Cleveland City Council Monday approved a new $10 million workforce development initiative Monday, meant to be the a new-to-Cleveland collaborative approach across multiple partners to build a pipeline to train new workers.
Two requests for use of the city’s American Rescue Plan Act dollars on education and workforce development initiatives made it out of a Cleveland City Council committee meeting Tuesday, but not until after facing some tough questions from council members.
Half of the seats on the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority's board of trustees need to be filled in 2023, and the advocacy group Clevelanders for Public Transit is looking to extend its already substantial influence to get a slate of transit users in those roles.
Across the country, schools have reported seeing student misbehavior skyrocket since the end of pandemic-related school closures, and it's been an especially challenging last few weeks for the Akron Public Schools in particular.