions of dollars more from Congress for the war with Iran, which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says has already cost $37.5 billion. -
The El Niño weather pattern could limit how many Atlantic storms form this year. But unusually warm waters temperatures mean the risk of destructive storms is still high. -
Ohio farmers have seen a nearly tenfold increase in property taxes over the past 20 years, leading to calls for reform the state's system for assessing farmland value. -
Heading to Georgia on Wednesday, President Trump is campaigning more often this year than he did in the same period for 2018 and has already rallied for a dozen candidates in toss-up races. -
New York Mayor Mamdani said the city would not be able to execute an arrest warrant issued by the top war-crimes court for Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, but urged the federal government to do so.
