Approximately 5,300 individual Cleveland taxpayers requested income tax refunds for 2021, when they worked from home. As of this week, the city’s Central Collection Agency had processed 4,739 of them. The city granted about 61% of applications. Disclosure: I’m one of the hundreds of taxpayers still trying to get mine. It’s been a frustrating process, with months of waiting, calling multiple times and emailing. CCA acknowledges its struggles. It plans to reshuffle and dedicate more staff to the refund process, plus use a new refund worksheet that will help staff process requests more quickly. Fingers crossed. Because it’s just about time to file for a 2022 tax refund. - Laura |
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Cavs vs. New Orleans Pelicans: Comeback Cavaliers rally again for 113-103 win over New Orleans Northeast Ohio Tuesday weather forecast: Cloudy and mild |
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Even though refunds were up for tax year 2021, the city of Cleveland still collected over $523 million, leaving $509 million in revenues. |
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Income tax refunds: Cleveland income tax refunds added up to about $15 million for 2021, which was midway through the coronavirus pandemic when many employees worked from home but paid taxes based on their office locations. Even with the increase in refund requests, Courtney Astolfi reports that Cleveland says its income tax revenue was an increase from 2019. Adoption help: A new Ohio law overhauls and significantly expands existing state incentives for adoptive families, a change that bill sponsors hope will encourage families to consider adoption as an option while cutting down on the thousands of children in the state foster care system. Andrew Tobias reports the bill creates three tiers of new adoption grants. Today in Ohio: A proposed bill seeks to allow Ohioans to produce as much as 200 gallons of homemade moonshine a year without a government permit. We’re talking about the long overdue legalization of homemade liquor on Today in Ohio, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast. |
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State school board: Committee hearings are expected to begin today on an Ohio Senate bill – introduced for a third time – that would remove most control over education policy from the State Board of Education and instead give it to the governor. State Sen. Bill Reineke, a Seneca County Republican, sponsored the bill late last year, when it died in the final hours of the two-year General Assembly, reports Laura Hancock. Biden investigated: U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan on Friday kicked off an investigation of President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents by demanding the Justice Department hand over records on the case, Sabrina Eaton reports. Cigarette tax: Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law this month legislation that allows Cuyahoga County to expand its cigarette tax to include nicotine vape products. Jake Zuckerman reports revenue from both forms of tobacco would fund arts in the community. |
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MLK Day: The Maltz Museum and the Temple-Tifereth Israel celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday with special events to celebrate the life of the slain civil rights leader. The Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, whose father, Rev. Otis Moss, Jr., spent his life as a civil rights activist and marched along side King in Selma, was the keynote speaker at the temple’s sanctuary. David Petkiewicz captures the event in photos. MLK in Cleveland: Cuyahoga County has launched an updated interactive story map, paying tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.’s many trips to Greater Cleveland in the 1950s and 1960s, and the county hopes community members will have more photos and memories to contribute, Kaitlin Durbin reports. MLK celebration concert: Few events on the Cleveland Orchestra’s calendar rank more highly or do greater good than the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Concert. Zachary Lewis describes the joyous, uncommonly well-attended tribute to a figure whose words only grow more important with time. Food stamps: The end of a pandemic-era program to expand federal food stamp benefits in March will mean the loss of an estimated $23 million in Cuyahoga County, or nearly half of all the benefits now being distributed locally under the SNAP program, Sean McDonnell reports. Komodo dragon: Draco, the Akron Zoo’s 12-year old Komodo dragon, died on Jan. 8, reports Mega Becka. Draco had egg yolk coelomitis, a reproductive complication that has a high mortality rate in female Komodo dragons. |
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COVID-19 rates: Cuyahoga County and other Northeast Ohio counties are classified yellow for moderate COVID-19 spread on the latest U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map, Julie Washington reports. Nauti Mermaid: After 19 years of business, the Nauti Mermaid has shut down, Marc Bona reports. The Warehouse District restaurant posted on its website its final day was Jan. 8. PETA: PETA members protested Starbucks on Monday morning by passing out free vegan lattes to pressure the coffee chain to stop charging extra for vegan alternatives to milk. Sean McDonnell reports the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, better known as PETA, has staged these protests in other cities as well in what it calls a “surcharge war.” |
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Student death: Classes at John Adams College and Career Academy had just ended when multiple shots rang out. An 18-year-old student, Pierre McCoy, was killed as he waited for the bus just steps away from the school entrance, Molly Walsh reports. Dozens of students saw their classmate murdered and they are struggling with trauma. Residents say they are exhausted from similar nearby attacks. Nursing home death: State authorities are investigating after nurses at a Bedford nursing home found a 92-year-old patient dead outside the facility Saturday morning. Cory Shaffer reports Bedford police went to the Woodside Senior Living facility on Rockside Road just before 7 a.m. Saturday after nurses discovered the body of Annie Luckett on the facility’s back patio. Doctor bills: The U.S. Department of Justice says a defunct Westlake doctor’s office wrongfully billed Medicare for $1.1 million worth of treatments for an electronic acupuncture device that isn’t covered under the federal program, Adam Ferrise reports. Akron shooting: Two men are charged with murder in the December fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man at an Akron skate park. Julian Fort, 24, and Nathan Hendrix, 23, have been jailed since a federal task force arrested them on Friday on charges accusing them of murdering Zion Neal, reports Cory Shaffer. Murder charges: Two Cleveland men have been charged with aggravated murder in a killing that occurred last spring, while a third man was accused in the slaying of a teenager in 2020, John H. Tucker reports. Man charged: The 41-year-old man accused of killing four people and wounding an 8-year-old girl in a Friday night shooting has been charged with aggravated murder. Cory Shaffer reports Martin Muniz is expected to appear in Cleveland Municipal Court today for an arraignment. |
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Biggby Coffee: Shaker Square in Cleveland has lost another retail tenant after Biggby Coffee closed at the end of 2022, Paris Wolfe reports. The chain had taken over the space vacated by Dewey’s Coffee in May 2019. Dewey’s closed after 15 years when owner Dewey Forward retired. Garden Show: The Great Big Home + Garden Show is set for February in the International Exposition Center. The show – which features more than 400 exhibits – is Feb. 3-12, Marc Bona reports. Hundreds of experts in kitchen and bath, landscaping, décor, flooring and more will be available during the 10-day event, which organizers expect to draw 100,000 people. Lake Views: Located on one of Lakewood’s prettiest streets and offering views of Lake Erie from its front windows, the brick colonial at 12907 Lake Ave. is an appealing mix of period charm and contemporary conveniences, reports Joey Morona. |
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