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Jan 14, 2025 | 
signalcleveland.org | Gennifer Harding-Gosnell
Jan 7: Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Board of Trustees and Committees Covered by Documenter Regina Samuels (notes) Greater Cleveland Rapid Transit Authority paratransit users will be able to schedule, cancel and track rides from a smart phone. RTA plans to launch the PASS mobile app late in 2025 to improve paratransit riders’ experience. The app will allow the agency to add notes for a trip and track a vehicle’s location.
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Dec 16, 2024 | 
signalcleveland.org | Gennifer Harding-Gosnell
New high-tech railcars will begin servicing the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s Red Line route in August 2027, according to RTA officials, who recently hosted a media event to update the public on the new trains and other upcoming renovation projects. RTA expects delivery of the new vehicles in summer of 2026. They’ll undergo testing and commissioning before entering into service the following year.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
signalcleveland.org | Gennifer Harding-Gosnell
Dec. 3: Board of Trustees and Committee Meetings, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Covered by Documenter Regina Samuels (live-tweets) The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) Board of Trustees is set to vote soon on the 2025 budget. Trustees received the final presentation on the 2025 budget from Kay Sutula, director of the Office of Management and Budget for RTA, on Dec 3.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
signalcleveland.org | Gennifer Harding-Gosnell
Nov. 21: Committee of the Whole, Cleveland City CouncilCovered by Documenter Laurie Redmon (notes) A utility assistance program spearheaded by Cleveland City Council has run dry. Officials said it helped 4,442 Cleveland account holders pay their water and electric bills. Cleveland City Council the program in 2023 to help customers at risk of having their utilities shut off because of overdue bills stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
signalcleveland.org | Gennifer Harding-Gosnell
Nov. 20: Committee of the Whole, Cleveland City Council Covered by Documenter Tim Zelina (notes) Cleveland Hopkins International Airport’s Terminal Modernization Development Program, developed in 2021, will be completed in stages “to debut over the next several years,” according to Director of Port Control Bryant Francis. Dennis Kramer, assistant director of the department, presented updates to Cleveland City Council on Nov. 20.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
signalcleveland.org | Gennifer Harding-Gosnell
Nov. 12: Cuyahoga County Council Covered by Documenter Dean Jackson (notes) Cuyahoga County Council reviewed more than 70 pieces of legislation at its Nov. 12 meeting. About a quarter of them involve the proposed distribution of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. Most of the ARPA-funded measures would support community-based organizations and programs. One piece would give up to $100,000 to the St. Clair-Superior Development Corp.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
signalcleveland.org | Najee Hall |Dakotah Kennedy |Gennifer Harding-Gosnell
Signal Cleveland reporters spent time talking with voters on Election Day from Central to Cudell. Hear what Clevelanders had to say. “The right to vote is the right to make change in the country.”Jonathan PadillaAt the Cudell Recreation Center, Jonathan Padilla, born in Puerto Rico, cast his first ballot in Ohio. Four years ago, Padilla said, he lived in Florida, where voting was a lot harder. He shouted-out the Cudell poll workers for helping him and answering his questions.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
signalcleveland.org | Gennifer Harding-Gosnell
Oct. 18: Committee of the Whole - Operational Review Overview: Covered by Documenter Mildred Seward (notes) Cleveland’s Division of Waste Collection and Disposal Commissioner Terrell Pruitt says 78,000 Cleveland households are now enrolled in the city’s opt-in recycling program. Pruitt referred to the program as “a reflection of our residents,” adding Clevelanders “embraced” the new recycling initiative when it was re-started in 2022.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
signalcleveland.org | Gennifer Harding-Gosnell
Oct. 8: Cuyahoga County Board of ElectionsCovered by Documenter Marvetta Rutherford (notes) The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections heard several challenges to individual voter registrations, mostly from people who have received campaign literature or a Board of Elections letter addressed to someone who does not live at that residence, according to Deputy Director Anthony Perlatti.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
signalcleveland.org | Gennifer Harding-Gosnell
Cuyahoga County voters must decide whether to increase the price of cigarettes by about 40 cents per pack as part of a levy that raises funds for the arts. Issue 55 would, if passed, replace an existing levy that already sends revenue to Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, an organization that supports local arts groups and artists through grants. Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC) is an independent political subdivision (libraries also fit in this category).
