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.
Text messages offer a rare window into how Mike DeWine implored FirstEnergy for campaign help
31 mins; June 17, 2024
In contrast to Trump sycophant Jim Jordan, Ohio Congressman Dave Joyce makes a principled stand
33 mins; June 14, 2024
Johnson & Johnson knowingly exposed Ohio babies to toxins. Is $27 million enough of a penalty?
30 mins; June 13, 2024
Colorado's marijuana sales have plummeted. Is that a portent for Ohio?
33 mins; June 12, 2024
Ohio Legislature looks likely to send Cleveland bags of money for big projects
32 mins; June 11, 2024
How the Cleveland Clinic vacation policy sticks it to people who excel at their jobs
30 mins; June 10, 2024
Mike DeWine celebrates a new state park. How long until he allows fracking in it?
31 mins; June 07, 2024
Is Cleveland picking a fight with Brook Park over the airport, or is this about the Browns stadium?
29 mins; June 06, 2024
If you're anxious about Ohio's notorious gerrymandering, rest assured you'll find a fix on November's ballot
30 mins; June 05, 2024
Kirk Schuring seeks to violate the voters' will and intimidate Ohioans legally growing marijuana at home
32 mins; June 04, 2024
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine shows the leadership, and Republican lawmakers do the right thing to put Biden on November's ballot
31 mins; June 03, 2024
Cleveland Cliffs and its CEO should put on the big boy pants and stop going against the 1st Amendment
30 mins; May 31, 2024
As of this week, Ohio medical marijuana cards are free. The $50 fee is gone
32 mins; May 30, 2024
Did the national Democratic Party just add to the humiliation of Ohio lawmakers on the Joe Biden ballot issue?
34 mins; May 29, 2024
Mike DeWine ordered them to meet, but will Ohio's childish lawmakers actually do their job today?
32 mins; May 28, 2024
A humiliation for the whole world to see: Mike DeWine takes Matt Huffman and Jason Stephens to the woodshed
33 mins; May 24, 2024
Ohio AG Dave Yost loses big with Ohio Supreme Court on transgender law, but is the ruling ominous?
31 mins; May 23, 2024
Joe Biden's still not on Ohio's ballot. The betrayal of voters by Jason Stephens and Matt Huffman continues
31 mins; May 22, 2024
Big tobacco loses. Ohio's bought-and-paid-for Legislature loses. The citizens win.
30 mins; May 21, 2024
Expect long lines and high prices when recreational marijuana goes on sale in Ohio, at least for a while
32 mins; May 20, 2024
FirstEnergy says it has its integrity back. Yeah, right. So why keep its own bribery investigation secret?
33 mins; May 17, 2024
Welcome to the 21st century: Ohio finally closes the loophole that permitted spousal rape
29 mins; May 16, 2024
Dave Yost's suggesting that masked protesters be prosecuted for felonies under an archaic law falls flat
29 mins; May 15, 2024
Why is Ohio's U.S. Senator, JD Vance, sitting in the New York courtroom for Donald Trump's trial?
30 mins; May 14, 2024
The real story on the Ohio teacher pension fund is not a "red flag." It's a debate about investment strategy
32 mins; May 13, 2024
Officialdom keeps guaranteeing us that Joe Biden will be on the Ohio ballot, but pathways are narrowing
34 mins; May 10, 2024
Incompetent buffoons or liars? Matt Huffman, Jason Stephens break their word to Ohio about the presidential ballot
31 mins; May 09, 2024
Why would Ohio AG Dave Yost tell colleges they can charge college protestors under a Ku Klux Klan law?
28 mins; May 08, 2024
Why does a doctor who testified to quackery about COVID vaccines get her medical license back?
28 mins; May 07, 2024
Ohio AG Dave Yost, who opposed last year's abortion amendment, tells judge he knows what voters really intended
33 mins; May 06, 2024
With Ohioans ready to change the state constitution to raise the minimum wage, Statehouse Republicans suddenly offer compromise
32 mins; May 03, 2024
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost takes aim at Joe Biden's transgender policy
32 mins; May 02, 2024
They want $1.2 billion of our taxes to pay for their playhouse? Could the Haslam's request be any more ridiculous?
26 mins; May 01, 2024
Mike DeWine slams Joe Biden on tobacco, but where's his wrath for Ohio legislators on the topic?
30 mins; April 30, 2024
Here's why you'll want to read every word of our groundbreaking series: Delinquent
32 mins; April 29, 2024
Ohio ranks fifth in the nation for storm-caused power outages. Is it because we don't bury power lines?
32 mins; April 26, 2024
First is was Jason Stephens, and now it's Matt Huffman vowing to fix the Biden ballot issue
32 mins; April 25, 2024
Just once, can Ohio's Republican and Democratic leaders show they care about voters -- and quickly fix Biden's ballot issue?
32 mins; April 24, 2024
A secret payment of $2.5 million to a fund supporting Mike Dewine? Dark money is a cancer in Ohio's politics
33 mins; April 23, 2024
A fracker's toxic chemicals migrated a mile away, but state regulators kept the fracking operation going
29 mins; April 22, 2024
The Ohio law that could keep Joe Biden off the November ballot is likely illegal, despite what Dave Yost says
29 mins; April 19, 2024
A surprise, bipartisan chance in Ohio's Legislature to reduce cruelty inflicted on dogs
29 mins; April 18, 2024
Rather than protect Ohioans' sacred right to vote, Frank LaRose, Matt Huffman and Dave Yost play with semantics
30 mins; April 17, 2024
Ohio lawmakers want to give even more money -- our money -- to the fossil fuel industry
31 mins; April 16, 2024
All right, Matt Huffman. Aisha's Law comes to you. This time, how about protecting women from domestic violence?
27 mins; April 15, 2024
What happens to the criminal cases against former FirstEnergy execs following Sam Randazzo's death?
29 mins; April 12, 2024
At long last, a proposal to help Ohioans with childcare, but will Matt Huffman kill this effort, too?
29 mins; April 11, 2024
Randazzo could have atoned to Ohio citizens by cooperating with prosecutors. He didn't.
32 mins; April 10, 2024
It's party over the people again for Frank LaRose as he threatens to keep Joe Biden off the Ohio ballot
31 mins; April 09, 2024
Are the lies told by Fox News the biggest reason for division in Ohio and America?
35 mins; April 08, 2024
Dennis Kucinich, author of the Art Modell law, is glad Cleveland is using it to block any move by the Browns
31 mins; April 05, 2024
House Speaker Jason Stephens is respecting the voters in refusing to change the recreational marijuana law
31 mins; April 04, 2024
They were heroes who saved Columbus soccer, but the Haslams are on the other side of the Art Modell law now
32 mins; April 02, 2024
Ohio lawmakers won't do it, so abortion rights activists go to court to block laws that now violate to constitution
32 mins; April 01, 2024
Which Cuyahoga County cities voted for Nikki Haley over Donald Trump?
29 mins; March 29, 2024
Matt Huffman, Jason Stephens have selfish reasons for ending term limits, but is it a good idea, anyway?
32 mins; March 28, 2024
Another reason a Browns stadium in Brook Park is unlikely: no sin taxes to pay for it
34 mins; March 27, 2024
Corrupt Larry Householder brazenly used campaigns fund to pay his lawyers and now faces more criminal charges
32 mins; March 26, 2024
How completely Donald Trump has taken over Ohio's Republican Party, and why history shows that's dangerous
32 mins; March 25, 2024
Ohio looks at moving casino games and lottery ticket sales straight to your phone
32 mins; March 22, 2024
Campbell's Soup has known for years it was polluting Lake Erie and kept doing it anyway
31 mins; March 21, 2024
One thing's clear from Tuesday's Ohio election: We'll never trust polling ever again
32 mins; March 20, 2024
Election Day: Will it be Bernie Moreno? Will it be Matt Dolan? Will Cuyahoga County run out of ballots.
31 mins; March 19, 2024
Heartsick people keep complaining to Ohio AG about a pet store chain selling sick and dying dogs
32 mins; March 18, 2024
National Democrats work to make Bernie Moreno the Senate candidate because they think Sherrod Brown would obliterate him
32 mins; March 15, 2024
Ohioans declared abortion to be a constitutional right, so why won't state pharmacies sell the abortion pill?
33 mins; March 14, 2024
Is East Cleveland's ex-police chief the criminal mastermind described in his indictment or the minor crook of his plea deal
29 mins; March 13, 2024
Is Matt Dolan surging? Is Bernie Moreno worried? Dewine endorses Dolan, and Trump tries to bail out Moreno
32 mins; March 12, 2024
Why are Ohio's Republican senate candidates so focused on being anti LGBTQ+ instead of other issues?
31 mins; March 11, 2024
Ohio's three Republican Senate candidates viciously attack each other in the campaign's late stage
30 mins; March 08, 2024
Can this be true? Ohio didn't need to intentionally burn the train wreckage and poison East Palestine?
32 mins; March 07, 2024
Now Ohio lawmakers might give our tax dollars to private schools that aren't even chartered
32 mins; March 06, 2024
Ohio's Chamber of Commerce is thoughtful on childcare while Ohio's Senate plots to revive bad daycare
32 mins; March 05, 2024
Two Northeast Ohioans who were both born on Leap Day had a baby last week-- on Leap Day
32 mins; March 04, 2024
Ohio AG Dave Yost makes a big save and blocks a get-out-of-jail-free card for former FirstEnergy execs
31 mins; March 01, 2024
More Statehouse dysfunction as childish antics by the Senate and House endanger school construction
33 mins; February 29, 2024
Ohio's Senate took care of big tobacco, oil & gas drillers and FirstEnergy. Why won't it help battered women?
33 mins; February 28, 2024
How many playgrounds, pools and rec centers could Cleveland build for residents with the Browns stadium money?
32 mins; February 27, 2024
The first incel convicted of a federal hate crime could go to prison for what he thought and wrote
34 mins; February 26, 2024
The PUCO can finally investigate itself in the HB6 scandal, but does it mean the federal probe is done?
32 mins; February 23, 2024
Ohio has gone deep into gambling in recent years, but lawmakers could be about to supercharge it
32 mins; February 22, 2024
Ohio lawmakers try to thread the needle between deepfake satire and deepfake crime
31 mins; February 21, 2024
Ohio is poised to take an enlightened approach to medical marijuana
32 mins; February 20, 2024
Politics? Statehouse machinations? This is better: the secret Cleveland location of dirt for the monster trucks
31 mins; February 16, 2024
If collecting city income taxes was an unreasonable seizure in the pandemic, should the lawsuit about it be in federal court?
31 mins; February 15, 2024
Their lawyers said don't do it, but FirstEnergy execs paid what prosecutors say are bribes anyway
33 mins; February 14, 2024
Dave Yost steps up for Ohioans and brings the FirstEnergy execs behind the HB6 scandal to justice
31 mins; February 13, 2024
Imagine the playgrounds and rec centers Cleveland could have with the money intended for Browns stadium
32 mins; February 12, 2024
Smarmy Ted Cruz leads the lawmaker gang blocking common sense railroad safety rules after East Palestine
33 mins; February 09, 2024
Mitch McConnell says he will spend big to defeat Sherrod Brown, but will he?
31 mins; February 08, 2024
Ohio lands hard on a CVS store because of abominable service to people in need of medicine
32 mins; February 07, 2024
Has any other Ohio senator in history said they'd violate the U.S. Constitution like JD Vance did Sunday?
33 mins; February 06, 2024
How to stop angry bettors who threaten college athletes who cost them cash? Mike DeWine has an idea
33 mins; February 05, 2024
Why did a judge end a top NEO high school basketball player's season?
28 mins; February 02, 2024
Can we do better by the children? Where's the innovation in Ohio's school bus plan?
33 mins; February 01, 2024
Jerry Cirino has a new front in his war on Ohio colleges and universities
33 mins; January 31, 2024
Why has Ohio been acting as a collection agency for insurance companies?
32 mins; January 30, 2024
Should we change our approach to road salt to stop it from reaching Lake Erie?
31 mins; January 29, 2024
Is the Playhouse Square mummy and shrunken head exhibit creepy and insensitive?
34 mins; January 26, 2024
That Godfather scene when they agree to sell drugs in Black neighborhoods? We give you Ohio’s Legislature
