Issue 38 Archives - Signal Cleveland

People's Budget Cleveland (PB CLE) is set to launch a six month pilot program in 2025.

Community Reporting

Slavic Village residents can submit ideas for People’s Budget pilot

by Najee Hall March 19, 2026March 19, 2026

PB CLE launched a $100,000 pilot participatory budgeting process in Slavic Village. Idea submissions will be open until April 15.

People's Budget Cleveland (PB CLE) is set to launch a six month pilot program in 2025.

Community Reporting

‘Not on paper, but in practice’: People’s Budget Cleveland set to launch pilot program

by Najee Hall March 25, 2025March 24, 2025

Cleveland budget image of blue dollar signs playing tug-of-ward with a rope.

Business, Government, News

How Cleveland City Council balances the city’s year-end checkbook

by Dakotah Kennedy December 15, 2023October 18, 2024

Black and white Ohio voted stickers

Cleveland election results: Issue 1 and Issue 2 pass in Ohio

by Signal Cleveland Staff November 8, 2023August 20, 2024

Multiple Ohio voted stickers

Live Election Day updates and results: Issue 1 and Issue 2 pass in Ohio

by Signal Cleveland Staff November 7, 2023August 20, 2024

A graphic showing the cover page of the Council Leadership Fund and People's Budget Cleveland Committee's financial disclosures for September-Oct. 18, 2023.

See the donors fueling the fight for and against Issue 38

by Dakotah Kennedy November 1, 2023October 19, 2024

A sign urging Clevelanders to vote no on Issue 38, the participatory budgeting amendment, outside Frederick Douglass Recreation Center.

Issue 38 attracts money on both sides of fight over participatory budgeting

by Nick Castele October 26, 2023October 18, 2024

A billboard on Miles Avenue, paid for by the Cleveland City Council president's political action committee, tells Clevelanders to vote no on Issue 38. The charter amendment would set aside 2% of the city budget for distribution by neighborhood votes.

What is the Council Leadership Fund, the political action committee opposing Issue 38?

by Nick Castele October 18, 2023October 18, 2024

A sign points people toward Cleveland's Issue 38 debate in downtown Cleveland.

Documenters, Elections, Explainers, Government

Issue 38 debaters used the same study to prove points about voter engagement. Who was right?

by April Urban October 4, 2023October 19, 2024