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President-elect Donald Trump has promised the largest deportation in American history when he retakes the White House in January. We will talk to people working on immigration about Trump's plans and the potential impact.

By 2026, UH expects to have 36 urgent care centers in Cuyahoga, Portage, Medina, Lorain, Lake and Summit counties.

President Trump will once again take office in January, and local LGBTQ+ leaders have some hesitancy on what his administration holds for them.

Ohio grew an even deeper shade of red Tuesday. Republicans dominated nationally and in the Buckeye State. Despite the early voting long lines, the actual voter turnout in 2024 lagged behind 2020. And in blue counties like Cuyahoga and Franklin the voter turnout was six to seven percentage points lower than 2020. While in Cleveland, some precincts had turnout that was off 70% from prior elections....

A local constitutional expert and political expert will discuss the election's impact on the courts statewide and nationally.

The 2024 election is now over. We'll talk about the will of the voters and how their choices will impact the political landscape as we head toward 2025.

Ideastream Public Media reporters talk to voters at polling locations across the region about what issues or races brought them to the polls. 

The number of data centers being built in Ohio is rapidly growing, but that growth is straining resources like water, electricity, and land.

While the counties are preparing for the election and handling early voting, Secretary of State Frank LaRose has pursued a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. LaRose wants access to a database to check the citizenship status of Ohio voters. Any access if granted would not change anything for this election, LaRose has said. We will begin Friday’s “Reporters Roundtable” with La...

The panel conversation on State Issue 1 featured an advocate and opponent of the ballot measure, and was held at Oberlin College on Oct. 28, in front of a live audience.

This year, the city of Cleveland worked with partners for "‘A Home for Every Neighbor" initiative to increase resources and support for those experiencing homelessness.

"A Slice of Politics" put several voters together to discuss politics at a pizza shop.

A recent incident in the district is under investigation by Akron police after a video showed one officer striking a 16-year-old student three times in the head, while he and another officer attempted to arrest him.

Election Day is less than two weeks away. County boards of elections have their hands full, but adding to the workload is the high number of voter registration challenges being filed. Elections officials say the number of challenges is unprecedented. In Wood County alone, the elections board received challenges to 16,000 voter registrations. They were all filed by one person. They all must be inve...

City of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County leaders are against the move, while the City of Brook Park mayor says it will help the region economically.

The two participated in a recent panel discussion for Case Western Reserve University's Inamori Center for Ethics and Excellence..

The recent BW NEO Voter Voices poll found abortion a top issue after the economy in determining how Ohioans will cast their vote for president and other down ballot races.

The recent Northeast Ohio Issues Poll from Baldwin Wallace University found that 28% of voters said the cost of groceries is the most pressing issue to the country.

A frustrated Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb announced Thursday that the Browns have decided to move to suburban Brook Park, where they envision a complex that would include a stadium with a roof over 176 acres near Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.

Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski is facing new accusations that he used inmate labor for his reelection campaign.

We will talk about some of the specific issues, levies and races that voters will be deciding on Nov. 5. We will focus on state Issue 1 that seeks to change how Ohio draws its political district maps as well as the levy requests from the Akron and Cleveland school systems.

The book, "Fifteen Cents on the Dollar: How Americans Made the Black-White Wealth Gap," takes a deep look at the impact of race on financial well-being in this country.

Cindy Hohl, the new ALA president, plans to focus on libraries' role in a democracy and protect access to information in her new term. 

The NEO Voters Voices poll, conducted by the Community Research Institute at Baldwin Wallace University and Survey USA, surveyed 621 registered voters in 20 Northeast Ohio counties, most heavily from Cuyahoga, Stark and Summit counties, from Sept. 26-30. The poll found that the economy is by the far the most important issue for voters heading into next months election. Sixty-four percent are worri...

The multi-million-dollar project has been years in the making and includes new mixed-income housing, sidewalks, parks and on-site social services.