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In an illustration, the word “suspended” is stamped in red over a Black man’s Ohio driver’s license.
Posted inPublic Safety

On the road again: Thousands of Ohioans can drive legally after license suspensions lifted

Rachel Dissell, Community + Special Projects Editor by Rachel Dissell June 6, 2025June 6, 2025

About 7,000 people have taken steps to get a valid license since the Ohio started lifting suspensions last month.

Posted inEducation

These students at Charles Dickens school love books. Here are their summer reading picks

Rachel Dissell, Community + Special Projects EditorAvatar photo by Rachel Dissell and Mark Naymik May 27, 2025May 28, 2025
Cleveland Community Police Commission Co-Chair John Adams reads from a piece of paper during the commission's meeting on April 23 at Garrett Morgan School of Leadership and Innovation in Cleveland.
Posted inNews

Cleveland Community Police Commission approves updated drone policy 

Rachel Dissell, Community + Special Projects Editor by Rachel Dissell April 24, 2025April 29, 2025
Vote here sign outside St. Leo The Great Parish and School in Old Brooklyn.
Posted inNews

Thousands of Cleveland voters’ polling places have changed. Council members want to know why

Frank Lewis, Director of the Editors’ BureauRachel Dissell, Community + Special Projects Editor by Frank W. Lewis and Rachel Dissell March 28, 2025May 2, 2025
In an illustration, the word “suspended” is stamped in red over a Black man’s Ohio driver’s license.
Posted inNews

Ohio is lifting old driver’s license suspensions for unpaid fines. Here’s what to know.

Rachel Dissell, Community + Special Projects EditorAvatar photo by Rachel Dissell and The Marshall Project March 20, 2025April 29, 2025
A photo collage shows an old newspaper clipping with the headline “Justices Argue with Lawyers at Cleveland’s Frisk Hearing” with a black and white photo of Louis Stokes. On top of that photo is an old photo of police officers searching people against a car. On the far right, there are three orange traffic cones with another old photo of police officers behind the cones.
Posted inPublic Safety

How a 1963 Cleveland case shaped stop-and-frisk police tactics, and why it still matters

Avatar photoRachel Dissell, Community + Special Projects Editor by Brittany Hailer and Rachel Dissell December 19, 2024December 19, 2024
A van with a city of Cleveland Oublic Safety recruiting message on the side.
Posted inUncategorized

Cleveland fills long vacant police oversight position required by consent decree

Rachel Dissell, Community + Special Projects Editor by Rachel Dissell December 9, 2024December 8, 2024
A red background with an illustration of a police drone.
Posted inNews

Cleveland Police drones grounded again pending federal approval of new policy

Rachel Dissell, Community + Special Projects EditorFrank Lewis, Director of the Editors’ Bureau by Rachel Dissell and Frank W. Lewis December 2, 2024December 2, 2024
Cuyahoga County Jail in downtown Cleveland.
Posted inElections

Volunteers helped dozens of people in the Cuyahoga County Jail to vote in 2024 election

Rachel Dissell, Community + Special Projects EditorAvatar photoAvatar photo by Rachel Dissell, Doug Livingston and The Marshall Project November 25, 2024November 22, 2024
Illustrations of candidates for the Ohio Supreme Court
Posted inNews

Republicans strengthen majority on Ohio Supreme Court

Rachel Dissell, Community + Special Projects Editor by Rachel Dissell November 5, 2024November 6, 2024

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