Blaine Griffin

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Some of Northeast Ohio’s top leaders — including Mayor Justin Bibb and Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne — are headed to the Emerald Isle Friday on the first direct flight between Cleveland and Dublin, Ireland.

Council members approved the plan, but expressed hesitation over what they call "consultant fatigue."

Some residents criticized council Monday night for cutting an additional $224,000 in funding for the commission that Mayor Justin Bibb had included in his budget.

Cleveland City Council President Blaine Griffin said the city is working on a new process to declare neglected rental buildings a nuisance.

The group helped frame Mayor Justin Bibb's proposal to city council for a participatory budgeting pilot program.

A group yearning for "participatory budgeting" in Cleveland's ARPA funding could get a pilot program from the mayor.

Just days after Cleveland announced it was requiring residents to bag their leaves, the Bibb administration reversed course and announced it would resume curbside leaf collection in previously designated high-generation areas. The decision comes after an outcry from residents and city council members.

The flyer that surfaced Wednesday suggests Blaine Griffin supports Republican Gov. Mike DeWine in the upcoming governor's race; Investigators are probing body camera footage released by Columbus police after an officer shot and killed an unarmed Black man in his apartment; and more stories.