Mark Naymik

Managing Editor, News at Signal Cleveland

Contributor at WKYC-TV (Cleveland, OH)

Managing Editor/News at Signal Cleveland, a new nonprofit newsroom & more. Previously, WKYC; Plain Dealer/cleveland.com Still love visuals; Still pesky.

Articles

Fired MetroHealth CEO Airica Steed ‘engaged in insubordinate conduct,’ hospital board says

1 week ago | signalcleveland.org | Mark Naymik

Airica Steed, who became CEO of MetroHealth in December 2022 and was fired less than two years later, failed to address several performance shortcomings identified in her reviews, the health system’s board says in response to a lawsuit Steed filed against it in February.
Cuyahoga County asks Ohio Senate for $350 million to renovate Browns stadium

2 weeks ago | signalcleveland.org | Mark Naymik |Andrew Tobias

Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne has asked Ohio Senate President to consider earmarking $350 million in its state budget proposal to help the county renovate the Browns lakefront stadium, known as Huntington Bank Field.
U.S. Rep Shontel Brown’s town hall on Social Security tackled 'big lies' but left little time for questions (Video)

2 weeks ago | signalcleveland.org | Mark Naymik

U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown held a town hall on Social Security in Cleveland on Friday. Brown, a Democrat representing Ohio’s 11th congressional district, which includes Cleveland and East Side suburbs, was joined by Martin O’Malley, who headed the Social Security Administration (SSA) during the Biden administration. The event lasted one hour at Benjamin Rose, a nonprofit in Cleveland that supports senior citizens.
Cleveland anti-Trump 'Hands Off!' rally draws large crowd (video)

1 month ago | signalcleveland.org | Mark Naymik

Demonstrators packed the street corners around Cleveland’s West Side Market Saturday to protest President Donald Trump, government cuts, trade policy, Wall Street’s financial trouble and what they see as attacks on democracy. Despite a rainy start to the day, more than a thousand people packed Market Square at West 25th Street and Lorain Avenue. A healthy police presence was on hand to keep traffic moving.
Tesla protest in Lyndhurst draws hundreds (Video)

1 month ago | signalcleveland.org | Mark Naymik

Twice a month demonstrators have gathered along Mayfield Road in Lyndhurst outside the Tesla car dealership to protest Tesla CEO Elon Musk. They are upset at the cuts he’s making to the federal government as head of President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Today, more than 400 people – the biggest turnout among the Lyndhurst protests to date – rallied outside the dealership as part of the national “Telsa Takedown” day.
Elon Musk target of Cleveland postal worker protest - Signal Cleveland

1 month ago | signalcleveland.org | Mark Naymik

Billionaire Elon Musk, who has come under nationwide protest as the face of President Trump’s cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency, was the target of a large demonstration Sunday at Cleveland’s main post office on Orange Avenue. Organized by the Cleveland branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers, hundreds of postal workers, other union members and activists, railed against the notion that the best way to fix the financially struggling Postal Service is to privatize it.
Cleveland's Slovenian Kurentavanje Festival draws monsters and many fans

2 months ago | signalcleveland.org | Mark Naymik

Often likened to a New Orleans’ “Mardi Gras,” the Kurentovanje parade and festival marks the beginning of spring and carries the goal of chasing away winter with the help of “kurenti,” monsters rooted in Slovene folklore. Despite cold temperatures and blustery winds on Saturday, the event drew hundreds who didn’t seem to mind. The day also featured a 5k run before the parade.
Republican Vivek Ramaswamy caps gubernatorial kickoff from Strongsville bar - Signal Cleveland

2 months ago | signalcleveland.org | Mark Naymik

Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy capped his two-day gubernatorial kickoff Tuesday night with a packed rally at a bar in a Strongsville strip mall. Though he won’t appear on the GOP primary ballot for more than a year, he displayed the confidence of a politician who’s already won, thanks in part to the endorsement from President Donald Trump and top local and statewide officials, which came within 24 hours of his announcement.
Vivek Ramaswamy launches campaign for Ohio governor

2 months ago | signalcleveland.org | Andrew Tobias |Mark Naymik

Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who will formally announce later today his long expected bid for the 2026 Republican gubernatorial nomination, told supporters in a message sent via a text link that he is running to be a “key partner” to President Donald Trump. Ramaswamy joins Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost as the other major candidate running for governor in next year’s Republican primary election.
Northeast Ohio workers rally against cuts to federal workforce

2 months ago | signalcleveland.org | Mark Naymik

It was cold Thursday morning but the rhetoric was hot as union leaders and Democratic Congress Member Shontel Brown criticized President Trump and his billionaire advisor Elon Musk during a rally to show support for federal workers. More than 50 people gathered on the plaza in front of the Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building to protest cuts to the federal workforce by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.