Tony Brancatelli /news/tags/tony-brancatelli Tony Brancatelli en-US Copyright Tue, 07 Dec 2021 21:41:11 GMT Kevin Kelley and other departing Cleveland City Council members bid farewell as term ends /news/government-politics/2021-12-07/kevin-kelley-and-other-departing-cleveland-city-council-members-bid-farewell-as-term-ends Five Cleveland City Council members who will not return for the new term said their farewells Monday night. Tue, 07 Dec 2021 21:41:11 GMT /news/government-politics/2021-12-07/kevin-kelley-and-other-departing-cleveland-city-council-members-bid-farewell-as-term-ends Nick Castele Cleveland To Fund Outreach Corps To Help Bring Housing Up To Code /news/community/2019-09-03/cleveland-to-fund-outreach-corps-to-help-bring-housing-up-to-code Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson’s administration hopes to improve housing conditions by placing outreach workers with nonprofits across the city. The $1 million program would fund 14 “engagement specialist” positions with community development corporations, the nonprofit groups that help with neighborhood planning and other local work. The engagement specialists would send letters to property owners and work with homeowners and landlords to fix up housing in need of repair. Cleveland would spend another $500,000 to pay residents back for repainting home exteriors. Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:05:23 GMT /news/community/2019-09-03/cleveland-to-fund-outreach-corps-to-help-bring-housing-up-to-code Cleveland Will Decide the Details in March on How to Spend Its New Income-Tax Money /news/government-politics/2016-11-10/cleveland-will-decide-the-details-in-march-on-how-to-spend-its-new-income-tax-money Earlier this week Cleveland voters approved a half-percent increase in the city’s income tax. How will that money be spent? Raising the income tax rate to… Fri, 11 Nov 2016 01:51:30 GMT /news/government-politics/2016-11-10/cleveland-will-decide-the-details-in-march-on-how-to-spend-its-new-income-tax-money Cleveland Councilman Wants Polycarbonate Instead of Plywood for Vacant Houses /news/government-politics/2016-03-29/cleveland-councilman-wants-polycarbonate-instead-of-plywood-for-vacant-houses Some Cleveland city council members want to make it mandatory for vacant homes in the city to be boarded up with clear, high-strength polycarbonate rather… Tue, 29 Mar 2016 22:24:09 GMT /news/government-politics/2016-03-29/cleveland-councilman-wants-polycarbonate-instead-of-plywood-for-vacant-houses