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Reporting Public Policy

A Reporting Project of the Kent State University School of Media and Journalism

Sam Verbulecz February 22, 2016September 14, 2016 0 Comments expansion, Kent, parking, services, spaces, state, university

Campus Expansions Force Students to Find Parking Alternatives

Some Kent State main campus students are finding new alternatives to on-campus parking, even as most students report having problems

Council Spring 2016

Bryan Heraghty February 18, 2016September 14, 2016 0 Comments council, Kent, ohio

Kent Receives Full Time IT Manager, JEDD Agreement with Rootstown at City Council Meeting

The City Council of Kent met in the basement of Kent’s Fire Station Wednesday to discuss a variety of topics.

Blythe Alspaugh February 4, 2016September 14, 2016 0 Comments Blythe Alspaugh, Chiamaka Onwuama-Uwagba, downtown kent, Kent, northeast Ohio, ohio

New Downtown Signage brings personality to Downtown Kent

As citizens of Kent make their way downtown, signs telling them to smile, or high-five a stranger may greet them.

Melissa Puppo December 9, 2015January 25, 2016 0 Comments Aleks, Board of Trustees, Education, enrollment, Finance and Administration Committee, Kent, kent state university, parta, Student and Academic Sucess, summit street, Todd Diacon

Board of Trustees discusses program updates, seeks contract approvals

By Taylor Williams, Melissa Puppo and Kimberleigh Anderson Finance and Administration Committee Changes to Summit Street, ALEKS software and PARTA

Andrew Bugel October 31, 2015September 14, 2016 0 Comments Kent, kent state university, parking, police, violations

The fight to simplify parking in Kent

By Andrew Bugel, Tyler Trill If you ever get the chance to take a stroll throughout downtown Kent, it’s almost

Melinda Stephan October 28, 2015September 14, 2016 0 Comments Abbe Turner, Agriculture, farming, female farmers, Ferrum Morraine Farm, grant, Gwenn Volkert, Kent, Lucky Penny Creamery, subsidy, wage discrepancy, wage gap, women farmers

Female farmers: The field is changing

By Julie Selby & Melinda Stephan Women have faced discrimination throughout history, but two local female farmers have quite a

Jarrod Evangelist October 21, 2015September 14, 2016 0 Comments Health code violations, health inspections, jeff neistadt, Kent

Kent Health inspections: Digging Down Deeper

The city of Kent Health Department performs health inspections on every restaurant in Kent multiple times each year. The number

Melinda Stephan October 15, 2015September 14, 2016 0 Comments Abbe Turner, Anderson Turner, cajeta, City of Kent, confection, creamery, farm, food deserts, food waste, Food Waste for Farms, goat, grants, Haymaker Farmer's Market, Kent, Lucky Penny, milk, National Fancy Food Show, ohio, Recycle Pots and Pans, USDA, Value Added Producer Grant

Lucky Penny grants fund more than a farm

By Julie Selby & Melinda Stephan One-woman-band Abbe Turner not only runs a local creamery, but started an initiative that

Brittany Rees October 14, 2015September 14, 2016 0 Comments jim bowling, Kent, studio graphique, wayfinding

New Kent Wayfinding Signs Provide Whimsy and Direction

by Brittany Rees and Eric Rivers Poking around town, locals and students alike may have noticed the recently installed wayfinding

Lillian Martis September 30, 2015September 14, 2016 0 Comments George Pitre, Kent, Mike Beder, ohio, Ohio Division of Liquor Control, Ohio Investigative Unit, Ray's Place, Water Street Tavern

Underage drinking not a problem at Kent bars

By Lily Martis and Robert Carroll It’s 10 p.m., and Raeanna Hertz is perched on a bar stool at Ray’s