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A year after Cleveland passed legislation requiring tobacco retailers to obtain a license to operate, the city is cracking down on hundreds of noncompliant smoke shops.

Councilmember Charles Slife introduced legislation that would place a one-year moratorium on new permits for data centers within city limits, calling them "exploitative" to residents.

The single-acre pop-up will feature daily programming, such as live music and fitness classes to invite Clevelanders downtown as the city ponders the future of the lakefront.

Some council members said a "loophole" allowed Mayor Justin Bibb's administration to quietly approve controversial gunshot detection technology without legislative approval.

The new proposal would eliminate the city's 4% admissions tax for small, locally-run music venues with capacity under 750 people.

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb's administration renewed a contract for controversial ShotSpotter gunshot technology without City Council’s approval.

One Cleveland council member is calling for a split between council and mayoral control of marijuana sales tax funds coming back to the city.

The proposed change would reclassify menacing from a fourth-degree misdemeanor to a first specifically for threatening health care workers, with heftier jail time and fines.

Council plans to require a license, bed tax and a local agent in charge for short-term rentals.

Members describe reckless driving in Cleveland as the complaint they hear most often from residents.