Nick Castele
Sr. Reporter/ProducerNick Castele is a senior reporter covering politics and government for Ideastream Public Media. Born and raised in Northeast Ohio, he graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He has worked as a reporter for Ideastream since 2012.
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U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown will soon relinquish her position as chair of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, prompting a leadership contest in a county that is key to any Democratic statewide win in Ohio. -
Cleveland City Council’s transportation committee on Wednesday approved “complete and green streets” legislation that would task city officials with incorporating transit, walking, biking, trees and stormwater management in new road projects.
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For years, the city has offered 15-year, full tax abatements for new or renovated housing. The Bibb administration is proposing to cap those tax breaks for more expensive homes and scale back the benefit on better-off blocks of the city.
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Participatory Budgeting Cleveland, or PB CLE, wants the public to come up with ideas — and ultimately vote — on ways to spend almost $31 million from the city’s American Rescue Plan coronavirus relief allocation.
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The city has long offered 15-year full property tax abatements for newly built or substantially renovated housing. The new proposal is meant to direct development toward underinvested neighborhoods.
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The primary result sets up a showdown between two candidates who have been campaigning since 2021.
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U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown fended off a challenge from Nina Turner in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, clearing her biggest hurdle on the road to winning a full term in Congress.
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Democratic voters in the Cleveland-area district will decide between Brown and Turner in the May 3 congressional primary.
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Perhaps the biggest task facing congressional candidates this year is also the most basic one: reminding Ohioans that there’s even an election. Early voting is already underway for the May 3 partisan primaries.
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Mayor Justin Bibb and Cleveland City Council are expected soon to revamp the city’s policy of offering 15-year property tax abatements for new or substantially renovated housing. Ahead of that move, a working group of more than 20 organizations has released its own proposals.
