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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 - Jan 23, 2026 The Ohio Senate's coziness with the oil and gas industry finally sparks an ethics investigation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2026 33:58


    How do we stop the small-minded thinking already taking hold in the Burke Lakefront Airport discussion? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Jan. 22, 2026 Controversial security firm that Vivek Ramaswamy hired for protection goes out of business

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2026 31:51


    Should taxpayers be the ones providing security for candidates for statewide office? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Jan. 21, 2026 Lawmakers aren't buying FirstEnergy's claims about power outages

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2026 31:42


    Why does Max Miller want U.S. taxpayers to help bail out gamblers who lose? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Jan. 20, 2026 Ohio leaders have saddled with us with a nightmare power crisis with data centers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2026 34:47


    Bernie Moreno wants to end social media's devastating impact on children Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Jan. 16, 2026 What's worse, cheating at baseball or torturing roosters? Emmanuel Clase thinks it's cheating

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2026 33:50


    The Cleveland Clinic will open a trauma 1 emergency center, to handle the most life-threatening emergencies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Jan. 15, 2026 Jon Husted uses a well-known feeble debate tactic in his attack on abortion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2026 29:18


    We're about to get some money from FirstEnergy for its sins in HB6 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Jan. 14, 2026 Are some Ohio leaders finally getting the message that data centers are bad for Ohioans?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2026 30:17


    Jon Husted gets caught between a rock and a hard place and ends up criticizing the Trump administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Jan. 13, 2026 Ohio voters spoke clearly on abortion, but the minority continues to fight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2026 34:13


    Will a lawsuit force transparency on Cleveland State University's shutdown of its student-run radio station? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Jan. 12, 2026 Is there anything truly Christian about Ohio's Center for Christian Virtue?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2026 32:26


    Are FirstEnergy power outages caused by the utility's failure to maintain the grid or by dramatically worse storms? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Jan. 9, 2026 When it comes to the Minnesota ICE killing, do you believe your eyes or JD Vance?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2026 29:38


    A Cleveland City Council race cost more per vote than the most expensive U.S. Senate race in American history Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Jan. 8, 2026 Credit Trump, Moreno for battling irresponsible corporate landlords, but is their plan legal?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2026 32:36


    Mike DeWine and Frank LaRose would provide counties with the extra money needed to deal with an absentee voting unfunded mandate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Jan. 7, 2026 Ohio's Republican leaders have created a statewide energy crisis. Might the state Supreme Court rescue them?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2026 32:50


    A lone Cleveland City Council member speaks up against the status quo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Jan. 6, 2025 Did Ohio lawmakers solve the state's property tax crisis? They think so

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2026 33:34


    Mike DeWine should condemn the lawmakers attacking the credibility of Ohio's childcare system Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Jan. 5, 2026 With a big political year ahead in Ohio, watch for outrageous begging for your campaign donations

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2026 38:01


    Bernie Moreno tries, unsuccessfully, to back away from part of his work to ban dual citizenship Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Dec. 19, 2025 Ohio elected officials rolled out the red carpet for data centers, and we're paying for it in spiking electric bills

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2025 23:50


    Is Troy Balderson's new law a gift to electric utilities at the expense of Ohioans? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Dec. 18, 2025 With enormous stadium bills looming, Guardians, Cavs owners refuse to help raise the money

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2025 33:10


    The absurdity of police departments hiring the officer who killed Tamir Rice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Dec. 17, 2025 Why does Vice President JD Vance say he's proud to be a conspiracy theorist?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2025 30:00


    Did Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's audit of college teacher reading training go too far? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Dec. 16, 2025 Why doesn't Jon Husted want China to know your kid is reading 'Go. Dog. Go!?'

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2025 33:04


    What this region told Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb it wants on the lakefront? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Dec. 15, 2025 A tax increase? What are the people at the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority thinking?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2025 33:42


    The Cleveland music scene is an economic powerhouse, but most venues are not breaking even Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Dec. 12, 2025 Three plans to condense Ohio school districts, including one to make them countywide

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2025 35:14


    Where do Ohio's elected officials stand on extending health insurance subsidies before bills skyrocket? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Dec. 11, 2025 The Haslam's bring their political influence to the move to close Burke Lakefront Airport

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2025 34:01


    A Supreme Court decision could make it harder for renters to own dogs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Dec. 10, 2025 It's official: With Paul Hoynes and Mary Kay Cabot, Cleveland has the absolute best sports reporters

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2025 33:09


    Lawmakers finally give Mike DeWine his regulations on hemp, but they also attack what voters created in legalizing marijuana Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Dec. 9, 2025 U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has thoughts about fired immigration judge in Northeast Ohio

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2025 32:50


    With momentum building to close Burke, the next step is to envision what we do with it Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Dec. 8, 2025 What the numbers tell us about Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase's 2024 collapse

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2025 30:16


    Will  Gov. Mike DeWine take steps in his final year to end the Ohio death penalty? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Dec. 5, 2025 A heroic act by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to protect children from morally bankrupt lawmakers

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2025 33:54


    Is Cleveland making a mistake in coming up with a vision for the lakefront? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Dec. 4, 2025 What is Jim Jordan so afraid of? Why won't he depose Jack Smith in public?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2025 30:49


    New research reveals more about Cleveland's best known prehistoric creature Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Dec. 12, 2025 Ask yourself why Sen. Bernie Moreno really wants to abolish dual citizenship

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 33:55


    Ohio legislators, who conduct massive amounts of public business in secret without public comment, now want to force all other public officials to hear public comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Dec. 2, 2025 Ohio's Mike Turner wants answers from the Trump administration on the U.S. bombing of drug boats

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 31:06


    After all their bombast, Cleveland City Council makes minor tweaks to Browns stadium deal and sets up possibility of neighborhood slush funds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Dec. 1, 2025 After all that fussing and whining, Strongsville does not actually need a new highway interchange?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 31:59


    Who gets hurt most from the demise of the penny? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Nov. 25, 2025 Will NIL be the end of high school sports as we know them?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2025 30:10


    Ohio lawmakers propose a path for more regional thinking Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Nov. 24, 2025 How can the Justice Department justify collecting Jim Jordan's phone records?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2025 34:09


    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

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    Today in Ohio - Nov. 21, 2025 Ohio lawmakers miss their deadline for regulating intoxicating hemp but say they will get there

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2025 30:44


    JD Vance obfuscates, yet again, this time on the latest jobs report Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Nov. 20, 2025 FirstEnergy collected millions to fix the grid but didn't, so now it has to pay us back

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2025 32:57


    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

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    Today in Ohio - Nov. 19, 2025 Congress upends all of Ohio's plans for regulating hemp like marijuana

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2025 31:38


    Something stinks in Mentor. Why can't authorities identify the source? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2025 32:17


    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

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    Today in Ohio - Nov. 17, 2025 The verdict is in: Ohio has the worst taxation system in America

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2025 34:07


    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

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    Today in Ohio - Nov. 14, 2025 Cleveland now wants automated parking cameras? Is that just a cash grab?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2025 32:07


    Meanwhile, a Lake County man takes aim at ending Willoughby Hills' notorious speed trap Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Nov. 13, 2025 U.S. Supreme Court has three big cases affecting Ohio, including one saving us millions

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2025 32:32


    The Cleveland State radio station scandal deepens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Nov. 12, 2025 Send them to the coal mines! Ohio lawmakers throwing out decades of child labor laws

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2025 31:30


    Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine waffles on banning prop bets in sports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Nov. 11, 2025 -- Major League Baseball balks, so Ohio lawmakers should be the ones to shut down prop bets

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2025 30:35


    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

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    Today in Ohio - Nov. 10, 2025 Why voters who are angry about property tax bills still voted to increase them for schools

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2025 32:53


    Cleveland's many ties to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Today in Ohio - Nov. 7, 2025 Sen. Bernie Moreno embarrasses Ohio yet again, this time by creeping out a colleague

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2025 34:57


    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

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    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2025 36:43


    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

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    Today in Ohio - Nov. 5, 2025 Will Ohio Republicans stick to their guns in trying to regulate AI or cave to Big Tech?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2025 32:24


    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

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