Much-needed answers on the Cleveland Police HQ, a question on how a Cuyahoga County firing was handled, and the Twinsburg guy who set the record for the Cannonball Run

We’re wondering whether the ease of buying marijuana in Michigan will bring a cultural shift of Ohio, as people in the Buckeye state embrace the convenience of getting their weed legally across the border.

Questions about Cuyahoga County corruption probe, government dysfunction on plastic bags and what's up with those Hallmark holiday movies

The battle over the shopping bag ban, the inexplicable prosecution of Cuyahoga County's highest ranking African-American official and we try to be thoughtful about Hallmark holiday movies.

The top stories of the week, along with lingering questions. Will City Council ask how a police headquarters fits the original vision for Opportunity Corridor? What do prosecutors think Bioenterprise did at the building formerly known as the Med Mart. ...

The fifth anniversary of the Tamir Rice shooting and putting a police headquarters on a road designed for economic development

Anti-science legislation, Tamir Rice turning point and Play it Loud at the Rock Hall

On this week’s episode of This Week in the CLE, we’re talking about huge leaps in our understanding of why the mortality rate for African American babies is so much higher than for white babies. We also discuss some thoughts on Tuesday’s elections, the...

The opioid settlement, the last gasps of the fight against the nuclear bailout, a huge step forward on bail reform

Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish has asked the intriguing question: What if you could walk, run or ride a bike along nearly the entire lakefront in Cuyahoga County? We consider some answers to that question and analyze Budish’s bold l...

Cuyahoga County suddenly finds itself with millions of dollars because of its lawsuits against companies that created the opioid crisis, and County Executive Armond Budish has some ideas on how best to use that money.That’s where we begin the latest...

The cash heading to Cuyahoga and Summit counties in opioid case settlements has topped $65 million and continues to climb, which makes us wonder whether we are getting more than we actually spent on the crisis.That’s where we start the conversation ...

The latest blow to Cleveland by largely by southern and central legislators came this week with the Ohio Supreme Court’s death knell for the Fannie Lewis law that city leaders were using to fight poverty.It’s just the latest of the efforts by rural ...

We talk about the growing battle over the bailout of the state's nuclear plants, the motives behind a potential Ohio vaping ban, the evolution of the discussion on conflict of interest involving Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and Troy Smith's ...

We’ve got three anomalies so far in the criminal investigations into Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson’s 22-year-old grandson, and we talk about the lack of explanations for them on the latest episode of This Week in the CLE. Cohost Laura Johnst...

Disorder at Mayor Frank Jackson’s house, jail escape secrecy and, suddenly, First Energy Solutions calls its bailout a tax?

We're loaded with outrage over Dave Yost’s cash grab, anti-China baiting, an unprecedented tax giveaway, City Council expenses and a jail guard drug ring

Botched voter purge, death knell for executions, three judges in controversy, Cleveland’s rare moment and Troy Smith on the Avengers

Is the sheriff a victim or stooge, do we want front license plates, and is Mike Dewine soul-searching or playing politics on executions – This Week in the CLE

Lawmakers pass sleazy bill to help the rich while Trump targets the poor, Heartless felons run drugs in jail, Biden trounces Trump in Ohio, and Cleveland film makers are most successful on the planet – This Week in the CLE

Big Pharma launches an opioid epidemic, Sherrod Brown gets rejected at the border, Sheriff Cliff Pinkney refuses to answer questions and much more – This Week in the CLE

Mike DeWine’s privacy invasion, St. Pat’s Day voter suppression, Cuyahoga County Council’s tough questions on contracts, Racino riches, Indianapolis lessons for CLE, innovative journalism in Lakewood and Mark Maymik’s farewell thoughts – This Week in...

Columbus Statehouse bungling, unsanitary Cleveland restaurants, Bernie Moreno’s Tower City gambit, justice reform’s big leap. All-Star Game fun and how non-musicians can rock out at the Rock Hall

Robust debate about Lake Erie wind turbines and the view from 30,000 feet of the criminal investigation of Cuyahoga County government: A special Independence Day week

More state action on jail while Cuyahoga council does nothing, Armond Budish details his jail reforms, murder suspect accidentally freed, Ohio’s new top employer, Dan Gilbert pays up, Anthony Sowell settlement mystery and Mitchell’s flavors ranked