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The Cleveland Street Chronicle, published by the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH), is launching a campaign to raise money for the community this holiday season. A special edition of the paper includes designs that can double as wrapping paper.

Lake and Lorain county officials are relying on residents to stay vigilant as the coronavirus surges – but not issuing any additional health advisories or orders, even after Gov. Mike DeWine on Thursday placed both on the watch list for potentially moving to the highest risk level on the state’s public health advisory alert system.

The Cleveland Rape Crisis Center is launching a counseling program for Black survivors of sexual assault who are in the middle of legal action. The center will use a curriculum created by Cleveland-area psychologist Tyffani Dent specifically designed for African Americans. Sessions will aim to address both the trauma of sexual assault and the community pressure survivors often feel to not help to send a Black man to prison.

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority expects a decline in passenger fare revenue next year, but anticipates no other major hits to its 2020 budget. RTA’s $296 million in general fund expenditures will exceed projected revenues for next year, staff told the board of trustees at a Tuesday morning meeting. The transit agency will use leftover funds from 2019 to cover the shortfall, planning to end next year $25 million in the black.

University of Akron students got an impromptu introduction to the school’s new president Tuesday. Gary Miller spent his first formal day on the job greeting students on campus at lunch. It’s his first step in planning a new way forward for a school that’s been facing several challenges — including low enrollment and low faculty morale. But he says the university is "in transition," and touts its longevity.

A home in Cleveland’s Mt. Pleasant neighborhood — where four badly decomposed bodies were discovered on Saturday — has been a nuisance property for several years, said Cleveland City Council member Kevin Bishop. The boarded up property on E. 144th Street is in Ward 2, which Bishop represents. Police are still investigating how the four people died and officials are still trying to identify the bodies, Bishop said.

Cleveland-area schools will see mixed results to school tax levy proposals after Tuesday night’s elections. Cuyahoga County voters approved two of the three school tax levies on the ballot. Cuyahoga Community College’s proposal passed, with roughly 64 percent approval. It will increase Tri-C’s current levy to 23 cents per $100 valuation, lasting for the next 10 years. And with support from about 65 percent of those voting, Brooklyn city schools will continue with the current tax levy for five more years.

The group Ohioans for Gun Safety is making a push to get a popular gun control measure in front of voters. According to the group’s spokesman Dennis Willard, they’re focused on one issue: getting mandatory universal background checks passed in Ohio. Volunteers for the group spent Election Day at polling sites statewide, asking for signatures to put a new gun control law on the 2020 ballot.

Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court officials say hiring a psychiatric nurse and more officers will help the court better care for youth in the detention center. Staff made their case for additional $3.4 million Monday at a finance committee meeting. Council must approve a new two-year county budget by next month.

Cleveland officials say they don’t know how much it will cost to build a new police headquarters along the Opportunity Corridor, but it may exceed the $60 million originally slated for the project. At a Monday morning committee meeting, city council members pressed administration officials to provide cost estimates and explain why police now plan to move their center of operations outside Downtown. “Is it prudent for us to lock into a location if we don’t know the cost?” Councilman Tony Brancatelli asked at the meeting.