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Reporting Public Policy

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Akron Council Environment Fall 2023 Stories infrastructure and development

Lucas Baker December 12, 2023December 13, 2023 akron, City Development, downtown, Environment

Uneasy Feelings Caused By Zoning Change

A zoning change in Akron has been approved which would allow for developmental projects to take place in the future.

Diversity Fall 2023 Stories Final project Ohio Politics Social Justice

Faith Fistler December 12, 2023 akron, cleveland, Columbus, discrimination, government, ohio, social justice

The CROWN Act: addressing a long history of hair discrimination

The first time Tyana Barton was singled out because of her hair was when she was told to straighten it

Fall 2022 Stories Uncategorized

Kaitlyn Finchler December 16, 2022December 20, 2022 akron, amanda boyd, employee resource groups, kent state, LGBTQ, lgbtq+ center, lo denmon, transgender bias, visible talent

Awareness, training can help diminish transgender workplace bias

More than one in four transgender people have lost a job due to bias, and more than three-fourths have experienced

Akron City of Kent Fall 2022 Stories Politics Quick Start Stories State government Uncategorized

Kaitlyn Finchler September 6, 2022December 20, 2022 akron, Akron Law School, Debbie Barber, elections, government, Indepdent State Legislature Theory, Kent, League Of Women Voters, Martin Belsky, Michael Gentithes, Politics, voting

Independent legislature theory adopts election, gerrymander implications

The independent legislature theory is a concept state legislatures want to adopt in Ohio, Florida and North Carolina, with other

Final project Spring 2016

Bryan Heraghty May 11, 2016September 14, 2016 0 Comments akron, Burglar, cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, ohio, safety, Toledo

Ohio Sees Lower Burglary Rates Across All Major Cities

by Stephen Means and Bryan Heraghty Ohio residents in major cities can sleep a little more soundly, as the data

Spring 2016 Uncategorized

Marissa Barnhart February 22, 2016September 14, 2016 0 Comments 2016, akron, branding, Columbus, human sex trafficking, human trafficking, Jennifer Kempton, kent state, sex trafficking, Survivor's Ink, tattoos

Human trafficking survivor shows Ohio’s improvement

By Marissa Barnhart, Portia Booker and Mengting Ying She ran. Jennifer Kempton’s only goal was to make enough money for

Cops Spring 2016

Blythe Alspaugh February 21, 2016September 14, 2016 0 Comments akron, Akron Police, Blythe Alspaugh, Body Cameras, Chiamaka Onwuama-Uwagba, Cops, public records

Public Access to Police Body Cameras Still Unclear

The Akron Police Department is one of four departments in Northeast Ohio employing use of body cameras. Other departments include

Featured Final project Uncategorized

Alexis Oswald December 9, 2015January 28, 2016 0 Comments #akron public schools, #buses, akron, Board of Education, ohio, Transportation

Akron City Schools not Eligible for Busing

By Ashlyne Wilson and Alexis Oswald In Akron, 10 city schools are not receiving any school busing as Akron Public

Group Project Uncategorized

Richard Mulhall December 9, 2015January 25, 2016 0 Comments akron, akron beacon journal, baseball, budget cuts, cleveland plain dealer, debt, deficit, infocision stadium, lee r. jackson field, MAC, mason mamarella, rick rembielak, scott scarborough, UA, university of akron

Striking out: The rise and fall of Akron athletics

By Richie Mulhall & Ian Klein Former University of Akron baseball coach Rick Rembielak never thought it would happen. He

Raymond Strickland December 8, 2015December 8, 2015 0 Comments akron, Boca Raton, National Transportation Safety Board, PebbEnterprises

Nine Dead in Akron Plane Crash

Devastation struck an Akron community, after a small business jet crashed into an Akron home on Tuesday afternoon. The crash killed

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