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Taking it all in - from children’s book illustrations to work by Cindy Sherman and Barbara Kruger - at the Akron Art Museum today.

More than 1,300 kids in Cleveland tested positive for elevated levels of lead in their blood last year, the city's health director said Monday. A City Council committee spent 3.5 hours examining where we stand on tackling the lead-paint crisis in homes. news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

Cleveland City Council voted this week to strengthen a nuisance law, making it easier to crack down on problem properties - and slap owners with fines. One target: Shopping centers with parking lots that are magnets for car meets, Tara Morgan 📺 reports. news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

“There are choppy headwinds facing Cleveland – and facing cities all across the country,” Mayor Justin Bibb said during his State of the City event this afternoon. “I gotta be honest. The last 90 days have been very hard for me as mayor. Very hard.” news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

ICYMI: During the State of the City event Wednesday, Mayor Justin Bibb talked about federal funding cuts and the potential impact on Cleveland. "Washington is not coming to save us," he said. He also touched on schools, jobs, safety and the Browns. news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

.Clay LePard reports on the continuing push by Ohio political and business leaders to bring NASA's HQ to the Buckeye State. (Texas and Florida are wooing NASA, too, but the agency previously told News 5 that it's looking at other sites in Washington, D.C.) news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

Here's a first look at new renderings of the West Side Market renovation project - a complicated undertaking that's years in the making. Construction will start next month, beginning with the eastern arm of the produce arcade. news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

I started my Friday over at Ideastream, as part of the weekly Reporters Roundtable on the Sound of Ideas with Matthew Richmond, Karen Kasler and (of course) Mike McIntyre. We talked about the State of the City, the West Side Market revamp and more ... ideastream.org/show/sound-of-…

The Department of Justice terminated a $2 million grant this week for Cleveland groups focused on preventing violence and helping crime victims. "Something like this knocks the wind out of you. It cuts to the core," Brenda Glass tells Sarah Buduson. news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

Two Broadview Heights property owners recently found out that their vacant lots were listed for sale - without their knowledge. Clay LePard digs in ... and calls Nigeria ... as part of his ongoing look at the troubling rise of property theft in Ohio. news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

Breakfast with a view. West Side Market

State agencies are skeptical about whether a $600M investment in a new Browns stadium will be a good deal for Ohio - and taxpayers. In memos released Monday, policy analysts described the team's projections as "overly optimistic" and "wildly overblown." news5cleveland.com/sports/browns/…

Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne wants the state to put $350M into renovating Huntington Bank Field - instead of $600M for a new suburban stadium. Gov. Mike DeWine says a dome would be 'a good thing' - if Ohio changes how it pays for sports projects.news5cleveland.com/sports/browns/…

The U.S. government just formally listed the Celebrezze Federal Building in downtown Cleveland for sale - a process that could take a few years. "Even if you gave it to me for free, I don't think I would take it," a real estate broker told me last month. news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

A Cleveland candymaker recently took his frustrations to social media, after hitting "roadblock after roadblock" while navigating the approval process at City Hall. His video got way more attention that he expected - and helped to get things unstuck. news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

“He’s not trying to open up a marijuana dispensary here,” Cleveland Councilman Mike Polensek said of a business owner who ran into snarls in the Waterloo Arts District. “It’s a candy store, for Pete’s sake. Help the guy open a candy store. What the hell!” news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

Cleveland hotels are protesting a tax hike to help pay for a new Browns stadium in Brook Park. The proposal is a small piece of the puzzle for the huge project. But hotel operators say it would add to an already outsized burden on travelers and businesses. news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

New conceptual renderings of a revamped Cleveland Hopkins International Airport released this morning. Construction is set to start this year with a new parking lot, followed by a new garage. A new terminal ultimately will rise on the site of the existing parking garage.

After Cleveland Scene published a leaked image of a renovated lakefront stadium, the Browns shared the image with News 5 and other outlets today. The team says it’s still focused on building an enclosed stadium in Brook Park - not redoing the existing one. news5cleveland.com/sports/browns/…

As state legislators debate make-or-break funding for a new suburban Cleveland Browns stadium, Mayor Justin Bibb and Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne are pleading with Columbus to help them keep the Browns Downtown. news5cleveland.com/sports/browns/…