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Port Board Explains Executive Departures
Regional News Stories: Friday, November 20, 2009
The Cleveland Cuyahoga County Port Authority is facing a mounting set of challenges, exemplified or, perhaps, magnified by the departure of three top level executives in the last six weeks. Today, the leadership of the port's board of directors offered their most candid assessment yet of what went wrong and what needs to happen. Ideastream's Dan Moulthrop has more.}
Ohio Unemployment Up Again
Regional News Stories: Friday, November 20, 2009
Ohio's unemployment rate has gone up for the first time in three months, to 10.5 percent in October from 10.1 percent in September.
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services says joblessness increased despite slightly more hiring by both services and
goods-producing businesses. Ohio Public Radio's Bill Cohen has more.
Show 1347
Feagler & Friends: Friday, November 20, 2009
Mr. Feagler and guests assess the viability of the Medical Mart/convention center project.
Upside/Downside: measuring the success of wellness programs
Regional News Stories: Friday, November 20, 2009
As The U.S. Senate grapples with a healthcare bill, one of the goals is to bring down the cost of healthcare. Toby Cosgrove, CEO of the Cleveland Clinic, and others, have suggested that employers can play a role by giving their employees incentives to stay healthy. But can wellness programs really bring down the cost of healthcare and save companies money? In this week's edition of upside/downside, ideastream®'s Eric Wellman speaks with Ethan McPeake, a benefits consultant for the business consulting firm CBIZ, based in Independence. He says in the past five, ten years, the number of wellness programs has been ballooning. McPeake says some are more successful than others.
Number of Ohio Borrowers - Even in Prime, Fixed Loans - More Than Three Months Behind in Payments Up
Regional News Stories: Thursday, November 19, 2009
According to new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association, one in every six and a half home loans in Ohio are at least one month behind or in foreclosure. And the number of Ohioans seriously late on their mortgage payment has more than doubled over the past three years. ideastream®'s Mhari Saito reports.
Follow The Money: Stimulus Funds & Ohio EPA
Regional News Stories: Wednesday, November 18, 2009
As part of our ongoing coverage of the federal stimulus program, WCPN is occasionally tracking where the money went and what the spending accomplished. Today, ideastream® reporter Ida Lieszkovszky is on the trail of the 283 million stimulus dollars that has gone to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
Ohio Among States Least Helped By Foreclosure Prevention Program
Regional News Stories: Wednesday, November 18, 2009
A new study shows that Ohio is one of the states least helped by President Barack Obama's plan to help borrowers in trouble. It's a distinction the state can hardly afford. Ohio has long been one of the worst hit states in the country's foreclosure crisis. ideastream®'s Mhari Saito reports.
Port Delays Move To E. 55th Street
Regional News Stories: Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The Cleveland Cuyahoga County Port Authority says funding issues will delay its plan to move port operations to the new location east of downtown.
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Funding for the coverage of economy and jobs topics comes from The Cleveland Foundation; The George Gund Foundation; and The Nord Family Foundation.
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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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Upside/Downside: measuring the success of wellness programs
Fri., Nov. 20, 2009
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Series
Help Wanted
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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