Associated Press Posted May 23rd 2013   CLEVELAND: The popular World Series of Poker tour is making stops at the new casinos in Cincinnati and Cleveland. The franchise’s newly announced tour includes a Sept. 19-30 stop at the Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati, and then March 20-31, 2014, at the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland. Now the casinos will [...]

CrainsCleveland.com By Jay Miller Posted May 22nd 2013 (PHOTO: RALAND HATCHETT, DIRECTOR GREATER CLEVELAND PARTNERSHIP MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY BUSINESS CENTER CLEVELAND)   DARRIN REDUS, JUMPSTART INC. CHIEF ECONOMIC INCLUSION OFFICER Civic and political leaders in Northeast Ohio talk at length about working together regionally. But it may be the area’s private-sector business development and [...]

ShakerHeights.Patch.com By Nikki Ferrell Posted May 16th 2013   Gimme Java owner Albert Plummer absolutely gushes when asked about his “upscale, elegant, but extremely comfortable” coffee shop, slated to open this summer at Lee and Van Aken. And it’s hard not to get excited about the shop when talking to Plummer, who peppers his description [...]

CNNMoney.com By Emily Jane Fox Posted May 15th 2013   NEW YORK (CNNMoney) For only the fourth time in history, there will be a new $100 bill. After a three-year delay due to slower-than-expected production, Americans will finally have an improved, high-tech $100 bill for their wallets, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday. The bill is [...]

Cleveland Metropolitan School District Posted May 13th 2013   ERIC GORDON CEO CMSD AND DAVID QUOLKE PRESIDENT CLEVELAND TEACHERS UNION   Metropolitan Schoof District have reached a Tentative Agreement. ‘Ve fuel st.rongly that the new contract will help transform Cleveland s schools and will build on a culture of collaboration that began last year when [...]

BeaconJournal.com By Carol Biliczky, Beacon Journal Staff Writer  Posted May 12th 2013 (PHOTO: JULIA LOEB AND KATHY SCHMIKO , NATHANIUEL JOHNSON OPERATES ROBOT AT EAST TECH HIGH SCHOOL NEW TECH)   Right now, 85 Akron high school students are taking Stark State College courses. For free. At their regular high school. And they are far [...]

Techyville.com By Maria Lloyd Posted May 9th 2013   The controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) may drastically change your life for the worse. Dem. Ed Perlmutter presented a last-minute alteration to CISPA that would prevent employers from requiring a current and/or prospective employee’s Facebook password. Sadly, Congress voted down the alteration, causing Americans to [...]

Techyville.com By BoWatkins Posted May 9th 2013   There are some who are not entirely convinced of the evils that may come out of the prison industrial complex.  This story might change your mind.  A judge in Pennsylvania has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for literally exchanging young people for cash.   Mark Ciavarella [...]

Cleveland.com By John Funk, The Plain Dealer Posted May 6th 2013   CLEVELAND, Ohio — State lawmakers looking into changing laws that require Ohio’s electric utilities help customers use less electricity are making a mistake, says the state’s largest manufacturing trade group. The Ohio Manufacturers’ Association is now convinced that the efficiency mandates which lawmakers [...]

Associated Press By Ann Sanners and Julie Carr-Smyth Posted May 3rd 2013   COLUMBUS: Charitable fraternal organizations more than a century old could avoid paying property taxes under a narrowly crafted budget proposal that’s headed to a vote in the Ohio House. Groups eligible for the roughly $4.8 million tax break include the Masons — [...]