Today in Ohio - Nov. 25, 2025 Will NIL be the end of high school sports as we know them?
Ohio lawmakers propose a path for more regional thinking Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 25, 2025•30 min
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Today in Ohio - Nov. 24, 2025 How can the Justice Department justify collecting Jim Jordan's phone records?
The Rock Hall uses a photographer's image without paying for it, and a court says that's okay? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 24, 2025•34 min
Today in Ohio - Nov. 21, 2025 Ohio lawmakers miss their deadline for regulating intoxicating hemp but say they will get there
JD Vance obfuscates, yet again, this time on the latest jobs report Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 21, 2025•31 min
Today in Ohio - Nov. 20, 2025 FirstEnergy collected millions to fix the grid but didn't, so now it has to pay us back
Why didn't the PUCO simply force the utility to spend the money to fix the grid instead? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 20, 2025•33 min
Today in Ohio - Nov. 19, 2025 Congress upends all of Ohio's plans for regulating hemp like marijuana
Something stinks in Mentor. Why can't authorities identify the source? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 19, 2025•32 min
Today in Ohio - Nov. 18, 2025 Is it murder if the killer didn't intend to kill? That's a hot debate over the death of a firefighter
Lawmakers are making sure we never again get socked by big tax hikes because of assessments Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 18, 2025•32 min
Today in Ohio - Nov. 17, 2025 The verdict is in: Ohio has the worst taxation system in America
Out-of-control property taxes, a confusing and unfair municipal income tax system and lawmakers who keep giving billions to the wealthy. What is we started with a blank slate and redesigned it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 17, 2025•34 min
Today in Ohio - Nov. 14, 2025 Cleveland now wants automated parking cameras? Is that just a cash grab?
Meanwhile, a Lake County man takes aim at ending Willoughby Hills' notorious speed trap Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 14, 2025•32 min
Today in Ohio - Nov. 13, 2025 U.S. Supreme Court has three big cases affecting Ohio, including one saving us millions
The Cleveland State radio station scandal deepens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 13, 2025•33 min
Today in Ohio - Nov. 12, 2025 Send them to the coal mines! Ohio lawmakers throwing out decades of child labor laws
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine waffles on banning prop bets in sports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 12, 2025•32 min
Today in Ohio - Nov. 11, 2025 -- Major League Baseball balks, so Ohio lawmakers should be the ones to shut down prop bets
With Cuyahoga County's budget woes, how can the sheriff even think about expanding his out-of-control downtown patrol unit? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 11, 2025•31 min
Today in Ohio - Nov. 10, 2025 Why voters who are angry about property tax bills still voted to increase them for schools
Cleveland's many ties to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 10, 2025•33 min
Today in Ohio - Nov. 7, 2025 Sen. Bernie Moreno embarrasses Ohio yet again, this time by creeping out a colleague
Cleveland school officials put together a thoughtful plan for school closures, but should they have been more transparent throughout the process? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 07, 2025•35 min
Today in Ohio - Nov. 6, 2025 Report: Ohio's JD Vance is part of secret group pushing for an oligarchy to direct U.S. government
With so many Ohioans angry about property tax bills, why did so many school taxes on the ballot get approved? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 06, 2025•37 min
Today in Ohio - Nov. 5, 2025 Will Ohio Republicans stick to their guns in trying to regulate AI or cave to Big Tech?
Restauranteur Bobby George doesn't get to say he's vindicated of attempted strangulation when he pleads guilty to doing it Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 05, 2025•32 min
Today in Ohio - Nov. 4, 2025 Why does Ohio need a law to compel people to ID themselves when pulled over?
A Republican drops from a race from Congress because of redistricting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 04, 2025•34 min
Today in Ohio - Nov. 3, 2025 Cleveland can learn a lot from Detroit about vision for the future
Should the Democrats have caved to the Republican blackmail over Congressional seats? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 03, 2025•33 min
Today in Ohio, Oct. 30, 2025 Why are Ohio’s most powerful defendants getting special treatment in the FirstEnergy scandal?
Ohio lawmakers want to make sure your chatbot doesn’t become your spouse Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 30, 2025•36 min
Today in Ohio, Oct. 29, 2025 What happens when Head Start shuts down? Working parents across Ohio may soon find out
Will Ohioans ever see the millions in COVID relief DeWine refused? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 29, 2025•36 min
Today in Ohio, Oct. 28, 2025 Ohio’s redistricting farce enters the final week with no maps in sight
Bernie Moreno’s viral lie: The truth behind the fake Mentor Schools ‘porn’ claim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 28, 2025•32 min
Today in Ohio, Oct. 27, 2025, Shaker Heights schools promised equity, but did they punish the man who pushed for it?
No bias, really? Cleveland police say the numbers clear them — but do they? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 27, 2025•33 min
Today in Ohio - Oct. 24, 2025 A staggering number of Ohioans who will go hungry if the government shutdown continues
Northeast Ohio's big ties to the sports betting scandal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 24, 2025•32 min
Today in Ohio - Oct. 23, 2025 Will Bibb's request that Congress authorize closing Burke Lakefront Airport work?
Removing hurdles from getting your unclaimed funds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 23, 2025•34 min
Today in Ohio - Oct. 22, 2025 Ohio lawmaker proposes radical school funding idea. Would it eventually end free public schools?
This episode delves into a controversial Ohio proposal to reform school funding by shifting property tax burdens to sales tax, raising concerns about local control and public education's future. It also covers the political maneuvering around congressional redistricting, the financial impact of rising electric bills linked to data centers, and the debate over Cuyahoga County's tax lien sales. Additionally, the discussion touches on the Cleveland Browns' stadium plans, including personal seat licenses and the city's settlement, alongside local protests against federal immigration enforcement and reactions to political rhetoric.
Oct 22, 2025•35 min
Today in Ohio - Oct. 20-21, 2025 What is Ohio, the new confederacy? Why do lawmakers want the state to have its own currency?
It's like the Republicans in the Legislature have given up on America and are preparing for the apocalypse. This episode was recorded Monday but the Amazon Web Services failure blocked its posting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 21, 2025•27 min
Today in Ohio - Oct. 17, 2025 How does a Nazi swastika end up in the office of a Congressman from Ohio?
Do most Ohio drivers know they need to move over one lane when they come upon emergency and construction vehicles on the side of the road? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 17, 2025•33 min
Today in Ohio - Oct. 16, 2025 Some legislators want to invest Ohio tax dollars in cryptocurrency
Why is the lakefront beset by midges this late in the year? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 16, 2025•33 min
Today in Ohio - Oct. 15, 2025 Now it's a judge who is protecting companies marketing drugs to children
When will an elected official other than the governor opt to protect children instead of the people trying to market intoxicating drugs to children? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 15, 2025•29 min
Today in Ohio - Oct. 14, 2025 The chess match is over. Justin Bibb and the Haslams make their deal
The completely ridiculous argument an Ohio legislator is making about intoxicating hemp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 14, 2025•34 min
Today in Ohio - Oct. 13, 2025 Abolish Ohio property taxes? Our libraries and Cleveland Metroparks will be crippled
A creature that's been seen just 10 times in history shows up in Chagrin Falls Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 13, 2025•31 min
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