Today in Ohio

We get into the bona fide reasons for putting the Cleveland Police Headquarters on Opportunity Corridor, strike three for Dave Yost's grab at the opioid cash and the fun tale of the Northeast Ohio guy who set the record for the coast-to-coast Cannonball Run See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Much-needed answers on the Cleveland Police HQ, a question on how a Cuyahoga County firing was handled, and the Twinsburg guy who set the record for the Cannonball Run See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re wondering whether the ease of buying marijuana in Michigan will bring a cultural shift of Ohio, as people in the Buckeye state embrace the convenience of getting their weed legally across the border. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Questions about Cuyahoga County corruption probe, government dysfunction on plastic bags and what's up with those Hallmark holiday movies See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The battle over the shopping bag ban, the inexplicable prosecution of Cuyahoga County's highest ranking African-American official and we try to be thoughtful about Hallmark holiday movies. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The top stories of the week, along with lingering questions. Will City Council ask how a police headquarters fits the original vision for Opportunity Corridor? What do prosecutors think Bioenterprise did at the building formerly known as the Med Mart. And does Larry Householder really want to fix school funding? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad ch...

The fifth anniversary of the Tamir Rice shooting and putting a police headquarters on a road designed for economic development See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anti-science legislation, Tamir Rice turning point and Play it Loud at the Rock Hall See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 discuss...

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

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 Rockthel...

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 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. Crimi...

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,...

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

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, t...

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...

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 pro...

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 report...

Episode Notes Ohio legislators seem ready to require universal background checks for guns, but rural legislators appear to remain dead-set against allowing cities like Cleveland to reduce gun violence. The debate on guns is where we begin the discussion on the latest episode of This Week in the CLE, the podcast discussion of the news by the state’s hardest-working news team, the reporters and edit...

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...

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 L...

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 discusse...

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 Kah...

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 clev...