Cleveland City Council

The Lake Erie wind farm will be the first freshwater project in the country; Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan is being cryptic about whether he will seek reelection; Cleveland City Council proposes a paid "safe leave" for city employees who are survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault; and more stories.

The policy would grant 60 hours of paid time off to full-time non-union city workers who have survived sexual assault, domestic violence or stalking, or who are the parents of children who have. Part-time workers would receive 30 hours.

Tenants who offer to pay back rent and late fees would be able to defend themselves under the new proposed ordinance; Ohio's environmental groups are praising the Inflation Reduction Act; Playhouse Square has named a new CEO ... and more stories.

Under the ordinance, tenants can defend themselves against eviction proceedings in housing court by showing that they offered to pay back rent, reasonable late fees and court costs, but that the landlord refused to accept payment.

Cleveland city council's safety committee moved forward with an ordinance and if passed by full council would require the release of footage from three police cameras; The Ohio Department of Health has awarded nearly $7 million to 26 organizations in communities they've determined as Ohio Health Improvement Zones; and more stories.

An ordinance forwarded by council's safety committee could get the approval of full council as early as next week.

The suspects, who were playing basketball when the teen and his friends fired toy water beads at them, were initially charged with murder and felonious assault; Gov. Mike DeWine has suggested he would not support a ban on contraceptives or same-sex marriage if proposed by state lawmakers; and more stories.

New data released by a freshman Cleveland City Council member confirms an unwritten, unglamorous rule of city politics: Whether they like it or not, council members have become Cleveland’s de facto customer service department.

The subpoena asked the city to verify with the FBI whether it had made any payments to a list of people and companies that included the Basheer Jones Foundation and Basheer Jones Unlimited.

On Friday, residents in some Northeast Ohio communities can legally light fireworks on their private property through Tuesday as well as the following weekend to celebrate the July 4th holiday.