In the News
June 28, 2016
By: Josh Marks, In Habitat
June 28, 2016
Could the Rust Belt turn into the Wind Belt? The Great Lakes represent 20 percent of the United States’ total offshore wind energy capacity, but not a single wind turbine has yet to be seen. That could start to change soon thanks to a $40 million grant from the Department of Energy for North America’s first offshore freshwater wind farm, located on Lake Erie about eight to 10 miles northwest of downtown Cleveland, Ohio.
June 28, 2016
By: David B.
June 27, 2016
By: John Benson, The Plain Dealer
June 27, 2016
Roughly half a dozen times a day Rocky River residents living near the Norfolk & Southern Railroad line have to deal with loud horns.
The biggest problem continues to be early morning trains blaring horns near railroad crossings (Elmwood Road, Wagar Road, Morewood Parkway and Linda Street) and underpasses (Smith Court and Blount Street).
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June 26, 2016
By: Olivera Perkins, The Plain Dealer
June 26,2016
A national coalition pushing for post offices to also provide banking services, as a way of keeping the U. S. Postal Service afloat, will hold a public meeting Tuesday in Cleveland.
A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service, a coalition of more than 130 civil rights, environmental, faith-based and labor organizations, will hold a "field hearing" 6 p.m. Tuesday at East Mt.
June 24, 2016
By: Jessica Wehrman and Lilly Maier, The Dispatch
June 24, 2016
While House Democrats ended their sit-in aimed at forcing votes on gun control issues Thursday afternoon, they vow that they will continue pressing the issue after they return.
Meanwhile, the Senate still faces pressure on the gun issue — particularly after a last-minute “test” vote Thursday on a measure that would ban those on the no-fly list from buying guns.
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June 23, 2016
By: ENews Park Forest
June 23, 2016
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky and U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and John McCain today, introduced legislation to help lower prices of life-saving drugs and save taxpayers billions of dollars over the next 10 years. The Price Relief, Innovation and Competition for Essential Drugs (PRICED) Act would foster competition and provide opportunity for more biologics to enter the marketplace and drive down costs.
June 23, 2016
By: Jory Heckman, Federal News Radio
June 23, 2016
The President’s proposed 1.6 percent pay raise for federal employees remains unscathed in both versions of the fiscal 2017 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill.
June 23, 2016
By: Jeff St.
June 23, 2016
By: Stephen Koff, The Plain Dealer
June 23, 2016
Another day, another gun debate in the U.S. Capitol. Theoretically, you could say Thursday was a win for the gun-control side.
The Senate moved one step closer to passing legislation that would allow authorities to deny gun purchases to anyone on the federal no-fly list.
Yet gun-control Democrats such as Ohio's Sen. Sherrod Brown are skeptical that legislation will really pass -- or will even see a final vote.
June 23, 2016
By: 13 ABC
June 23, 2016
They were greeted like athletes off the field. Walking off the playing field, 25 hours overtime.
“The time for silence and patience is long gone,” Rep. John Lewis (D-GA-5) said. Lewis launched the sit in Wednesday morning.
That’s when House democrats took over the floor demanding action on gun control.