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As pandemic relief ends, CMSD CEO addresses looming budget cuts

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District is preparing to make budget cuts as COVID-19 relief funding expires at the end of this school year.”Our five-year forecast was actually projected by the previous administration in 2021 that the 2024-25 school year would start showing a deficit,” said Dr. Warren Morgan, CEO of CMSD. “Because of that deficit of $140 million plus, we

Ohio lawmakers propose $20 million for Cleveland land bridge connecting downtown to Lake Erie

Ohio House lawmakers exclusively told News 5 Tuesday that the long-awaited pedestrian land bridge to connect downtown Cleveland to Lake Erie would get $20 million in the proposed capital budget’s one-time fund.The one-time funds inside House Bill 2 would give millions for the Cleveland Municipal Land Bridge project, giving locals better access to the state’s best asset Lake Erie.In downtown,