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Cuyahoga County appears ready to move ahead with plans to build a new county jail to replace the two-jail facility at the Justice Center in Downtown Cleveland. Building a new, low-rise jail facility outside downtown was approved 12-0 by the county’s Justice Center Executive Steering Committee Thursday, after examining several options for the future of the courthouse and jail complex.

China and 14 other Asia-Pacific nations have signed one of the world's biggest trade pacts, leaving the U.S. on the sidelines.

Plans for a new Cleveland Foundation headquarters in Midtown got the green light from the Cleveland Planning Commission Friday, but the project is still under fire from a lawsuit filed in 2019. Plans for the building on East 66th Street and Euclid Avenue include a café, conference rooms and outdoor greenspace for the public and local nonprofits to use. Dunham Tavern Museum sold land to the Cleveland Foundation for the project last year.

Advocates of stricter fertilizer rules for Ohio’s farms are hopeful an upcoming court decision will better protect Lake Erie from future algae blooms. After a lengthy and detailed denial from a federal judge in Toledo on a request to dismiss a case regarding pollution discharges into Lake Erie, the Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC) is cautiously optimistic it will get a ruling forcing the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to institute a total maximum daily load (TMLD) for industrial farms.

Republican lawmakers in the Ohio House and Senate are pushing for a bill that would allow township voters to reject wind farm projects through a...

The Alabama Supreme Court said the lower court erred earlier this year when it ruled the city of Birmingham had constitutional rights to free speech. The city must now pay a $25,000 fine.

Charles Schwab, E-Trade and TD Ameritrade are eliminating commissions as they face pressure from newer firms like Robinhood, which are app-based and target younger customers.

Cleveland City Council on Monday unanimously approved legislation that will provide access to free legal help for low-income families facing eviction. The United Way of Greater Cleveland will lead the program, contracting with the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland to provide services, according to the city. “United Way is going to serve as the lead partner,” said Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley. “We can work through their infrastructure. They can do the training of attorneys, they can do the back office, they can do the billing.”

The Cleveland Botanical Garden will cut back its urban agriculture Green Corps program for the 2020 season, with the hopes of it returning in 2021 in a re-imagined form. Local high school students can usually spend the summer learning job skills at Green Corps farms in Cleveland’s Buckeye, Slavic Village, Midtown and Fairfax neighborhoods, but only one will likely remain open next summer. Cleveland Botanical Garden President and CEO Jill Koski says Midtown Learning Farm will likely keep its youth program open.

The remarkable story of Wolf 8, the nervy runt who became the alpha male of the pack in Yellowstone National Park.