Today in Ohio

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Today in Ohio is a review and analysis of the week's news in Ohio by the reporting and editing team that brought you that news, the team at cleveland.com. Listen each day for perspective and inside information you can find no where else.

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This Week in the CLE - June 25, 2021 That anti-vaccination bill that brought Ohio ridicule? The Ohio House just passed parts of it

The Ohio Elections Commission refuses again to stop Larry Householder from spending campaign cash on defense lawyers See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 25, 2021•31 min

This Week in the CLE - June 24, 2021 Cramming legislation into the Ohio budget could backfire for Senate Republicans, based on court precedents

Why does the Ohio Legislature change the school report card system so regularly? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 24, 2021•29 min

This Week in the CLE - June 23, 2021 Is Ohio's anti-science vaccination proposal dead yet?

Why do Ohio lawmakers think they need an easier path when they commit crimes? Are the planning to? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 23, 2021•32 min

This Week in the CLE - June 22, 2021 Why did Ohio Senate Republicans take money away from poor school districts to enrich wealthy ones?

Why is Cleveland City Council leery of Mayor Frank Jackson's bid to create a new city department? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 22, 2021•32 min

This Week in the CLE - June 21, 2021 What can we expect to see and hear when Donald Trump comes to Northeast Ohio this week?

Do Ohio Senate Republicans have no regard for Cleveland children exposed to lead paint? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 21, 2021•31 min

This Week in the CLE - June 18, 2021 The clock is ticking down on cities collecting income taxes from work-from-home employees

Didn't Cuyahoga County voters change the charter to stop politicians like Armond Budish from unilaterally handing out cash? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 18, 2021•31 min

This Week in the CLE - June 17, 2021 The Ohio House finally removes the stain on its integrity by booting out Larry Householder

We have the roster of candidates for the Cleveland mayor's race See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 17, 2021•31 min

This Week in the CLE - June 16, 2021 Disgraced former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder walks into a buzzsaw by asking colleagues not to oust him

Ohio Lt. Gov Jon Husted says banning cities from providing broadband is a bad idea See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 16, 2021•31 min

This Week in the CLE - June 15, 2021 How, exactly, does Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan want to protect speech on college campuses?

Dennis Kucinich, once the boy mayor of Cleveland, wants to serve as it's oldest mayor now See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 15, 2021•32 min

This Week in the CLE - June 14, 2021 Can Greater Cleveland RTA get new trains delivered before the existing fleet dies?

How has Cedar Point's $20-an-hour wage hurt the rest of the Sandusky tourism industry? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 14, 2021•33 min

This Week in the CLE - June 11, 2021 Forget the wacko magnet testimony; a dangerous anti-vaccine law is making its way through the Ohio Legislature

Why is Bill Seitz so intent of protecting Larry Householder? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 11, 2021•33 min

This Week in the CLE - June 10, 2021 Are Ohio Statehouse Republicans planning to break the law? What else explains two bills they are rushing?

Will a Donald Trump-style attack campaign by Jim Renacci work to unseat Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine in next year's primary? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 10, 2021•34 min

This Week in the CLE - June 9, 2021 The logic of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost: Google is a utility, but broadband is not?

Ohio Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Brunner gives the Democrats hope for the chief justice's seat See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 09, 2021•31 min

This Week in the CLE - June 8, 2021 Sen. Rob Portman helps author report calling the Jan. 6 insurrection an assault on democracy

Ohio's COVID-19 hospitalizations drop to the lowest number in a year See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 08, 2021•31 min

This Week in the - June 7, 2021 Was Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine being wily and strategic by lifting health orders June 2?

After prohibiting local governments from regulating natural gas drilling, the Ohio Senate suddenly wants local control of wind turbines. Why? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 07, 2021•31 min

This Week in the CLE - June 4, 2021 Hey Cleveland Indians, why the secrecy about the 1,100-plus new names you're considering?

Cleveland finally has a public safety director who disciplines police, and the police union wants him to resign See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 04, 2021•33 min

This Week in the CLE - June 3, 2021 Yes, you might get back income taxes from cities where you did not work, but what's next?

Reporter Laura Han writes an essay about her experience with the pandemic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 03, 2021•31 min

This Week in the CLE - June 2, 2021 Why are Ohio Senate Republicans risking billions of stimulus dollars with a meager tax cut

Has the Vax-a-million vaccination spike already ended? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 02, 2021•31 min

This Week in the CLE - June 1, 2021 Some major support for the prison release of a mobster from yesteryear involved in seven murders

Cuyahoga County's jail has a guard shortage, and that's dangerous See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 01, 2021•32 min

This Week in the CLE - May 28, 2021 Was there ever a point to the Ohio coronavirus alert map, or was it just misdirection?

Are Canadians so upset with their government about the U.S. border closure that it reopens soon? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 28, 2021•32 min

This Week in the CLE - May 27, 2021 How can Ohio House members justify cities taking our taxes when we don't live or work in them?

Trying to understand Bob Cupp's motive for blocking the ouster of Larry Householder See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 27, 2021•32 min

This Week in the CLE - May 26, 2021 Congressman Jim Jordan's new book: Fiction? Non-fiction? Science fiction? Or, with his Trump adoration, romance?

Suddenly, both parties are moving to oust Larry Householder from the Ohio House See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 26, 2021•31 min

This Week in the CLE - May 25, 2021 Where is Sen. Rob Portman's compassion for the unemployed as he tries to force them back to work?

Will Ohio State University's football team lose its competitiveness if a proposed bill to pay athletes fails? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 25, 2021•30 min

This Week in the CLE - May 24, 2021 Will Gov. Mike DeWine's unemployment strategy sap the Ohio economy of more than $1 billion?

Legal experts are shaking their heads over FirstEnergy's claim that $60 million it provided in a bribery scheme is all legal See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 24, 2021•33 min

This Week in the CLE - May 21, 2021 Is Donald Trump the reason that Michigan will reach coronavirus herd immunity before Ohio?

We go deep on Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish's State of the County speech See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 21, 2021•31 min

This Week in the CLE - May 20, 2021 Wait, if the people receiving the $60 million admit it was for bribes, how can FirstEnergy call it political speech?

If Cleveland spends $2 billion to remake the airport, won't we all have to pay for that through jacked-up ticket prices? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 20, 2021•31 min

This Week in the CLE - May 19, 2021 Why did Ohio's Jim Jordan make a bill about protecting Asian Americans into a debate about Donald Trump and defunding the police?

Dave Yost has a chance to force the Census Bureau to do its job and help fight Ohio gerrymandering See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 19, 2021•28 min

This Week in the CLE - May 18, 2021 Why won't Mike DeWine and Jon Husted use a carrot instead of a stick to get people back to work?

DeWine is using the carrot approach for the coronavirus vaccine, but he and Husted are using big sticks to force people back to work See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 18, 2021•31 min

This Week in the CLE - May 17, 2021 Is the Cleveland Browns plan for the lakefront the one that we finally make real?

Should prison inmates get to see the letters their victims write opposing their parole? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 17, 2021•32 min

This Week in the CLE -- Special Episode: Longtime reporter and editor Mark Vosburgh hits the high notes of his 43 years in journalism

Mark Vosburgh, who retired last week, talks with Chris Quinn, his frequent collaborator over nearly 30 years, about memorable stories, people and antics. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 15, 2021•1 hr 5 min

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