Eric Heisig
NJ.com
Cleveland, OH, United States
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First 2020 presidential debate: Protesters march in Cleveland ahead of Trump-Biden clash
Hundreds of chanting, sign-wielding demonstrators against President Donald Trump gathered at the Wade Oval late Tuesday afternoon, ahead of the first presidential debate at Case Western Reserve University. → Read More
Ohio home sales rose in August, as low rates fuel strong market
Ohio home sales were up 4.2% in August from the same month a year ago, another sign that the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic may be fueling a competitive housing market. → Read More
Cuyahoga County Jail officers’ union seeks hazard pay, more PPE due to coronavirus outbreak
The union representing Cuyahoga County Jail corrections officers told elected leaders in a letter that its members deserve hazard pay and need more personal protective equipment because of the spread of the coronavirus. → Read More
Right-to-work group sues Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, union to help state workers who don’t want to pay dues
A legal group opposing mandated union membership sued Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and the largest union for state employees, asking a judge to strike down a clause in a contract that only gives a small window for members to resign. → Read More
Cleveland to pay $225,000 to 2016 RNC protester arrested during flag burning
The city of Cleveland agreed to pay $225,000 to a well-known protester arrested during a flag burning at the 2016 Republican National Convention, attorneys for the protester said Tuesday. → Read More
Judge orders Quicken, Justice Department to try to settle lawsuit
A judge in Michigan has ordered the Justice Department and Quicken Loans attempt a settlement in a years-old lawsuit in which the federal government accused the mortgage lending company of fraud. → Read More
Federal judge deals another blow to group challenging Ohio's voter roll purge
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that notification forms Ohio sends to voters in its process to remove inactive voters from its rolls are compliant with federal law, dealing another blow to a group challenging the state's voter purge process. → Read More
Fugitive Shawn Christy agrees to be sent back to Pennsylvania to face federal prosecution
More than 200 state and federal police and agents were involved in the search. → Read More
Controversial Kent State University professor sentenced to five months in prison for lying to the FBI
A former Kent State University professor known for his anti-Israel views was sentenced Wednesday to five months in prison, followed by five months' home detention, for lying to the FBI. → Read More
Opioids' most innocent victims: Lawsuit filed against over drugs' effects on children
A lawsuit was filed in Ohio to help children born with opioids in their system. → Read More
Cleveland community policing plan would require officers to spend time talking with residents
A proposed plan for Cleveland police explicitly states something the department touted as an unmet goal: officers will have to get out of their cars and talk with people in the communities they patrol. → Read More
New Cleveland police policy designed to protect the mentally ill from the fate of Tanisha Anderson
hen the city of Cleveland set out to create a new crisis intervention policy that governs how police officers handle encounters with the mentally ill, it wasn't explicitly because of Tanisha Anderson, but rather a pattern of similar incidents. → Read More
Cleveland police monitor asks judge to approve new policy after complaints of racial profiling
Cleveland's consent decree monitor is asking a federal judge to approve a new police department policy that was drafted after complaints of racial profiling. → Read More
Cleveland's conundrum: Should the city require moonlighting officers to wear body cameras?
Many of America's largest police departments solved the issue of whether cops should wear body cameras while moonlighting. Why can't Cleveland? → Read More
Cleveland starts training police officers to file reports from field, as required by consent decree
The city of Cleveland on Wednesday announced that it began a gradual roll out of a computer program that allows police officers to file reports with computers from the field. → Read More
Federal judge says Cleveland's police reform agreement with Justice Department is not 'anti-police'
The judge overseeing the Cleveland police reform efforts said Tuesday that he does not see the reforms as "anti-police." → Read More
Cleveland Scene settles lawsuit against Downtown Cleveland Alliance over removal of newspaper boxes
Alternative weekly newspaper Cleveland Scene has settled a First Amendment lawsuit it brought last month against the Downtown Cleveland Alliance over the removal of 26 of its distribution boxes in the city's main business district. → Read More
President-elect Donald Trump's victory could shape future of Cleveland's police reform
Police-reform efforts such as the one underway in Cleveland likely won't be a priority of Donald Trump's administration, and while observers agree that a new Justice Department would have a difficult time upending an agreement with city police, the course of the reform efforts here and nationwide could still change. → Read More
Donald Trump's campaign asks appeals court to put Ohio judge's voter-intimidation order on hold
Donald Trump's campaign has asked an appeals court to immediately suspend a Cleveland federal judge's restraining order in a voter-intimidation case, saying it would be harmed as Nov. 8 Election Day nears. → Read More
Trump campaign, Ohio GOP ask federal judge not to limit poll watchers
A lawyer for Donald Trump's campaign wrote in a brief filed Wednesday that the Republican candidate's statements encouraging supporters to watch the polls for Democratic voter fraud are protected speech and that preventing supporters from espousing those same views near polling places on Election Day would trample on their free-speech rights. → Read More