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🤔 Someone’s been texting Clevelanders to drum up support for renewing the city’s contract with Flock Safety for its license plate readers, which capture and store in a database images of all passing vehicles. signalnews.info/4v7TxVD

Ohio state Rep. Juanita Brent tells residents in Cleveland's Ward 3 to get vocal in the face of voting legislation currently in the Ohio Statehouse. Learn more in this week’s Public Meetings Report podcast from @signalcleveland signalnews.info/4jEhiQD

For months, Cleveland City Council has debated increasing penalties for menacing healthcare workers. The legislation is now moving forward after Council’s safety committee added requirements that hospitals offer de-escalation training. signalnews.info/4dpcIV8.

Older adults are key to running the Hunger Network’s food pantry system in Greater Cleveland, but few younger volunteers are helping out. signalnews.info/4wNKCuq.

Cuyahoga County has new support for young people with developmental disabilities in Juvenile Court, with its first forensic liaison in place to help connect youth with services and accommodations. signalnews.info/4uYocoj.

This weekend marks the unofficial start of summer. Here are the Greater Cleveland communities hosting Memorial Day parades and events. signalnews.info/4nNrSHi.

Ahead of another Memorial Day weekend, Mayor Justin Bibb again promoted his administrations’ violence prevention programs and neighborhood initiatives that he continues to brand as an “all-government” approach to safety. signalnews.info/4wwi9ca.

You've got questions, we have *some* answers. Here is a guide and some updates and FAQ's about how the district has been consolidating schools. signalnews.info/49cp8gx

A program that swooped in to provide a safety net for Cleveland residents displaced by lead hazards in their homes faces an uncertain future. The city says the program has been a success, but the dollars are running out. signalnews.info/4fspfbx

A @signalcleveland reader sent me this text that links to a poll asking #cleveland residents about license plate readers. If you also got this, please let me know at frank@signalcleveland.org.

Still on paternity leave, but thought I'd pop in with a quick thread on the work my @signalcleveland colleagues have been up to:

🎶So we kick, push 🛹 💨 Going places where others don’t is the whole point of Advocate Skateworks, a non-profit based in Lakewood that works to bring skateboards and skate culture into Cleveland neighborhoods. signalnews.info/4dl7OqQ

Rise and shine, NEWS QUIZ TIME 📰⏳What major nonprofit organization now occupies the Midtown site where the Cleveland Cavaliers played their first home games at the Cleveland Arena? signalcleveland.org/from-the-cavs-…

Today, the City has rejected the permit application for the data center proposed at 3560 E. 55th St. in the Slavic Village neighborhood.

Signal reporter @CeliaHack produces an @acsTrauma NBATS evaluation of Northeast Ohio-- showing that our region is already well served and doesn't need new trauma centers. @metrohealthCLE @MHGenSurgery @UHhospitals

Summer festival season in Cleveland is right around the corner! Who's coming outside with us? signalnews.info/4nsn61J

The Midline, an initiative to redevelop 350+ acres of long-vacant East Side industrial land into an employment hub – a vision that could take years to become reality. signalnews.info/42ygViT

🎶 I've got work to do 🎶 U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver appears poised to dig into the areas where Cleveland still has work to do, including how it plans to handle police oversight in the future. signalnews.info/3PjH8i4

CMSD and the Cleveland Teachers Union announced an agreement that will bring back around 60 teachers — at least for next school year as long-term substitutes. The school board approved the agreement at yesterday's meeting. signalnews.info/42AO5OW

So.... too good to be true? In 2023, Cleveland City Council approved a 30-year agreement with SiFi Networks, which promised to lay fiber-optic internet cable across the city at no cost to taxpayers. The city says the company has failed to start the work. signalnews.info/4d67FZB