http://www.yourstreet.com/news/cuyahoga-county YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Issue 6 supporters say the reform proposal for Cuyahoga County will help economic development. Its detractors say the plan is short on details. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6746124/issue-6-aims-to-shift-gears-on-economic-development Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:29:08 -0700 CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Does the average Joe have a shot at a county job if the competition is connected to one of the three county commissioners? http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6746067/investigator-exclusive-county-auditor-placed-commissioner-jones-relative, Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:52:08 -0700 A rift has developed between Cuyahoga County and the company that oversees health care in the county jail over a lawsuit filed following the death of of R&B singer Sean Levert http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6746135/cuyahoga-county,-health-care-company-squabble-over-handling-of-sean-levert- Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:57:08 -0700 PARMA -- The city and Cuyahoga County may apply for a low-interest loan to help pay for sanitary sewer repairs and improvements. The loan, with an interest rate of between 3.8 and 4.1 percent, would come from Ohio’s Water Pollution... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6745970/state-loan-could-help-pay-for-sewer-repairs-in-parma Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:12:08 -0700 The Akron-based law firm said the former Cuyahoga County commissioner will work out of its Columbus office. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6738167/roetzel-and-andress-names-former-ohio-ag-jim-petro-as-senior-counsel Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:17:08 -0700 Four Cuyahoga County corrections officers are joining the ranks of the unemployed. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6738156/deficit-forces-cuyahoga-county-sheriff-to-cut-4-jobs Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:15:08 -0700 CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Federal prosecutors are investigating whether the Cuyahoga County Commissioners pressured Auditor Frank Russo's office to hire their family, friends, and political associates. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6738101/investigator-exclusive-did-commissioners-pressure-auditor-to-hire-family-a Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:57:08 -0700 PARMA -- Through June, Cuyahoga County had collected $2.03 million from residents and property owners to maintain and repair the city’s sewer and water lines. Of that money, the county spent $655,326 on sewer maintenance and repair, according to a... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6737940/residents-in-parma-can-get-sewer-answers-during-county-sanitary-engineer- Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:18:08 -0700 CLEVELAND -- The latest charge in the wide-ranging Cuyahoga County corruption probe has area leaders worried about civic confidence in the commercial appraisal process http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6730078/new-cuyahoga-county-charge-hurts-civic-confidence Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:22:08 -0700 CLEVELAND -- The latest charge in the wide-ranging Cuyahoga County corruption probe has area leaders worried about civic confidence in the commercial appraisal process. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6729887/new-cuyahoga-county-charge-hurts-civic-confidence Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:00:08 -0700 A top Cuyahoga County employee funneled about $1.2 million in cash bribes to her boss, federal authorities said in the latest charges to come out of a wide-ranging corruption probe. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6729939/top-county-employee-charged-in-probe Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:25:08 -0700 CLEVELAND -- A top Cuyahoga County employee funneled about $1.2 million in cash bribes to her boss, federal authorities said in the latest charges to come out of a wide-ranging corruption probe. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6730020/aide-to-cuyahoga-county-auditor-charged-in-bribe-scheme Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:49:08 -0700 Cuyahoga County officials cleared a courtroom Thursday after a woman wearing a surgical mask showed up for a hearing, claiming she had the swine flu. A health department officials said the action was unnecessary. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6710753/cuyahoga-courtroom-cleared,-cleaned-after-masked-woman-says-she-might-have- Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:54:08 -0700 CLEVELAND -- The Council of Smaller Enterprises is endorsing the Cuyahoga County reform plan that would eliminate most current county office holders from the ballot, replacing them with a county executive and an 11-member county council. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6705584/cose-endorses-cuyahoga-county-reform-plan-new-cuyahoga-now- Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:32:08 -0700 People who are in the market to buy a home could be getting some help from the county in making that purchase. Tuesday, Cuyahoga County will kick off a program that will loan up to $40,000 to homebuyers for down... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6705595/cuyahoga-county-starts-down-payment-loan-program-for-homebuyers Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:30:08 -0700 A plan to create a charter commission to study Cuyahoga County government will appear on the November ballot before a rival reform option, which would replace the three county commissioners with an executive and 11-member council. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6705609/secretary-of-state-jennifer-brunner-rules-on-reform-plan-ballot-fight Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:14:08 -0700 Cleveland's mayoral race and several intriguing City Council battles top a list of primary elections today in Cuyahoga County. Challenging Mayor Frank Jackson's bid for a second four-year term are nonprofit executive Kimberly Brown, consultant Laverne Jones Gore,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6696123/cleveland-mayoral-race-leads-election-issues-on-northeast-ohio-ballots-for- Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:11:08 -0700 CLEVELAND -- The primary election on Tuesday, Sept. 8 will see many Cuyahoga County voters casting ballots at new or different locations. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6692866/cuyahoga-county-voters-check-where-to-vote-tuesday Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:16:08 -0700 The Ohio Secretary of State sent a letter to two supporters of mayoral candidate Frank Wagner on Friday informing them that they had improperly registered the names of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party and the Garfield Heights Democratic Club. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6677976/garfield-heights-mayoral-candidate-frank-wagner-s-supporters-lose-name-bat Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:51:08 -0700 CLEVELAND -- So many people in Cuyahoga County are still struggling with foreclosure.   http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6677941/cuyahoga-county-court-of-common-pleas-provides-foreclosure-mediation Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:26:08 -0700