Regional Features: Archive by Date

August 2007

Aurora to Receive Cleveland Water
Posted Friday, August 31
Another Northeast Ohio community has promised not to poach businesses from Cleveland in return for city water service. ideastream's Kymberli Hagelberg has more.

Medical Mart Site Expected By End of Year
Posted Friday, August 31
Leaders of the Greater Cleveland Partnership say they expect to recommend a site for a new convention center and medical mart by the end of the year. ideastream's economics reporter Tasha Flournoy has more.

Miami University to Continue Benefits
Posted Friday, August 31
Miami University in Ohio can continue to offer benefits to same-sex domestic partners now that an Ohio appeals court has upheld a lower court's ruling. ideastream education reporter Dan Bobkoff explains.

Local Astronaut Spends Six Months in Space
Posted Thursday, August 30
Euclid born Astronaut Sunita Williams spent six years training for a mission that lasted six months. From late last year through June, she lived 240 miles above the earth on the International space station. But she says despite all her training, there was nothing that fully prepared her for what she encountered after liftoff. Listen to Sunita Williams' experience eating in space.

Case Welcomes New President
Posted Thursday, August 30
As Case Western Reserve University welcomes back students, it also welcomed its new President yesterday. ideastream education reporter Dan Bobkoff was there.

Governor Warns of Higher Electric Bills
Posted Thursday, August 30
Governor Ted Strickland is warning that electricity bills across Ohio will skyrocket in 2009, unless Ohio moves back toward government regulation of electricity rates. He's unveiled his own proposal for change, and it includes a move to encourage development of more alternative energy sources. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports.

Public Offers Thoughts on Port’s Plans
Posted Thursday, August 30
Area residents offered their thoughts yesterday on the Cleveland Port Authority's plan to advance Northeast Ohio's economy. ideastream's economics reporter Tasha Flournoy explains how the public views the port's move in a new direction.

Mayor Jackson Appears on “The Sound of Ideas”
Posted Wednesday, August 29
Yesterday, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson spent an hour with WCPN listeners on our daily program "The Sound of Ideas," talking about everything from the census bureau's latest poverty rankings to new development to the waterfront. Sound of Ideas host Dan Moulthrop has this recap.

Cleveland Now Nation’s 4th Poorest City
Posted Wednesday, August 29
Cleveland is no longer the nation's most impoverished big city. But, the latest survey from the U.S. Census Bureau reports that the city still ranks in the top ten. ideastream's David C. Barnett reports.

Helping African Refugees Settle in Ohio
Posted Wednesday, August 29
Tens of thousands of people have immigrated from Africa to Ohio in the past decade, and some state legislators say it's time the government set up a special commission to help the refugees settle into their new life. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen files this report.

Akron Mayoral Debate
Posted Tuesday, August 28
Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic faced his first Democratic opposition in two decades when he debated former Akron City Councilman Joe Finley at the Akron Press Club yesterday. ideastream's Kymberli Hagelberg reports.

Rare Stem Cell Conference Begins Today
Posted Monday, August 27
A conference on regenerative medicine kicks off in Cleveland this morning bringing scientists together to talk about a very rare and very special type of cell. ideastream's Gretchen Cuda reports.

Cuyahoga County Sales Tax To Go Forward
Posted Monday, August 27
Now that a quarter-percent sales tax hike to pay for a new convention center will go forward, one of the chief opponents of the tax says he hopes the project will be open to public scrutiny and discussion. ideastream's Bill Rice reports.

Case Continues Against Church Accountant
Posted Monday, August 27
The prosecution continues its case today against a former church accountant accused of bilking the Cleveland Catholic Diocese for nearly $800,000. ideastream's David C. Barnett recaps the trial, so far.

Football Season Reawakens Concussion Debate
Posted Monday, August 27
It's hard to believe it's almost football season again, but the beginning of football season reawakens a debate about concussions. Doctors have found a link between multiple concussions and mental health problems down the road.

StoryCorps Cleveland: The Jeffries
Posted Monday, August 27
The folks who produced the oral history series StoryCorps spent much of August working in downtown Cleveland. Some of the stories they gathered will eventually be heard on NPR - but others will be heard from time to time here on 90.3. This morning's story takes us back to Cleveland of the 1960s, a time when many African Americans were still making the move from the deep south to the Industrial north. Here's that recollection from sisters Doris and Elaine Jeffries. Their family moved to Cleveland from Alabama, in 1963.

Encouraging Competition in Payday Lending
Posted Friday, August 24
With all the turmoil in the mortgage markets these days, its hard to imagine that there are sub-prime products out there that are actually doing pretty well. Take payday lending for instance. There are now over 22,000 stores across the country offering short term, small loans of under a thousand dollars for triple-digit interest rates. The federal agency that insures banks, the FDIC, wants payday lenders to lower those rates so they're trying to encourage banks to deliver some competition. ideastream's Mhari Saito reports.

Determining a Safe Return After Flooding
Posted Friday, August 24
As flood waters begin to recede, authorities will try to determine when its safe to let homeowners back into the worst affected areas to assess the damage. ideastream's Kymberli Hagelberg has more.

Firm Hired for Wind Turbine Feasability Study
Posted Friday, August 24
The Cuyahoga County Commissioners have selected a Wind Energy firm to figure out if wind turbines can be built in the waters just off of Lake Erie. Additionally, a new institute at Case Western Reserve University will make the wind demonstration project it's top priority. ideastream's Lisa Ann Pinkerton reports.

Mansfield Cleans Up After Flood
Posted Friday, August 24
Mansfield is one of many communities cleaning up after record breaking floods. The downtown area received the most damage. Local businesses including the city's main post office continue the recovery this morning. From member station WOSU, Mandie Trimble reports.

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