Margie’s Closet has become a social hub and safe haven where transgender people can shop for affirming and affordable clothing. Now, the groundbreaking LGBTQ+ non-profit could face eviction. 🔗 thebuckeyeflame.com/2023/12/04/mar…

Today we filed a First Amendment lawsuit against Cleveland City Council and Council President Blaine Griffin for using its unconstitutional public comment policies to censor our client at the 9/25 City Council meeting. The filing is here— documentcloud.org/documents/2418…

Thank you #Cleveland for showing up for your city & your community newsroom. 💛 But we still have work to do to hit our ambitious fundraising goal. Consider setting up a monthly donation and your support will be matched x12 by @NewsMatch. Donate here: go.signalcleveland.org/3MnDejL

Trauma recovery orgs. such as #Cleveland's Brenda Glass Center rely on federal grants to provide safe housing, counseling & more. These centers are at risk as the U.S. government considers cuts to the Victims of Crime Act fund. go.signalcleveland.org/46DpaKh go.signalcleveland.org/46DpaKh

How Detroit roads risk the safety of the city’s youngest commuters outliermedia.org/getting-to-sch… via @media_outlier

Cleveland City Council sued for cutting off a public commenter's microphone. signalcleveland.org/public-comment…

I predict there will be some sweating in the hot seat at Cleveland City Council today, if only because the heat is blasting like a sauna in here.

Can’t believe I snuck a sitcom reference into a meeting brief about a brand new “bespoke boat” for the #ClevelandPolice 🚔 credit to @tinypatron for the pun 🛥️signalcleveland.org/a-new-bespoke-…

I’m headed to @TheCityClub today for a conversation between CLE’s college presidents. One won’t be there, though: @cwru’s Eric Kaler. Here’s why, according to a statement the university gave me this morning:

Cle City Council spokesperson tells me it's "very unlikely" council will vote on changing the public comment rules before the end of the calendar year. axios.com/local/clevelan…

Some news from our interview with Mayor Justin Bibb: * Mayor "open to some amendments" to police reform Issue 24 in coming years * "Challenging choices" coming on CMSD budget * Bibb responds to criticism from protesters against the war in Gaza signalcleveland.org/cleveland-mayo…

Exciting note today: We've got some Cle students' stories up on the @voicescmsd blog today, with more on the way, which are follow-ups from their recent coverage for @cledocumenters! They were curious about police staffing, county jail, and more: clevelandmetroschools.org/site/default.a…

Everybody else's headline is something about Riley Gaines, but I can promise you she is not even close to the most interesting thing about this story. My latest on Ohio House Bill 68: tinyurl.com/v7k3d6pf

History shows that what Gilbert wants, Gilbert gets. twitter.com/backtodetroit/…

Cleveland State's doubling down on its use of a practice known as transcript withholding. Find out what that is - and why it can be a big deal - in this story out today from me + @signalcleveland. signalcleveland.org/cleveland-stat…

New subpoenas filed in the lawsuit against Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze. Subpoena seeks information from LaQuinta In on Euclid Avenue and dates and times that Celebrezze and Mark Dottore stayed there.

Small crew at Zone Rec Center in Ward 15 for a @CityofCleveland budget town hall. This one included audience sticker participation.

On the first day of winter and the longest night of the year, @clevhomeless will host a memorial for those who have died over the last year in the homeless community. Join us as we honor the lives of our late family & friends with a reading of names, candles, music, & prayers.

A brisk history of the difficulties faced by the Office of Professional Standards, the Cleveland agency that investigates civilian complains about police. Now its leader is taking a leave of absence. signalcleveland.org/a-new-setback-…

One of the complaints says that Perez “created an environment of hostility” and has “heard Marcus disparage OPS to anyone that will listen.” twitter.com/nickcastele/st…

"Hearing uncensored voices may and should be uncomfortable at times. American democracy is a raucous enterprise, and those who reject the rambunctious give and take ignore the lessons of the Civil Rights and Labor movements. Democracy in action can be untidy, loud and profane." twitter.com/CoffeeDocument…

Head of @ClevelandOPS on a voluntary leave as the city investigates a formal complaint about him. Two employees have resigned and others have complained about his management style. Signal Cleveland's @dakotah_says has the story: go.signalcleveland.org/3QX8vvh #Cleveland

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@KateWarrenCLE I feel like this is the exact type of thing @cledocumenters get fired up about!

Most damning statistic of urban renewal in Cleveland twitter.com/SegByDesign/st…

The public's right to know and access wins again! Cuyahoga County clerk allows same-day access to court records in settlement of federal lawsuit cleveland.com/court-justice/…

@EmmaHendersonTV Best of luck!

The clinic will fill a need in Cuyahoga County, where more than a third of those exonerated in Ohio since 1989 have been convicted. twitter.com/nickcastele/st…

Cleveland State's law school will open a wrongful conviction clinic next year. More from @CasanovaReports: signalcleveland.org/wrongful-convi…

#Cleveland paid $7,000 to air a @CLEpolice recruitment ad over the next two months. The ad features cops riding motorcycles & horses around downtown and talks up the benefits that come with donning a badge: a $5,000 signing bonus. go.signalcleveland.org/47mAxXT go.signalcleveland.org/47mAxXT