Cleveland City Council

As pandemic-related health orders are lifting at the state and local level, Cleveland City Council passed an ordinance Monday that would allow virtual and livestreamed meetings to continue even after a return to in-person proceedings.

A 20-year master plan also includes a larger terminal and a redesigned traffic flow into the airport campus.

Ohio will receive nearly $5.4 billion while counties, cities and townships will get $6.6 billion as part of President Joe Biden’s coronavirus relief package; Ohio this week will stockpile 140K vaccine doses and send 120K to other states; coronavirus cases continue to drop; and more stories.

Cleveland City Council on Monday appointed Delores Gray, a community advocate in the city’s Central neighborhood, to fill Phyllis Cleveland’s seat representing Ward 5.

Updated: 12:22 p.m., Tuesday, April 20, 2021 A special panel of three retired judges suspended Cleveland City Councilman Ken Johnson from office Tuesday, following a federal grand jury’s February indictment on corruption charges. Johnson pleaded not guilty to charges that he stole federal program dollars and falsified expense reports.

Although the Hispanic population is more likely to be hospitalized and die from COVID-19, the city of Cleveland is still struggling to reach its Spanish-speaking population.

A longtime Cleveland City Council member accused stealing $127,000 of city and federal money has been indicted on multiple federal charges; new coronavirus cases ticked up Tuesday to more than 2,700; shares of Canton-based TimkenSteel soared on Tuesday following a “buy” recommendation from a stock analyst; and more stories.

The number of people vaccinated for COVID-19 in Ohio has exceeded the total number of people who have tested positive for the disease; fraud in the state’s unemployment system cost Ohio more than $330 million in just the last three months of last year; fired Columbus officer Adam Coy has been indicted by a grand jury for the murder of Andre Hill; and more stories.

In the meantime, no bulk pickup is resulting in more illegal dumping in some parts of the city.

Council decides between the agreement with the developer that is behind on loan repayments or attempting to recoup the money owed through legal means.