$2.4 billion: That’s the price tag the Browns have estimated for a new domed stadium in Brook Park. The team wants the public to foot half the bill, with $600 million from state government. State officials say they don’t have $600 million to give. Besides, whatever they hand a Cleveland professional sports team, teams in Cincinnati and Columbus could as for as well. Gov. Mike DeWine generally supports state funding for stadium projects because they contribute to a better quality of life in Ohio and help lure in out-of-state businesses. But this would be nearly three times as much as all state funding to pro sports stadiums combined during the past 27 years, a cleveland.com analysis has found. Plus, after three prosperous years for state finances, total state tax revenues over the past 10 months have been almost $447 million less than expected. — Laura |
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Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam are weighing whether to build a domed stadium near the airport in Brook Park or renovate the existing stadium along the lakefront. (Associated Press file photo) |
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Browns ask: The current record for state spending on a single pro stadium project is $50 million, given between 1997 and 2004 to help build the $619 million Paul Brown Stadium (now Paycor Stadium), home to the Cincinnati Bengals, reports Jeremy Pelzer. Adjusted for inflation, that equates to almost $98.2 million in state funding. Police officer shot: A first-year Euclid police officer in his 20s was shot to death Saturday night in what authorities describe as an “ambush” after officers responded to a menacing complaint at a home. Late Sunday afternoon, the suspect was found dead after a standoff with police in a Shaker Heights apartment building along Van Aken Boulevard, authorities said. STRS: The complicated, yearslong turmoil in Ohio’s State Teachers Retirement System is a battle pitting the money managers and staff against the retirees who don’t trust them. The dispute has one of two origins, depending on perspective, Laura Hancock reports. Today in Ohio: For weeks, Ohio officials from both sides of the aisle have promised President Joe Biden will be on the November ballot. We’re talking about broken promises and what happens next on Today in Ohio, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast. |
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Abortion lawsuit: Planned Parenthood this week broadened its legal attack of the state’s restrictive abortion laws, relying on a new guarantee of abortion access in the Ohio constitution to target other legal roadblocks to reproductive care. Jake Zuckerman reports Planned Parenthood is targeting a series of laws that prohibit advanced practice clinicians from providing medication abortion, as well as a prohibition on prescribing mifepristone, a medication abortion drug, in any manner that differs guidance from federal regulators. FAA: The U.S. Senate late Thursday adopted bipartisan legislation that would provide $105.5 billion for the Federal Aviation Administration and air travel priorities through 2028, reports Sabrina Eaton. The bill requires FAA to hire more air traffic controllers nationwide to close staffing gaps. Israel aid: Rocky River GOP Rep. Max Miller, one of two Jewish Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, introduced a congressional resolution on Friday condemning President Joe Biden’s decision to pause some arms transfers to Israel. Sabrina Eaton reports Biden’s pledge to suspend some weapons system shipments to Israel if it moved forward with a ground invasion of the city of Rafah has upset House Republican leaders. |
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Mock trial: City Council’s chambers, the place that has seen its share of political infighting, was filled with giggles and debate Friday as Cleveland Metropolitan School District students took part in a mock council meeting. Molly Walsh reports they spent time in council’s chambers and then took part in a mock trial in Cleveland Municipal Court. Lee Friedman: Lee Friedman announced Friday that she will step down as CEO of College Now of Greater Cleveland at the end of the year after 14 years of leading the organization and four decades of service to Cleveland nonprofits. Hannah Drown and Lucas Daprile report that Friedman ushered College Now through a period of extensive growth, increasing its budget from $4 million to more than $35 million and quadrupling the size of its staff. Elections move: The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections will stay put for the 2024 presidential election, regardless of whether the county agrees to purchase new headquarters this year. Kaitlin Durbin reports the elections board voted this week to host early in-person voting out of the Robert Hughes Building on Euclid Avenue to avoid confusing voters ahead of the Nov. 5 election. Baby names: For the fifth year in a row, Olivia is the most popular girl’s name for babies in the United States and Liam is the most popular name for boys, reports Zachary Smith. Delinquent: Lou’s demons largely stemmed from an incident in 2020, where his mother was severely beaten. As a boy, he’d helplessly watched his father beat her. Lou and his mom sped to the scene where the beating had taken place. Kaitlin Durbin and John Tucker report in their juvenile justice series that Lou drew a gun, chased down a man suspected to be involved and shot him in the head, fatally. Latecomers, beware: Security lines at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport are growing longer as passenger numbers continue to increase. Susan Glaser reports increasing passenger numbers at Cleveland Hopkins could mean longer security waits. Hopkins guardrails: Cleveland Hopkins is installing guardrails around a portion of the airport perimeter in an effort to prevent vehicles from crashing through fencing. Susan Glaser reports the latest incursion came last week when a woman with kids in her car plowed through a series of fences, briefly shutting down the airfield. CWRU protest: Protesters at Case Western Reserve University have ended their encampment in support of Palestinians as the school year has come to a close. Students and others began taking down tents near Kelvin Smith Library at 7 p.m. Thursday. Northern lights: Cleveland-area photographers stayed up late Friday night and Saturday morning for a chance to see the solar flares caused by an ongoing geomagnetic storm, also known as the northern lights. Readers share their photos of their experiences. Fatal crash: A 23-year-old Broadview Heights man is dead after a three-vehicle crash on the Ohio Turnpike Saturday afternoon, the Ohio Highway Patrol said. Jackson Williams died of injuries at the scene. Mother’s Day: It’s way more fun to act like a kid when you’re with an actual kid. Laura Johnston absorbed this lesson from her mother, who spent their childhood riding bikes, stomping through snow, playing Fox and Geese, swimming in the pool, or playing shark attack. Kindland: Shaker Heights resident Déja Pearson is a yoga teacher, “toddler mom” and self-professed doggie devotee who runs True Vibes Unleashed studio – a cage-free dog grooming salon/spa in her hometown with a focus on being a peaceful, professional and practical experience for pups and their favorite people. Peter Chakerian writes in his weekly Kindland series that the goal is to reduce the stress and anxiety for everyone involved through loving kindness. |
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Superbugs: Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic are using artificial intelligence to create the next defense against superbugs — bacteria that have developed a resistance to antibiotics — by using computers to model the use of antibiotics and recommend better choices, Gretchen Cuda Kroen reports. Hospital grades: Cleveland Clinic had the most hospitals earning A grades for patient safety among Greater Cleveland hospital systems in the recently released Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. But other hospitals, including the main campuses for the Clinic, University Hospitals and MetroHealth, did not score as well, reports Julie Washington. |
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Fatal shooting: One man is dead and another was wounded in a shooting Saturday in the Akron's Firestone Park neighborhood, and a 22-year-old woman is in custody, Cliff Pinckard reports. Bar shooting: A fatal shooting after a bar fight in Columbia Township left a man dead and another in police custody on Friday night. Zachary Smith reports that police said that 40-year-old Olmsted Township resident James Arthur Stewart was one of the men in the incident, pulled a handgun, and fatally wounded another man. Stabbing death: A 36-year-old man was stabbed to death inside an Akron apartment early Sunday and an arrest has been made, police said. The 36-year-old suspect is being held in the Summit County Jail. Fraud: Federal regulators say a Bratenahl businessman siphoned more than $10 million in investors’ money to buy luxury cars, a $2 million home and a private jet. |
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Top Thrill 2: Top Thrill 2, Cedar Point’s much-hyped new attraction, is on hiatus, without any word on when fans will be able to ride again. Cedar Point did not detail the required work and said it “cannot yet confirm a reopening date.” Pride: Pride in the CLE, Cleveland’s signature LGBTQ event, will take place downtown Cleveland on June 1, reports Paris Wolfe. It will include a parade, live music, food trucks, a beer garden, vendors and family-friendly activities. 'The Miz' eats: Parma native and WWE superstar-champion Michael “The Miz” Mizanin was just in town promoting a weekend-long SummerSlam experience in Cleveland this August. We thought, who better to chat with about food for this week’s “5 for Friday” than someone who worked in it here back in the day? Hotel Versailles: Versailles, Ohio, which is about a three-and-a-half-hour drive from downtown Cleveland, is a small-town gem of less than 3,000 people that’s home to a destination-worthy hotel that epitomizes the hyper-local mindset, reports Alex Darus. Hotel Versailles is one of four places in Ohio with a certified bourbon steward. Jake Paul: Tickets for the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight go on sale next week and the ticket packages include an “Owner’s Experience” costing $2 million, reports Marc Bona. House of the Week: If living on a golf course sounds like paradise to you, Joey Morona welcomes you to Aurora. Located on the 11th fairway of the Barrington Golf Club, this 1998 brick colonial offers five bedrooms, six-and-a-half bathrooms, a walk-out finished basement and a four-car garage, listed for $2,490,000. |
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Final Akron-filmed ‘Antiques Roadshow’ airs Monday Read more Shots fired from SUV at Cleveland Heights man as he drove home from local store Read more Berea woman may face charges after fight with Brook Park woman in Solid Gold Lounge Read more Friends of the Cemetery honor Medina families involved with Underground Railroad Read more |
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