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June 29, 2016
Directed to Cleveland & Cuyahoga County WASHINGTON, DC– Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) heralded the announcement by the federal Department of Homeland Security that Cleveland and Cuyahoga County will receive $4,273,896 in homeland security funds to assist local governments and law enforcement departments plan, equip, train and exercise to “prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism and other catastrophic events.” Funding for the State of Ohio totaled $18,626,391.
June 29, 2016
Kaptur: Postal Banking, Reverse Sorting Facility Closures
CLEVELAND – Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) last night joined a coalition of local Cleveland community leaders at a special hearing calling for improvements to the U.S. Postal Service, where she highlighted her ideas on co-locating traditional banking services in existing Cleveland post offices and a return to traditional mail delivery standards.
“In many ways this is a management challenge,” said Rep. Kaptur.
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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