On this week’s episode of This Week in the CLE, we’re talking about huge leaps in our understanding of why the mortality rate for African American babies is so much higher than for white babies. We also discuss some thoughts on Tuesday’s elections, the curious decision of Ohio drivers not to get a more secure driver license, a medical miracle and more. This Week in the CLE is our podcast discussion and analysis of the news by the reporters and editors at cleveland.com. Cohost Laura Johnston and ...
Nov 07, 2019•1 hr 9 min
The opioid settlement, the last gasps of the fight against the nuclear bailout, a huge step forward on bail reform See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 24, 2019•56 min
Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish has asked the intriguing question: What if you could walk, run or ride a bike along nearly the entire lakefront in Cuyahoga County? We consider some answers to that question and analyze Budish’s bold lakefront vision on the latest episode of This Week in the CLE. Laura Johnston, my cohost, has spent two years focusing on the lake as coordinator of Rockthelake.com, making her among the most qualified to talk about the plan. I maintain that the recent intere...
Oct 17, 2019•1 hr 8 min
Cuyahoga County suddenly finds itself with millions of dollars because of its lawsuits against companies that created the opioid crisis, and County Executive Armond Budish has some ideas on how best to use that money. That’s where we begin the latest episode of. This Week in the CLE. Budish and County Council President Dan Brady visited with us Thursday to talk about the plans. They want to focus the money on helping people who are addicted to the drugs. Cuyahoga County reporter Courtney Astolfi...
Oct 10, 2019•51 min
The cash heading to Cuyahoga and Summit counties in opioid case settlements has topped $65 million and continues to climb, which makes us wonder whether we are getting more than we actually spent on the crisis. That’s where we start the conversation on the first October episode of This Week in the CLE, the analysis of the news by the journalists of cleveland.com. Laura Johnston and I cohost. Criminal justice editor Kris Wernowsky provides the details on the growing opioid settlements and talks a...
Oct 03, 2019•1 hr 2 min
The latest blow to Cleveland by largely by southern and central legislators came this week with the Ohio Supreme Court’s death knell for the Fannie Lewis law that city leaders were using to fight poverty. It’s just the latest of the efforts by rural legislators to deprive Cleveland of the right to govern itself, and it’s where we start the discussion on this week’s edition of This Week in the CLE, the podcast analysis of the news by reporters and editors at cleveland.com. Veteran City Hall repor...
Sep 26, 2019•53 min
We talk about the growing battle over the bailout of the state's nuclear plants, the motives behind a potential Ohio vaping ban, the evolution of the discussion on conflict of interest involving Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and Troy Smith's prediction for Rock Hall nominees. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Sep 19, 2019•1 hr 9 min
We’ve got three anomalies so far in the criminal investigations into Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson’s 22-year-old grandson , and we talk about the lack of explanations for them on the latest episode of This Week in the CLE. Cohost Laura Johnston and I talk with reporter Adam Ferrise about all three: the questionable explanation by the city prosecutor’s office for not charging Jackson’s grandson, the decision by police to turn off their body cameras when visiting the mayor’s home to find the grand...
Sep 12, 2019•53 min
Episode Notes First we had the photo of a convicted felon with a gun and lots of cash at the top of Mayor Frank Jackson’s driveway, with a police car in the background. Then we had the revelation that a city prosecutor -- who ultimately answers to the mayor -- declined to charge the mayor’s grandson in a brutal beating. Those are the top stories for discussion on the latest episode of This Week in the CLE, the podcast discussion of the news by the reporters and editors at cleveland.com . Crime r...
Sep 05, 2019•52 min
Episode Notes Outrage is the theme of the day for the latest episode of This Week in the CLE, with the reporting and editing team here at cleveland.com chewing on no end of stories that had our jaws dropping over the past week. This Week in the CLE is published most Thursdays on your favorite podcasting platforms. Subscribe to make sure you never miss an episode. We begin with some scorn for a proposal backed by Attorney General Dave Yost to deprive local governments of their right to seek damag...
Aug 29, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Episode Notes Is the move to purge inactive voters in Ohio a worthy effort to keep the voter rolls straight or a botched job that should be halted? We start the latest episode of This Week in the CLE by looking at Frank LaRose’s at once enlightened and seriously flawed effort. This Week in the CLE is a podcast discussion and analysis of the latest news by the people who bring it to you, the reporters and editors at cleveland.com . We try something different this week, by focusing on just one or ...
Aug 22, 2019•1 hr 18 min
Episode Notes So many states seem to get by just fine without front license plates on cars, but in Ohio the debate about them rages, with law enforcement saying the plates are vital for crime solving and auto lovers saying they’re ugly and unnecessary. License plates are where we begin the latest episode of This Week in the CLE, the podcast discussion of the news by the best-informed news team in Ohio, the reporters and editors of cleveland.com . Politics Editor Jane Kahoun takes the lead on the...
Aug 02, 2019•58 min
Episode Notes The Ohio Legislature passed a budget bill that would have made the wealthy residents of Hunting Valley even wealthier if Gov. Mike DeWine did not block it, which is where we start the discussion on the latest episode of This Week in the CLE, the podcast discussion of the news by cleveland.com reporters and editors. With Northeast Ohio’s Matt Dolan leading the way in the senate, the Legislature – secretly and with no discussion – answered the call of lobbyists with a budget bill tha...
Jul 26, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Episode Notes Big pharma’s showering of Ohio and the United States with highly addictive pain pills, leading to an epidemic of addiction and death while generating huge profits, became much more clear this week with the release of previously secret DEA database, and that is where we begin the conversation on the midsummer episode of This Week in the CLE. Federal Court reporter Eric Heisig discusses what the database reveals about our opioid epidemic in the podcast discussion of the news by the r...
Jul 19, 2019•52 min
Episode Notes Gov. Mike DeWine tried offering an explanation this week for why he allowed federal investigators access to Ohio driver license photos for facial recognition software, but what he said raises more questions than it answers. Those questions are where we begin the conversation on This Week in the CLE, the cleveland.com podcast discussion of Northeast Ohio news. Politics Editor Jane Kahoun also discusses how Attorney General Dave Yost has been mum on this driver license photos, and is...
Jul 11, 2019•1 hr 8 min
Episode Notes The two Larrys, Householder and Obhof, just couldn’t get the job done in the Ohio House and Senate, so Ohio is without a proper budget for the first time since 2009. Dysfunction in Columbus is where we begin the latest episode of This Week in the CLE, the podcast discussion and analysis of the news by the people best equipped to have that discussion, the reporters and editors at cleveland.com . Politics editor Jane Kahoun provides the perspective on the Ohio budget battle, and she ...
Jul 03, 2019•37 min
Episode Notes This week we use Independence Day as the reason for a special episode of This Week in the CLE, in which we celebrate the spirit of debate central to the founding of this nation by having a debate about a topic of big interest in Northeast Ohio -- Lake Erie wind turbines. And, with July 4th being about the founding of a new nation and government, we use the holiday as a reason to discuss what is happening in another new form of government, the one we voted into place in Cuyahoga Cou...
Jul 01, 2019•43 min
Seven months after the release of a blistering report about inhumane conditions at the Cuyahoga County Jail, the Cuyahoga County Council has done nearly nothing to oversee reforms, and that might be why we now have two efforts brewing in Columbus to compel change. We talk with reporter Courtney Astolfi and politics editor Jane Kahoun about why the council has been missing in action while Gov. Mike DeWine and two Democratic legislators mount efforts to fix the jail. The county council is composed...
Jun 21, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Bill Mason as Cuyahoga County’s chief of staff and whether Cuyahoga County should elect a sheriff are the big-thought topics that lead off the latest episode of This Week in the CLE, the podcast discussion of the news by reporters and editors at cleveland.com . Reporter Bob Higgs covered the stories for the vacationing Courtney Astolfi and explains County Executive Armond Budish’s choice of Mason. He also explains the early thinking on the move to overturn part of the county charter voters appro...
Jun 14, 2019•1 hr 3 min
It was not the biggest news of the week, but prominent Cleveland defense attorney Roger Synenberg’s self-destructive decision to send an anonymous letter labeling a witness in his criminal case as a snitch sure had people talking. That’s the first story we discuss on the latest episode of This Week in the CLE, the cleveland.com podcast discussion of the news in Northeast Ohio. Justice Center reporter Cory Shaffer offers his insights into why Synenberg took such a dangerous step, one that imperil...
Jun 06, 2019•1 hr 7 min
People feel passionately about Cuyahoga County Council’s decision to ban plastic bags, making it the top story for discussion on This Week in the CLE, the cleveland.com podcast discussion of the week’s news by the people who bring you that news. Cuyahoga County beat reporter Courtney Astolfi provides the details about the bag ban and what the council is thinking. Download the podcast here or, on many devices, click on the player below to start listening. Also on the podcast, reporters and editor...
May 30, 2019•54 min
Two Ohio legislators with no ties or accountability in Cleveland are working to block the will or Northeast Ohio voters. What gives? On the latest edition of This Week in the CLE, northeast Ohio’s top news team – the reporters and editors at cleveland.com – discuss how two legislators seemingly in the bag for the plastic bag industry are intent on stopping elected leaders in Cleveland from regulating the plastic bag industry. It’s a rural versus urban debate that begins at minute 4:23 with the t...
May 24, 2019•1 hr 12 min
The crisis at the Cuyahoga County jail has kept crime reporter Adam Ferrise running for much of the past year, and on the latest episode of This Week in the CLE, he shares what he has learned about the latest controversies, another death and a drug ring run by the guards. He also talks with county reporter Courtney Astolfi about the move to get better guards by paying them more and his listing of everyone involved to date in a continuing criminal investigation of the jail and county government. ...
May 16, 2019•1 hr 13 min
In the latest episode of our This Week in the CLE podcast, we discuss a tax cut for everyone, diverting more public dollars to electric companies, a ray of light for the movie industry, continuing distress at the Cuyahoga County jail, momentum for abating lead paint in Cleveland and Troy Smith’s spirited defense of his ranking of top 1980s albums. The weekly podcast is a review and analysis of the news by the people who bring you that news, the reporters and editors at cleveland.com . We also ta...
May 09, 2019•1 hr 5 min
What can we expect from closing I-490 for two years? Did Cleveland City Hall mislead the public about the computer hacking at the airport? What jaw-dropper did we learn about the Cuyahoga County corruption investigation? And is the Ohio Legislature really going to kill the nascient Northeast Ohio movie industry? These topics and many more get the full analysis on the latest episode of This Week in the CLE, the podcast about the week’s news by the reporting and editing team that brings you that n...
May 03, 2019•1 hr 7 min
Episode Notes This Week in the CLE: Pete Krouse on Cuyahoga’s very high taxes, Mary Kilpatrick on airport hacking secrecy, Mark Naymik on more jail revelations, Seth Richardson on Tim Ryan’s lonely campaign trail, Rich Exner on Cuyahoga County’s big population loss and Troy Smith on the Avengers coda. Chris Quinn hosts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Apr 26, 2019•54 min
This Week in the CLE: A discussion and analysis of the week's news by the people who brought you that news. Armond Budish talks trees, Metroparks' trail troubles and Rock Hall rocks expansion idea - and more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 19, 2019•55 min
