Abbey Marshall
Reporter/ProducerAbbey Marshall covers Cleveland-area government and politics for 精东影业.
Education: Ohio University - Bachelor of Science, journalism
Experience:
A Cincinnati native and Ohio University graduate, Abbey moved to Northeast Ohio as a Report for America fellow before later joining the Akron Beacon Journal as its city government reporter. She has reported on a variety of issues, including housing, abortion access and police reform.
Awards and highlights:
- 2025 Public Media Journalists Association Award for best sports feature
- 2025 Regional Murrow Award for best sports feature
- Press Club of Cleveland鈥檚 Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards:
- Best audio reporter in Ohio (2025)
- First place: sports feature (2024 and 2025), neighborhood/community news (2024), news feature (2024), solutions journalism (2024)
- Second place: government and politics (2024)
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After a multitude of legal and financial obstacles, the long-awaited, multibillion dollar Cleveland Browns stadium is finally underway. -
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. -
Here's why you should request public records from your local governments. -
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鈥檚 approval.
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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.
