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Date	Title	News Outlet
10/20/2025	Where was Cleveland's mayor? Attendance records show Bibb missed 27 city council meetings during first term	Cleveland Plain Dealer
10/18/2025	‘I Definitely Think About Shaker, Every Day’	The Shakerite
09/29/2025	Geauga County commissioners ‘reaffirm’ secret ICE jail contract	Cleveland Plain Dealer
09/19/2025	Free speech in the workplace? A First Amendment attorney weighs in	WKYC
09/19/2025	Cleveland fire chief on leave after Kirk-related social media post: 4 takeaways	Cleveland Plain Dealer
09/19/2025	Can you be fired for Charlie Kirk social media posts? First Amendment lawyer weighs in	WOSU
09/18/2025	Cleveland fire chief benched after cartoon post on Charlie Kirk’s death	Cleveland Plain Dealer
07/01/2025	From Trump to Newsom, litigious politicians declare open season on news orgs	Los Angeles Times
02/04/2025	Understanding first amendment protections for public comment periods	Spectrum News
02/01/2025	CWRU First Amendment clinic receives crucial grant from the Stanton Foundation	Crain's Cleveland Business
12/09/2024	Part I: How did AU spend its $16.9 million in ARPA money?	Ashland Source
09/02/2024	Do you have a 1st Amendment right to tape virtual court hearings? US appeals court ducks question	Reuters
05/28/2024	Cleveland-Cliffs’ efforts to unmask anonymous message board critic ‘trivializes’ First Amendment, judge finds	Cleveland Plain Dealer
05/20/2024	Newspaper editor says independent journalism riskier today	Cleveland Jewish News
04/25/2024	Akron prosecutors made moves to silence a Signal Akron reporter in body slam case	Signal Akron
03/15/2024	FIRE to present free speech, social media on campus talk	Cleveland Jewish News
03/07/2024	Case’s First Amendment Clinic joins fight over anonymous Yahoo comments critical of Cleveland-Cliffs	Cleveland Plain Dealer
02/13/2024	NewsNation journalist gets $80K settlement over 2023 arrest	The Morning Journal
02/07/2024	Reporter accepts $80,000 to settle lawsuit over arrest at DeWine derailment news conference	WFMJ
01/31/2024	NewsNation reporter arrested during East Palestine press conference settles lawsuit with city, county	Cleveland Plain Dealer
01/25/2024	Cleveland-Cliffs wants to unmask anonymous critic; legal expert says that raises First Amendment concerns	Cleveland Plain Dealer
01/23/2024	Cleveland City Council amends public comment rules as lawsuit lingers	Axios
01/23/2024	Council president shields council member’s identity after misconduct investigation	Cleveland Plain Dealer
01/23/2024	SPJ co-authors legal brief supporting First Amendment right to record and publish livestreamed court hearings	Society for Professional Journalists
01/23/2024	Cleveland City Council, accused of restricting free speech, reforms public comment rules	Cleveland Plain Dealer
01/23/2024	Cleveland City Council Cuts Meeting Short as Protestors Once Again Call for Gaza Ceasefire Resolution	Cleveland Scene
01/23/2024	Cleveland City Council amends public comment rules amid lawsuit	Ideastream
01/23/2024	SPJ co-authors legal brief supporting First Amendment right to record and publish livestreamed court hearings	Society for Professional Journalists
01/19/2024	How a TikTok ban impacts free speech	Spectrum News
01/16/2024	Journalists Back Challenge To Mich. Court Recording Ban	Law360
01/16/2024	Journalists Back Challenge To Mich. Court Recording Ban	Law360