Conor Morris/Northeast Ohio Solutions Journalism Collaborative
ReporterConor reports for the Northeast Ohio Solutions Journalism Collaborative focusing on poverty in the city including housing, health and education. Morris covered Appalachian southeast Ohio for the weekly newspaper, The Athens News, for six years. He reported on Athens County, but especially local government, the campus of Ohio University (his alma mater), cops and courts, and the social and economic issues facing the residents of Ohio’s poorest county.
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Food deserts persist throughout Cleveland, especially in historically redlined neighborhoods on the city's East and South sides. -
Residents consider Budish's promise of investment in the community to be more hype than substance.
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But barriers abound for assistance programs like this.
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Most eligible low-income residents aren’t tapping into the affordability program, while Cleveland water discounts still only apply to property owners.
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The number of people behind on their water bills in the Cleveland area has tripled during the pandemic. People are struggling to pay their utility bills and to navigate the systems of assistance that are available for utility bills. What can be done about this problem?
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Those who are interested have until Nov. 15 to sign up to receive the payments.
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The purpose of the funding is to address poverty and inequity in the area, and residents and local leadership don't see eye to eye on improvements.
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Did residents get the responses they hoped for? Find out what answers the candidates delivered and how they measured up to residents' expectations.
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Northeast Ohio’s economy has suffered setback after setback in recent decades. There was the loss of major industrial players which led to the American rust belt decline. Then there was the 2008-2009 recession. And finally, the pandemic. The Northeast Ohio Solutions Journalism Collaborative (NEO SoJo) will soon embark on a year-long reporting project on the region’s economic recovery from the pandemic.
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Cleveland is one of seven cities in the U.S. that has enacted a right to counsel program that provides free legal representation to tenants facing eviction. Early statistics from the program’s first year of operation show promising results: dozens of evictions prevented despite a federal moratorium on evictions. But what will happen when that moratorium ends?
