Regional News Stories: April 2008

Cleveland Joins United Nations Compact
Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson celebrated Earth Day Tuesday by signing a United Nations agreement for to improve the environment. Ideastream's Kymberli Hagelberg has details.

National City Gets Infusion of Cash
Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008
After weeks of uncertainty, National City Corporation has found what it's looking for -- a much needed injection of cash. 7 billion dollars to be precise. The New York based private equity firm Corsair Capital is taking the lead, putting up nearly a billion dollars. A handful of smaller investors are filling in the rest. For more on what this news means for the company, its investors and the community, ideastream®'s Eric Wellman spoke with Mark Dodosh, an Editor at Crain's Cleveland Business.

Reducing Your Carbon Footprint
Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008
On this Earth Day, ideastream®’s Eric Wellman was appalled to learn that he emits 25,000 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year. He sat down with an expert on climate change to learn about ways to reduce his carbon footprint.

National City Bank Picks Its Suitor
Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008
National City Corporation is now facing its future, after getting a $7 billion dollar bailout from a private investment group. Ideastream®'s David C. Barnett has more.

The Cuyahoga’s Upstream Clean-Up
Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008
In the 1960s, the infamous Cuyahoga River fire burned the river --- and the city of Cleveland --- into the national consciousness as poster children for the ravages of pollution. A new documentary debuting tonight on many PBS stations explores how a group of environmental watchdogs shepherded the clean-up of Northeast Ohio’s “crooked river”. But, ideastream®'s David C. Barnett reports that there’s still a lot more work to do.

National City’s Future: ‘Vanilla,’ says Raskind
Posted Monday, April 21, 2008
The local and national business worlds have been abuzz Monday with news that National City Corporation has made a seven billion dollar deal led by private equity group Corsair. Analysts say it's not a perfect deal and still leaves shareholders exposed to the risk of the 25 billion dollars in risky loans. ideastream's Dan Moulthrop spoke with National City CEO Peter Raskind.

The New Dance Between Employer and Job Seeker
Posted Monday, April 21, 2008
For the past week we've been examining education gaps for students in Northeast Ohio, especially in math and science, that reduce their competitiveness in the global economy. Today in our series… 21st Century Schools…we spend some time with workers already out of school who are trying to get a job or keep a job in an environment where knowledge and skills are more important than ever. ideastream®'s David C. Barnett visited a local career fair to observe the delicate dance between employer and job seeker.

Lorain to Track Worker Vehicles with GPS
Posted Friday, April 18, 2008
If you're a city worker in Lorain, get ready to be tracked...maybe. The mayor wants to attach global positioning systems to all city vehicles. ideastream's Dan Bobkoff has more.

Strickland Gives Timeline On Public School Funding Reform Efforts
Posted Thursday, April 17, 2008
Any major reform of public school funding won’t happen till next year…At least not at Governor Ted Strickland’s urging. In an address to the Ohio Federation of Teachers convention in Cleveland today, Strickland laid out more of his education goals his education goals and his timetable for promoting them. Ideastream's Tasha Flournoy has the story.

Will Paying Teachers Six Figures Help Students?
Posted Thursday, April 17, 2008
If you've been listening to our series 21st Century Schools this week, you've probably heard about a lot of trends and ideas that are supposed to turn around American education. Some schools are focusing on entrepreneurship, others science and math, for instance. Well, the founder of a new charter school opening up next year in New York believes the answer is much simpler: hire great teachers and then pay them a whole lot of money. ideastream's Dan Bobkoff explains.

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