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Sidebar: Why compare Cleveland and Philadelphia, and why does this matter?
By Conor Morris Across the U.S., the cost of water and sewer has only gotten more expensive over the last several decades, with the average water bill increasing by 30% between 2012 and 2019, according to a utility bill index conducted by Bluefield Research. As of 2019, low-income households spent an average of almost 10%…
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How do public officials make Land Bank decisions? Artificial Intelligence may seek patterns
This project was funded by a grant from the Pulitzer Center and provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Please join Eye on Ohio’s free mailing list as this helps provide more public service reporting to the community. By Lucia Walinchus and Emily Crebs Al Jenkins has what neighbors called…
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How one Ohio city lowered evictions and late rental payments
Early statistics from Cleveland’s Right to Counsel program show promising results – but what will happen when that moratorium ends? By Conor Morris East Side Cleveland resident Dennis Eads ran into some trouble paying rent last year. Eads, a father of five, said he was thankful to have kept his job at a warehouse in…
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Grounded by the pandemic, community groups work to save Cleveland’s census
This article provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Please join our free mailing list as this helps us provide more public service reporting. By Lee Chilcote and Conor Morris When Ohio Governor Mike DeWine issued the statewide coronavirus stay-at-home order in mid-March, Selina Pagan and other Latino leaders in…
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Investigation: Blacks, black neighborhoods most likely to be traffic stop targets in Ohio’s 3 biggest cities
Investigation: Blacks, black neighborhoods most likely to be traffic stop targets in Ohio’s 3 biggest cities By Max Londberg and Lucia Walinchus Video by Michael Nyerges Reporters from the nonprofit newsroom Eye on Ohio, The Cincinnati Enquirer and researchers from Stanford University’s Big Local News program examined police stops to assess how the three largest…
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Down But Not Out in East Cleveland
Three years after its failed bid at a merger with Cleveland, the poorest city in the state of Ohio ventures a comeback By Jordan Heller EAST CLEVELAND — After dropping off a “wet one” (a man high on PCP) at University Hospitals Emergency Room, the ambulance pulled northeast onto Euclid Avenue near Cleveland’s border with…
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