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Recent Coverage
Ohio Scores High Ranking In Business Climate
Regional News Stories: Monday, November 2, 2009
Ohio is getting better and better grades when it comes to its business climate. Site Selection Magazine says Ohio is now one of the top states in the nation, when it comes to being business-friendly.
Details from statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen.
Chinese Visit Ohio For Recycling Lessons
Regional News Stories: Monday, November 2, 2009
The economic boom that's being enjoyed in China is forcing that country to look at a problem the US has been trying to handle for years - how to handle the garbage its people produce. A group of Chinese officials have come to Ohio to see what's being done here.
Ohio Public Radio's Karen Kasler reports.
Are We Really Recovering From the Recession?
The Sound of Ideas: Monday, November 2, 2009
We've heard the whispers about the recession ending over the past few months. Those voices got louder this week with reports that the U.S GDP grew 3.5 percent last quarter. Is the U.S economy recovering from the recession? Monday morning at 9, host Dan Moulthrop and guests will examine indicators like the price of oil, pace of exports, home sales, and consumer spending, and we'll find out why the national outlook seems so much brighter than what we see here in Northeastern Ohio. We'll also get your perspective and get answers to your questions.
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State of Ohio: Friday, October 30, 2009
This week we feature the closing arguments for and against Issue 3, with Charlie Luken is the former mayor of Cincinnati and the chair of the Ohio Jobs and Growth Committee, which put Issue 3 on the ballot, and John O’Grady, a Franklin County Commissioner is a co-chairman of TruthPAC, the group opposing Issue 3.
Upside/Downside: Business and the ballot
Regional News Stories: Friday, October 30, 2009
Early next week, voters go to the polls to decide on some key issues that have major implications for northeast Ohio. Over the past few weeks, we've gotten many perspectives on issue 3, the proposal to bring casinos to four Ohio cities and issues five and six -- the reform proposals in Cuyahoga County. ideastream®'s Eric Wellman sat down with Joe Roman, CEO of the Greater Cleveland Partnership for a business perspective. The GCP has come out in favor of casino gambling and county reform issue 6.
Is the recession over? Clevelanders don’t seem to think so.
Regional News Stories: Friday, October 30, 2009
Recent news that the Gross Domestic Product grew by 3.5 percent last quarter have many economists declaring the end of the recession, but the American public doesn't appear convinced.
Census Survey Shows Affluent Suffer, Too
Regional News Stories: Thursday, October 29, 2009
A new report by the U.S. Census Bureau shows the economic downturn is taking a toll in areas previously thought to be recession-resistant.
ideastream®'s Rick Jackson's been looking at the numbers.
Unemployment Shifts Foreclosure Crisis To Suburbs
Regional News Stories: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
First it was fraudulent and predatory lending that put thousands of people in Cuyahoga County into mortgage purgatory. Now, unemployment is threatening homeowners in greater numbers - especially in the suburbs. Ideastream's Bill Rice reports.
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Upside/Downside
Weekly interviews and reports about economic developments in Northeast Ohio, featuring local business leaders and analysts.
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Facing the Mortgage Crisis
Facing the Mortgage Crisis is a multi-media project designed to raise public awareness, mobilize networks of community partners, and aggregate community resources to serve our Northeast Ohio communities.
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In collaboration with The Plain Dealer, WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastream® will cover the journey of dozens of the unemployed in Northeast Ohio.
Ohio's Unemployed: Stories from the Line
As Ohio sinks deeper into the recession, more people are put on the unemployment line. These are their stories of struggle and survival. 2008
The Foreclosure Crisis
There are over 11,000 bank-owned houses in Cuyahoga County, and the number grows every day. Houses like this are dragging down local property values and hurting the bottom lines of some of the world’s largest financial institutions. During the week of May 19-23, 2008, ideastream®’s Mhari Saito talks to those wading through the mess left by the foreclosure crisis. 2008
Poverty in the City
50 years ago, Cleveland's Mount Pleasant neighborhood was a vibrant neighborhood, with shops and well-kept homes. But today, it is on the verge of a complete changeover: buildings sit in disrepair, shops are boarded up, kids become high school drop outs. What happened? What can happen now to turn this neighborhood back in the other direction? 2007
What Would Merging Mean?
Northeast Ohio's economy has drastically changed over the last decade. Municipal budgets have shrunk. Manufacturing jobs have declined and the urban core -- Cleveland -- is losing population. As leaders search for solutions, talk of regionalism has ignited conversations and ideas, including more collaboration among cities, even the possibility of merger between city and county government in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. ideastream explores that radical idea with reports and interviews on radio and TV. 2007
Making Change
Making Change is a series of radio, television and Internet products that will tackle that very question by concentrating on economic reinvention from the point of view of individual citizens. 2003-present
The KeyBank Small Non-profit Series
The KeyBank Small Non-profit Series is a sequence of discussions focusing on issues important to executives of small non-profit organizations and students of non-profit management. 2006-present
A Quiet Crisis
For three years this innovative multiple-media series focused the attention of Northeast Ohio on the region’s most serious challenge—an economic decline that was unraveling the “comeback” renaissance of the 90’s and threatening the vitality of the region. 2001-04
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