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How to apply for help with your gas bill
Dealing with a mounting gas bill or shut-off notice can be scary, especially during the winter months. Several programs can offer assistance, but navigating them can be frustrating.
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How to apply for help with for your electric bill
Dealing with a mounting electric bill or shut-off notice can be scary, especially during the winter. Several programs offer assistance, but navigating them can be frustrating.
How to apply for help with your sewer or water bill
Dealing with a mounting water or sewer bills or shut-off notice can be scary, especially during the winter months. Several programs can offer assistance, but navigating them can be frustrating.
Tips for applying for utilities assistance
Programs offering help for utility bills ask for personal and financial information. Here’s some tips for how to prepare.
Slowing down: Speed humps, bumps and everything in between (Explainer)
Cleveland is testing a number of different methods to slow down speeding drivers on city streets.
Understanding Cleveland’s ward boundaries (Explainer)
The number of council seats is expected to shrink by two before 2025 because Cleveland’s population is shrinking. That means the ward boundaries will change.
Cuyahoga County bindover disparities raise questions
Since 2012, 94% of Cuyahoga County children transferred to adult court – a process called a “bindover” – were Black, according to state records.
How often do 18- to 24-year-olds experience homelessness in Cleveland?
A new 50-unit building dedicated to young adults who are attempting to transition out of homelessness is coming to the St. Clair-Superior neighborhood.
What’s a bindover? (Explainer)
In the past decade, Cuyahoga County has sent more children to face criminal charges in adult court than any other county in Ohio — more than 670.
Cleveland’s Board of Control votes to spend taxpayer money. What is it? (Explainer)
The Board of Control determines who gets paid to fix sewer lines, restore historic city-owned buildings and supply snow plows.
How government agencies can make public meetings accessible (Guide)
Making local government meetings truly accessible for residents often requires doing more than just the letter of the law. Here are a few suggestions.
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