CLEVELAND — Three Northeast Ohioans with unclaimed funds filed a lawsuit on Monday afternoon against state officials, calling Ohio’s plan to take legal ownership of people’s missing money to help pay for a new Browns’ stadium in Brook Park an “unconstitutional and unlawful misappropriation of private property.” The lawsuit was filed by DannLaw, a firm
See how to find out if you have unclaimed funds in Ohio Ohio’s new budget gives the state control of $1.7 billion in unclaimed funds. Here’s how to check if your money is in that pool. A lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of using Ohioans’ unclaimed funds to finance a new Cleveland Browns stadium. The lawsuit
A plan to help pay for a new Cleveland Browns stadium with Ohioans’ abandoned money is unconstitutional and should be stopped, according to a new lawsuit. Former Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann and former state Rep. Jeff Crossman, both Democrats, filed a class action lawsuit July 7 on behalf of three Cuyahoga County residents and
Gov. DeWine explains why child care is a budget priority Gov. Mike DeWine held a news conference Monday to unveil his budget recommendations. He opened his conference speaking about how the state can fund child care. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost urged Gov. Mike DeWine to veto a provision in the state budget that would
Browns fans react to news of new stadium, move to Brook Park Fans gave their reactions after team owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam announced the Cleveland Browns are moving to Brook Park to build a new dome stadium. Northeast Ohioans could be days away from knowing whether the Cleveland Browns will move their home games
CLEVELAND — Ohio lawmakers are forging ahead on a plan to use unclaimed funds to provide a $600 million grant for a new Cleveland Browns stadium in Brook Park. The proposal survived compromise talks to make it into the final draft of the state’s two-year budget bill, said Rep. Brian Stewart, an Ashville Republican who
Getty Images A recent proposal for funding the Cleveland Browns‘ new stadium, has become a controversial topic as Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and other state legislators want to pull from publicly unclaimed funds to help build the $2.4 billion project. And according to Cleveland.com, some very notable names are among the residents who are owed
The Ohio Senate wants to use part of the state’s reported $3.7 billion in unclaimed funds to pay for the new Cleveland Browns stadium in Brook Park, according to their budget proposal. Over $1 billion in unclaimed funds would be used to create a sports and cultural projects fund and $600 million of that would
Browns rookies talk about arriving in Cleveland after draft | Video Browns rookies Mason Graham, Carson Schwesinger, Quinshon Judkins, Harold Fannin Jr., Dylan Sampson talk about starting their NFL careers. The Ohio Senate wants to use the state’s unclaimed property fund to pay for the proposed suburban Cleveland Browns stadium. The state has said it’s