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The Film Buffnew

Steven Barrett is a fixture on the local scene. Now he's earning a rep in pervert circles too.

Cleveland Scene | Kyle Swenson | 06-30-2011 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Steven Barrett

Shots in the Darknew

Prosecutors allowed Jamelle Swanson’s killer to walk. Swanson’s sister isn’t going so quietly.

Cleveland Scene | Kyle Swenson | 06-29-2011 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Delvon Sims, Jamelle Swanson, Shuree Jefferson

Tilting at Windmillsnew

Cleveland may win the race to build offshore turbines, but why have others stopped trying?

Cleveland Scene | Maude L. Campbell | 06-15-2011 | Business & Labor

Tags: Wind Power, Renewable Energy, Wind Turbines

What the Boy Sawnew

A child's testimony put three men on death row. The neighborhood saw it differently.

Cleveland Scene | Kyle Swenson | 06-08-2011 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Harry Franks, Ronnie Bridgeman

Shakeup in Lockdownnew

As Ohio prisons go private, a prison town goes berserk.

Cleveland Scene | Loretta Ashyk | 06-01-2011 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Prisons, Grafton

Life After Death Tax?new

Ohio’s repeal of estate taxes could strike a lethal blow to its local communities.

Cleveland Scene | Anastasia Pantsios | 05-25-2011 | Policy Issues

Tags: Estate Tax

Cleveland's Job Machinenew

Global Cleveland wants to put the region to work. Who gets the jobs isn't clear.

Cleveland Scene | John Lasker | 05-18-2011 | Business & Labor

Tags: Baiju Shah, Cleveland Jobs, Global Cleveland

Homicide & Hypenew

The murder of a town eccentric reignites talk of one of Cleveland’s most notorious unsolved crimes.

Cleveland Scene | Kyle Swenson | 05-18-2011 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Amy Mihaljevic

What Your Butts Buynew

How we spend one of the nation's biggest pots of public arts money.

Cleveland Scene | Maude L. Campbell | 05-04-2011 | Policy Issues

Tags: Cuyahoga Arts and Culture

Pass the Whiskey and Ammonew

Guns and booze don't mix. But Ohio lawmakers are serving up that cocktail at a bar near you

Cleveland Scene | Kyle Swenson | 04-27-2011 | Policy Issues

Tags: NRA, HB 45, Tim Schaffer

Cuyahoga County's Fight Over Document Fees Yields a Dubious Alliancenew

Five years before Cuyahoga County Recorder Pat O'Malley resigned in May 2008, he quietly closed a deal that garnered little interest at the time. It was a pact with Data Trace, a California company that specializes in snapping up title and tax documents, then customizing and re-selling the information.

Cleveland Scene | Anastasia Pantsios | 04-20-2011 | Policy Issues

Tags: media, Ohio, Data Trace, public documents

Could Too Much Gaming Create Problems for Ohio's Casinos?new

Ohio is considering whether to expand gaming through digital slot machines at Ohio's racetracks, a move that would amount to an overnight Cinderella switch, turning cash-bleeding racetracks into slot parlors, or "racinos," in industry-speak

Cleveland Scene | Kyle Swenson | 04-13-2011 | Business & Labor

Tags: Ohio, business, gambling, casinos, gaming, racetracks, racinos