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

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    Today in Ohio, Oct. 30, 2025 Why are Ohio's most powerful defendants getting special treatment in the FirstEnergy scandal?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 36:08


    Ohio lawmakers want to make sure your chatbot doesn't become your spouse Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio, Oct. 29, 2025 What happens when Head Start shuts down? Working parents across Ohio may soon find out

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2025 35:37


    Will Ohioans ever see the millions in COVID relief DeWine refused? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio, Oct. 28, 2025 Ohio's redistricting farce enters the final week with no maps in sight

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 32:07


    Bernie Moreno's viral lie: The truth behind the fake Mentor Schools ‘porn' claim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio, Oct. 27, 2025, Shaker Heights schools promised equity, but did they punish the man who pushed for it?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2025 33:04


    No bias, really? Cleveland police say the numbers clear them — but do they? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Oct. 24, 2025 A staggering number of Ohioans who will go hungry if the government shutdown continues

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 31:31


    Northeast Ohio's big ties to the sports betting scandal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Oct. 23, 2025 Will Bibb's request that Congress authorize closing Burke Lakefront Airport work?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 33:38


    Removing hurdles from getting your unclaimed funds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Oct. 22, 2025 Ohio lawmaker proposes radical school funding idea. Would it eventually end free public schools?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 34:50


    It would shift a big part of the property tax burden to an increased sales tax, but it would end all local control of school funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Oct. 20-21, 2025 What is Ohio, the new confederacy? Why do lawmakers want the state to have its own currency?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 26:38


    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

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    Today in Ohio - Oct. 17, 2025 How does a Nazi swastika end up in the office of a Congressman from Ohio?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 32:49


    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

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    Today in Ohio - Oct. 16, 2025 Some legislators want to invest Ohio tax dollars in cryptocurrency

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 32:36


    Why is the lakefront beset by midges this late in the year? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Oct. 15, 2025 Now it's a judge who is protecting companies marketing drugs to children

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 28:46


    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

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    Today in Ohio - Oct. 14, 2025 The chess match is over. Justin Bibb and the Haslams make their deal

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2025 33:54


    The completely ridiculous argument an Ohio legislator is making about intoxicating hemp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Oct. 13, 2025 Abolish Ohio property taxes? Our libraries and Cleveland Metroparks will be crippled

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 30:38


    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

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    Today in Ohio - Oct 10, 2025 AG Dave Yost cracks the whip on porn sites ignoring Ohio's age verification law

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 32:04


    Northeast Ohio is seeing an alarming number of pedestrian accidents Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Oct. 9, 2025 Mike DeWine wants to protect kids. Lawmakers would rather protect hemp. Who will win?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 31:00


    Golf carts in downtown Cleveland? What are we, the Villages in Florida? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Oct. 8, 2025 Another blot of Ohio charter schools: The kids aren't showing up for classes

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2025 31:45


    Ohio lawmakers want to make sure school superintendents pay their share for pensions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Oct. 7, 2025 President Donald Trump's policies are crushing Ohio farmers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2025 34:33


    Are Republican Ohio lawmakers breaking the law by refusing to draw congressional maps? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Oct. 6, 2025 Would truancy charges help reverse Ohio's crisis-level school absenteeism?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2025 33:08


    Make no mistake about this: Ohio Republicans caused Ohio's property taxes by giving billions of our taxes to the wealthy, shifting the tax burden on to homeowners Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Oct. 3, 2025 Unlike with the last federal shutdown, Cleveland's immigration court is open and ordering deportations

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 33:07


    Ohio prepares for an onslaught on unemployment claims from federal workers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Oct. 2, 2025 Federal shutdown impact: The national park is open, with no one to tend it

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 34:02


    We look at what is closed and what is at least partially open Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Oct. 1, 2025 Mike DeWine's task force fails miserably in coming up with real solutions to the property tax crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 31:06


    Ohio's Republican lawmakers abdicate their duty to attempt drawing Congressional maps Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Sept. 30, 2025 Nice try, JD Vance, but America won't blame Democrats for a shutdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 28:05


    We have a Republican president and a Republican Congress. America is smart enough to know who is messing this up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Sept. 29, 2025 The missing ingredient in Ohio's congressional mapmaking? Good faith

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 31:27


    Geauga County government continues to refuse to share the public's business with the public who pays for it Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Sept. 26, 2025 Ohioans voted to legalize abortion, but lawmakers try to restrict it, anyway

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 31:20


    Ohio keeps putting more public money into charter and private schools while choking the public schools Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Sept. 25, 2025 Ohio lawmakers offer another feeble idea for reforming property taxes

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 37:46


    Is anyone in Cleveland City Hall an adult? The latest spat is ridiculous. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Sept. 24, 2025 Jim Jordan says he scored one for free speech with concessions from YouTube

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 31:42


    Ohio has booted 30,000 kids of healthcare while giving giant piles of money to the wealthy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Sept. 23, 2025 Might Nasa Glenn help make Northeast Ohio a national center for nuclear power research?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2025 30:40


    First Dave Yost drops out. Now Jim Tressel declines to run. Why won't a genuine Ohio Republican step up to challenge pretender Vivek Ramaswamy for governor? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Sept. 19, 2025 Mike DeWine, who signed the law making it hard for Ohio colleges to recruit students, tell colleges to do better at recruiting

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 36:08


    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio, September 18, 2025 Max Miller paints Cleveland as a war zone to please Trump

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 34:18


    Packing heat in the People's House: Ohio lawmakers push guns into the Statehouse Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio, Sept. 17, 2025 5,400 violations later, Campbell's Soup finally admits to poisoning Ohio's waters

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 31:50


    A Charlie Kirk meme threatens to take down Cleveland's fire chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Sept. 16, 2025 Ignore the overall rating - the state report card for Cleveland schools is quite good

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 33:37


    And it's way too early to assess whether the changed approach to the teaching of reading is having an impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Sept. 15, 2025 Ohio has given out $12 billion in tax breaks without ever asking voters for approval

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 31:08


    Who knew? Ohio has a Revolutionary War fort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Sept. 12, 2025 Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine made a solemn vow to us last year. And he broke it.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 35:28


    Would Ohio gain a Congressional seat if President Donald Trump successfully violated the Constitution and removed undocumented immigrants from the Census? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Sept. 11, 2025 A hot debate on the fairness of Ohio's new driving requirements for teens

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 32:55


    Should federal grants to save rural hospitals go to urban hospitals serving rural residents? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Sept. 10, 2025 The JD Vance response to the Epstein birthday book gets shredded on social media

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 33:20


    Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb goes to far with statements about MetroHealth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Sept. 9, 2025 JD Vance, Bernie Moreno support killing foreign nationals without due process

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 32:00


    Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost says the new Model Law is in effect, so the city can't sue retroactively under the older version. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Sept. 8, 2025 Here it is, the absolute truth about how the big beautiful bill impacts Ohio Medicaid

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 32:29


    Attorney General Dave Yost issues an opinion that profoundly alters Cuyahoga County government Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Sept. 5, 2025 Blame Donald Trump for Sherwin Williams workers losing retirement cash

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 31:28


    MetroHealth works to get out of the red Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Sept. 4, 2025 Ohio Republicans want to double down on party primaries

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 34:28


    What to do about feral cats at Hiram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Sept. 3, 2025 Is Ohio's far right swing diverting conventions from Cleveland?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 32:12


    Can the Browns overcome safety concerns about a big stadium near airport flight paths? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Sept. 2, 2025 How much worse is Cleveland crime than suburban crime?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 33:46


    A big step forward in diabetes treatment, thanks to artificial intelligence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Aug. 29, 2025 JD Vance defends his "thoughts and prayers," but has he ever proposed action to stop school shooting?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 32:26


    The anti-science people running Donald Trump's health agencies are having an impact, and Ohio children could die as a result Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Aug. 28, 2025 Poll shows Ohioans will abolish property taxes. Meanwhile, Republicans bumble with false fixes.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 32:51


    More alarming news about the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's out-of-control downtown patrols Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Aug. 27, 2025 How does an opioid-like product such as Kratom become so widely available?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 32:10


    Cleveland's latest argument in court against the Browns move seems desperate. Why make it when it has other arguments that are much stronger? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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