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

Will Bibb's request that Congress authorize closing Burke Lakefront Airport work?

33 mins; October 23, 2025

Ohio lawmaker proposes radical school funding idea. Would it eventually end free public schools?

34 mins; October 22, 2025

What is Ohio, the new confederacy? Why do lawmakers want the state to have its own currency?

26 mins; October 21, 2025

How does a Nazi swastika end up in the office of a Congressman from Ohio?

32 mins; October 17, 2025

Some legislators want to invest Ohio tax dollars in cryptocurrency

32 mins; October 16, 2025

Now it's a judge who is protecting companies marketing drugs to children

28 mins; October 15, 2025

The chess match is over. Justin Bibb and the Haslam's make their deal

33 mins; October 14, 2025

Abolish Ohio property taxes? Our libraries and Cleveland Metroparks will be crippled

30 mins; October 13, 2025

AG Dave Yost cracks the whip on porn sites ignoring Ohio's age verification law

32 mins; October 10, 2025

Mike DeWine is trying to protect kids. Lawmakers would rather protect hemp. Who will win?

31 mins; October 09, 2025

Another blot of Ohio charter schools: The kids aren't showing up for classes

31 mins; October 08, 2025

President Donald Trump's policies are crushing Ohio farmers

34 mins; October 07, 2025

Would truancy charges help reverse Ohio's crisis-level school absenteeism?

33 mins; October 06, 2025

Unlike with the last federal shutdown, Cleveland's immigration court is open and ordering deportations

33 mins; October 03, 2025

Federal shutdown impact: The national park is open, with no one to tend it

34 mins; October 02, 2025

Mike DeWine's task force fails miserably in coming up with real solutions to the property tax crisis

31 mins; October 01, 2025

Nice try, JD Vance, but America won't blame Democrats for a shutdown

28 mins; September 30, 2025

The missing ingredient in Ohio's congressional mapmaking? Good faith

31 mins; September 29, 2025

Ohioans voted to legalize abortion, but lawmakers try to restrict it, anyway

31 mins; September 26, 2025

Ohio lawmakers offer another feeble idea for reforming property taxes

37 mins; September 25, 2025

Jim Jordan says he scored one for free speech with concessions from YouTube

31 mins; September 24, 2025

Might Nasa Glenn help make Northeast Ohio a national center for nuclear power research?

30 mins; September 23, 2025

Mike DeWine, who signed the law making it hard for Ohio colleges to recruit students, tell colleges to do better at recruiting

36 mins; September 19, 2025

Max Miller paints Cleveland as a war zone to please Trump

34 mins; September 18, 2025

5,400 violations later, Campbell’s Soup finally admits to poisoning Ohio’s waters

31 mins; September 17, 2025

Ignore the overall rating - the state report card for Cleveland schools is quite good

33 mins; September 16, 2025

Ohio has given out $12 billion in tax breaks without ever asking voters for approval

31 mins; September 15, 2025

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine made a solemn vow to us last year. And he broke it.

35 mins; September 12, 2025

A hot debate on the fairness of Ohio's new driving requirements for teens

32 mins; September 11, 2025

The JD Vance response to the Epstein birthday book gets shredded on social media

33 mins; September 10, 2025

JD Vance, Bernie Moreno support killing foreign nationals without due process

32 mins; September 09, 2025

Here it is, the absolute truth about how the big beautiful bill impacts Ohio Medicaid

32 mins; September 08, 2025

Blame Donald Trump for Sherwin Williams workers losing retirement cash

31 mins; September 05, 2025

Ohio Republicans want to double down on party primaries

34 mins; September 04, 2025

Is Ohio's far right swing diverting conventions from Cleveland?

32 mins; September 03, 2025

How much worse is Cleveland crime than suburban crime?

33 mins; September 02, 2025

JD Vance defends his "thoughts and prayers," but has he ever proposed action to stop school shooting?

32 mins; August 29, 2025

Poll shows Ohioans will abolish property taxes. Meanwhile, Republicans bumble with false fixes.

32 mins; August 28, 2025

How does an opioid-like product such as Kratom become so widely available?

32 mins; August 27, 2025

Why Donald Trump could not be more wrong about cash bail for accused criminals

33 mins; August 26, 2025

Big name Democrats and Republicans file court briefs basically asking to legalize bribery

32 mins; August 25, 2025

Who are the Ohio luddites who want to outlaw voting machines and hand-count all ballots?

33 mins; August 22, 2025

How the crypto industry has changed Ohio politics, and why some in Washington D.C. celebrate that

32 mins; August 21, 2025

Ohio Justice Pat Fischer wisely comes to his senses, aborts move that undermines age limit law

31 mins; August 20, 2025

Mike DeWine sends the Ohio National Guard to Washington D.C. without judgment

32 mins; August 19, 2025

So, you can't build a big football stadium near an international airport after all?

32 mins; August 18, 2025

Let's be real: Can any Ohio Democrat beat Sherrod Brown in a party primary for Senate?

32 mins; August 15, 2025

Cleveland's crime is worse than Washington D.C.'s, so will trump send troops here?

33 mins; August 14, 2025

Acton-Brown vs Ramaswamy-Husted. Ohio will have choices in 2026

32 mins; August 13, 2025

Jim Jordan takes on sports blackouts on television

34 mins; August 12, 2025

That time when the city of Lorain was in the running for the Intel plant

30 mins; August 11, 2025

Another local Donald Trump impact: Long delays for people calling Cuyahoga County for social services

22 mins; August 08, 2025

Why won't Ohio's "honest" lawmakers repeal the one remaining part of corrupt HB6?

32 mins; August 07, 2025

Why would any sports fan, let alone a lawmaker, work to preserve the prop bets that spark cheating?

33 mins; August 06, 2025

A money-grubbing, unconstitutional speed trap strategy ends for Willoughby Municipal Court

30 mins; August 05, 2025

Last time Ohio had a property tax crisis, lawmakers fixed it. This time, they caused it

33 mins; August 04, 2025

Here's who would own a new Browns stadium and who would pay to maintain it

33 mins; August 01, 2025

Has Amy Acton found the secret sauce for Democratic Party success -- in small donations?

33 mins; July 31, 2025

Truckers drive drowsy in Ohio because there's no place to sleep. Mike DeWine is fixing that.

33 mins; July 30, 2025

Let's face it: Cleveland Clinic's heart center is phenomenal even if it's not number 1

34 mins; July 29, 2025

Will Ohio regulators finally drop the hammer on FirstEnergy for all the outages?

34 mins; July 28, 2025

A debate over the severity of the punishment FirstEnergy should get for corrupting Ohio government

44 mins; July 25, 2025

Mike DeWine suddenly opposes gambling, but with Statehouse super majorities, does he matter?

31 mins; July 24, 2025

The Trump administration gives Cleveland cash for the lakefront

31 mins; July 23, 2025

Why the Ohio House override of a Mike DeWine veto is good for property tax transparency

34 mins; July 22, 2025

Here's how to fix Ohio's single-subject rule and halt secret lawmaking

33 mins; July 21, 2025

Bernie Moreno gets a sobering slap down to his latest on-the-floor buffoonery

30 mins; July 18, 2025

A rare moment when cruelty was halted in Cleveland's immigration court

34 mins; July 17, 2025

Ohio lawmakers did not make clear they plan to permanently steal your unclaimed funds

36 mins; July 16, 2025

The cruelty meted out by Cleveland's immigration court is un-American

34 mins; July 15, 2025

Jerry Cirino's destructive college bill means Ohio high schoolers are ripe for recruiting by out-of-state schools

35 mins; July 14, 2025

Should it be easier for Cleveland City Council to spend casino dollars?

28 mins; July 03, 2025

Why have Mike DeWIne and Ohio lawmakers passed a budget prioritizing wealthy people?

36 mins; July 02, 2025

Mike DeWine signs massive tax cut for the wealthy, at the expense of the rest of us, into law

32 mins; July 01, 2025

Ohio's Legislature breaks the law, again, with secret laws inserted into the budget

35 mins; June 30, 2025

The best example to date of the sleazy operations of your Ohio Legislature

39 mins; June 26, 2025

Today in Ohio - June 25, 2025 Ignore Dave Yost's blather: The judge rationally lays out why Ohio school vouchers are unconstitutional

33 mins; June 25, 2025

How Congress' ending of Medicaid "money-laundering" could close 11 Ohio hospitals

32 mins; June 24, 2025

Ohio Senate cuts $10 million for childcare but gives $20 million to faith-based fatherhood program

34 mins; June 23, 2025

The frightening Ohio connections to the killing of a Minnesota lawmaker

31 mins; June 18, 2025

Another authoritarian move from Trump: seeking informants at federal parks

33 mins; June 17, 2025

Trump's policies spell doom for Cleveland 17 food pantries and serve the hungry

35 mins; June 16, 2025

Here's how Ohio could make it easier to get your unclaimed funds

30 mins; June 13, 2025

What is Jerry Cirino's motive for removing childcare help from the budget?

28 mins; June 12, 2025

The Ohio Senate removes two of the House's anti-democracy moves from the budget

30 mins; June 11, 2025

Why fighting to preserve Nasa Glenn's budget is about supporting science and intelligent thought

32 mins; June 10, 2025

Ohio lawmakers keep giving tax breaks to the rich, so why do we keep voting for them?

35 mins; June 09, 2025

The Ohio Legislature proposes to legalize bribery

33 mins; June 06, 2025

How did Ohio's unclaimed funds -- your money -- grow to more than $4 billion?

32 mins; June 05, 2025

Ohio Senate proposes a tax cut just for the wealthy, Browns stadium cash, a sin tax twist

33 mins; June 04, 2025

Why the debate about an Ohio state fish is not just silly. It's dangerous

32 mins; June 03, 2025

Suddenly, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is worried about gambling addiction?

33 mins; June 02, 2025

Today in Ohio - May 30, 2025 The big property tax reform copout proposed by the Ohio Legislature

32 mins; May 30, 2025

The Cleveland Clinic rescinds a controversial decision about co-pays

31 mins; May 29, 2025

Hard facts on how many will die, get seriously ill because of Trump, DeWine Medicaid cuts

33 mins; May 28, 2025

Should the addresses of judges and police officers be concealed from the public?

34 mins; May 27, 2025

How does varying age cutoffs for kindergarten by district standardize anything?

19 mins; May 22, 2025

Suddenly, Ohio has two separate proposals for online casino-style gambling

34 mins; May 21, 2025

We caught Bernie Moreno lying about a death threat, but he attacked us instead of apologizing

34 mins; May 20, 2025

Dave Yost's governor's race exit proves the party primary system is broken

32 mins; May 19, 2025

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