Cleveland struggles to retain EMS workers amid lucrative rival offers
Cleveland loses 47 EMS staff in the past year and 88 over two years while 10 left in the last month for Memphis which offers a $10,000 signing bonus and higher pay. City dispatchers and paramedics number 266 with 40 openings as officials plan broader recruitment and academy grads join soon.
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Flats project in Cleveland grows to 522 million
The Flats district redevelopment along the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland has risen to 522 million dollars, more than double the original budget. The plan adds 430 apartments, a lakeside campus and a 20 story tower, with about 147 million in public funding and a target completion by late 2010.
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Urbana University Patients Policy Sparks International Student Insurance
After a fatal nine car crash near Urbana that killed three Chinese graduate students, Urbana University mandates international students carry insurance covering repatriation of remains up to fifty thousand dollars. About fifty students are affected as policy aligns with regional colleges.
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