Anna Huntsman
Reporter/ProducerAnna Huntsman covers Akron and Canton for Ideastream Public Media. She previously reported on health news during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Before joining Ideastream, Anna was a Carnegie-Knight News21 Fellow at Arizona State’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, where she traveled the country reporting on natural disaster recovery.
A Canton native, Anna is glad to be back in Northeast Ohio covering stories throughout the region.
Anna graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Kent State University, where she began her public radio career as an intern for WKSU.
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Leaders of Freedom BLOC and the Akron chapter of the NAACP are encouraging people to vote for a charter amendment on the ballot in November instead. They say the review board, proposed by Mayor Dan Horrigan, is only a temporary solution. -
The 11-member board will review complaints against Akron Police. A different review board proposal and structure will be on the ballot in November.
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The Ward 8 Councilman is launching his campaign for mayor, focusing on public safety. The municipal primary will be held in May 2023.
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Schools were projected to receive millions of dollars in tax revenue from the controversial NEXUS natural gas pipeline. But after years of appeals and negotiations between NEXUS and the state's tax officials about how much the pipeline is actually worth, that windfall isn’t panning out exactly the way it was supposed to.
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Here's what you need to know about the two different civilian review police boards proposed in AkronThere are two different plans for a civilian oversight board that would monitor complaints against the Akron Police. One is a charter amendment going before voters in November, and the other is legislation being voted on soon by city council.
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While city council members appeared supportive of the mayor's plan, several expressed concerns that having two competing proposals will confuse residents.
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City council was required to pass an ordinance putting a civilian police review board on the ballot because a petition got enough valid signatures. However, council members expressed concern with some of the language in the charter amendment.
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The move comes a day after advocacy groups held a press conference to discuss the proposed charter amendment.
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A citizen-led petition to get a civilian review board on the November ballot is being reviewed, just as Mayor Dan Horrigan plans to propose a different structure to city council in the coming weeks.
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The legal team spoke to members of the media Tuesday in response to new bodycam footage obtained by the Akron Beacon Journal that shows officers reportedly turning off their microphones after the shooting.
