The Wake Up

Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley calls on Ohio Gov. Mike DeWIne to mandate masks in schools See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Former Cleveland Mayor Michael R. White re-emerges after 20 years -- to endorse Justin Bibb as the city's next mayor See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

But the Democrat who is running is not See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The prosecutor in the House Bill 6 scandal makes clear that Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is not a target See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The 2020 census data reveals remarkable trends of population diversity in Cuyahoga County See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nearly all coronavirus cases in Ohio now are the Delta variant, East Cleveland mayor skirts city council approval to spend millions of federal stimulus dollars on grants for residents: Stimulus Watch, Federal prosecutors spar with House Bill 6 defendant over negotiations in Ohio corruption case and Veterans Administration expands vaccine mandate to cover more health employees, volunteers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson endorses Council President Kevin Kelley to succeed him See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine also was a target of the would-be kidnappers of Michigan Gov.Gretchen Whitmer See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sen. Rob Portman sees a path to victory on the infrastructure deal he negotiated See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine didn't know his utilities chief was paid millions by FirstEnergy, should we change how we pick the regulators? Vax-a-Million responsible for getting an extra 100,000 Ohioans vaccinated for COVID-19, Harvard study says, We endorse Justin Bibb for mayor of Cleveland and Will Ohio kids have to quarantine at home this school year? It’s possible, especially if kids are unmasked. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost goes after former utilities chief Sam Randazzo and former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish orders mask wearing in county buildings, Is hubris the reason Ken Johnson thought he could fleece taxpayers for years without penalty? The pain became too much; time for Terry Francona to get healthy and Kirtland City Council votes 6-1 to terminate police Chief Lance Nosse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Giant Eagle mandates masks of all workers and customers, Feds subpoena records from Public Utilities Commission of Ohio as part of ongoing criminal probe, 2 Cleveland City Council members have missed more than half 2021′s meetings -- all held remotely, and New report from Ohio’s Sen. Rob Portman finds cybersecurity flaws at seven federal agencies. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

70 school districts preparing to sue Ohio over private school vouchers, Cuyahoga County hits CDC threshold recommending masks indoors for vaccinated people and Gov. Mike DeWine calls first meeting of Ohio redistricting panel. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Maybe Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine doesn't need to worry about Jim Renacci's primary challenge after all See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cleveland Indians general manager Terry Francona leaves his post for the rest of the season for health issues. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How many of Ohio's counties have coronavirus rates meeting the CDC threshold for masks? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Check out the percentage of Ohio Covid deaths this year that involve unvaccinated people, RTA violating Ohio law by barring public from board meetings, say First Amendment, good-government experts, Ohio Supreme Court tosses indicted Cleveland Councilman Ken Johnson’s bid to overturn suspension and After prosecution deal, FirstEnergy Corp. says it’s ‘re-evaluating’ statements about political spending not being charged to customers See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What was Larry Householder's dastardly plan to preserve Ohio's corrupt House Bill 6 at all costs? VA mandates COVID-19 vaccines for healthcare workers, including Northeast Ohio locations, A new $1 billion tax? Ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder had ‘Plan B’ ready to block repeal of nuclear bailout, Social media buzzing over another Cleveland Guardians team in wake of Indians announced name change and Gov. Mike DeWine knew about FirstEnergy’s $4.3M payment to Sam Randazzo before Randazzo resigned. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

So, what does everyone think of the new name for the Cleveland baseball team? Nina Turner leads Shontel Brown in fundraising as out-of-state money bolsters both congressional campaigns and Ex-FirstEnergy CEO denies wrongdoing in House Bill 6 bribery scandal. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

One year after the first charges were announced in the House Bill 6 case, the company accused of bankrolling the operation – Akron-based FirstEnergy – has been charged. The new court filings confirm FirstEnergy officials say they paid a 4.3-million-dollar bribe to former PUCO Chairman Sam Randazzo in exchange for Randazzo’s help advancing the company’s interest when he was the state’s top public-utilities regulator. The Cleveland Browns’ Berea training facility gets a new corporate sponsor. It’s still a sellers’ market in Northeast Ohio as home sales and average prices continue to climb. And Prosperity Social Club in Tremont is changing hands, after a sale to The Spotted Owl owner Will Hollingsworth. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

ODOT awards Cleveland 2.5-million-dollars to study the Browns’ lakefront proposal. Ohio could receive as much as a billion dollars from a massive opioid settlement. Federal prosecutors portray Councilman Ken Johnson as a swindler who fleeced taxpayers. Some of the homeless men who were booted from the Independence Ramada were among about two dozen people who attended this week’s Cuyahoga County Council meeting to protest the ouster brought on by Independence Mayor Gregory Kurtz and County Executive Armond Budish. And House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday rejected a GOP request to make Congressman Jim Jordan a member of a new select committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, arguing that Jordan’s actions and statements might jeopardize the probe’s integrity. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ohio is seeing its highest number of new COVID infections in two months. Colleges and universities in Greater Cleveland are receiving $261 billion from the latest federal stimulus. A Cleveland city commission gives the first approval to Sherwin-Williams’ HQ plans. Cleveland hospital construction projects recently completed or in the works total $1.4 billion. Police are searching for the family of a baby girl left at a bus stop. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The trial against Cleveland City Councilman Ken Johnson begins this week. The deputy monitor overseeing the Cleveland police consent decree has returned to her job after controversy surrounding her comments on racism and policing. How might Cuyahoga County foot the bill for its new jail? What do Cleveland doctors think about the third COVID-19 shot debate? And Northeast Ohio is experiencing hazy skies because smoke from Pacific Northwest wildfires is hovering over the Great Lakes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Most of the Cleveland mayoral candidates are opposed to creating an independent police civilian review board. K-12 schools in Northeast Ohio are figuring out how to spend a billion dollars in stimulus money. While it’s too early to see results from the H2Ohio program, Lake Erie’s harmful algal bloom is expected to be mild this year. J.D. Vance used to admonish Donald Trump’s ‘xenophobic’ appeals to voters - until he decided to run for Senate. The Cleveland City Planning Commission has approved a “Vision for the Valley” plan to serve as a roadmap for decades of development and investment around an eight-mile section of the Cuyahoga River. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cavs owner Dan Gilbert’s Bedrock firm plans to revamp downtown Cleveland’s Tower City Center from a struggling mall into a "retail marketplace." Drug overdose deaths spiked last year in Ohio, but Cuyahoga and Summit counties largely bucked the trend. Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish announced Thursday that the county intends to buy a building next door to the men’s homeless shelter at 21-hundred Lakeside in downtown Cleveland to expand the shelter’s capacity to 435 by adding 70 beds. The federal judge overseeing the consent decree involving Cleveland police broke his silence Thursday and gave a vote of confidence to the person leading the reform efforts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ohio colleges and schools can't require students to be vaccinated, for now, Solon police department removes “Thin Blue Line” flag after complaints from residents, Cleveland committee to hold meeting on Sherwin-Williams’ new downtown Cleveland HQ, seeks public feedback and ‘Generic and not unique’: Judge dismisses Barrio owners’ lawsuit over trade secrets against former business partner who opened Condado Tacos See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

That concrete and Asphalt factory proposed for Opportunity Corridor? The plan is dead, Bill backed by Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted would create data privacy standards for consumers, More than 100 homeless men leave Independence hotel this week, forced out by mayor, County Exec Budish: Leila Atassi and Gov. Mike DeWine seeks state funding to renovate Progressive Field as part of Cleveland Indians’ lease extension. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Former Nickelodeon starJared Drake Bell gets two years of probation after a woman says he raped her when she was 15, Ohio refers 13 ballots -- out of millions cast in 2020 -- for investigation as possible voter fraud, That building is historic? Designation that can lead to Ohio, federal tax credits goes on more than looks and Gov. DeWine signs Senate Bill 52 giving counties control over large wind and solar projects. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoes the bill that would have made consumer fireworks legal, Ohio Turnpike wants new power to automatically bill scofflaw drivers as part of plan for high-speed, gateless tolling, Gov. Mike DeWine vetoes bill that would have legalized consumer fireworks in Ohio and Mayfield Heights considers using American Rescue Plan money to give bonuses to city employees who worked during pandemic: Stimulus Watch. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Great news, too, if someone stole your unemployment money, Monitor leading Cleveland police reform asks Ayesha Hardaway to return to oversight panel, Ohio ACLU sues Ohio House Republicans over redistricting records, State building a database that would let the public review, compare criminal sentences imposed by judges and Attorneys continue push for release of former mob enforcer Kevin McTaggart, saying he is at risk of ‘contracting a serious illness’ in prison. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Attorney General Dave Yost won't seek charges against police officer who killed a teen by shooting him in the back See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Cleveland police officer who killed Tamir Rice has seen his latest appeal to get his job back denied by the state supreme court. Ohio’s new anti-hazing law will toughen penalties and expand accountability. A Cleveland man is accused of making phone calls threatening House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Will end of Ohio’s $300 in extra federal unemployment spur hiring? And did Ohio's Vax-a-million lottery increase COVID-19 vaccination rates? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Cuyahoga County prosecutor wants an independent review on whether the county can afford a new jail, Continued disparity for receiving COVID-19 vaccine between Black and white Cuyahoga County residents is from hesitancy, knowledge, access barriers, Clevelanders respond after city of New York’s official Twitter account writes a not-so-nice tweet about The Land and Ohio federal judge blocks Biden administration from enforcing tax cut ban in stimulus package. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

But he wipes out legal fund for legislators looking to hire private lawyers in gerrymandering cases, ‘The companies drove the bus’: Neil Clark’s book details his views on House Bill 6, FirstEnergy and what he told FBI agents, Ohio congressional candidate Max Miller’s tax records show he claims his principal residence is in Washington, D.C., City of Akron required to turn in body camera surveillance if an officer uses deadly force or causes bodily harm and Judicial party ID bill, school report card overhaul among 13 bills signed by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cuyahoga County prepares to spend $8 million on a jail architect, A bear in Willoughby: Why bear sightings in Ohio are not as unusual as you think, Ex-Cleveland official arrested in 2018 undercover sex sting has law license suspended indefinitely and NOAA predicts harmful algal bloom will be smaller than average this summer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ohio plays it conservative with its big windfall and pays off a big debt, Ohio to use majority of federal coronavirus aid this year to repay unemployment benefits loan, Ohio Senate passes bill that could block schools and universities from requiring coronavirus vaccines and Ohio legislature gives counties the ability to prohibit large wind and solar farms. , See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Have Ohio lawmakers finally agreed on a constitutional school funding plan? Ohio’s coronavirus grace period for expired driver’s licenses, plates ends July 1, Cuyahoga County advances long-term plan to keep mentally ill, low-level crime suspects out of jail and Columbus Crew set to move into new stadium; Lower.com Field embraces fan experience. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wine with DeWine, having helped people get through the pandemic, winds down at last, Ohio House passes bill to criminalize disobeying police orders, coming too close to officers, ‘Invincible, young, healthy’: Ohio young adults not interested in getting coronavirus vaccine, and Can Cuyahoga County rack up more debt? Exec Budish used to say no. Now he says yes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's now up to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to say yes or now to legalized fireworks, Ohio Supreme Court upholds traffic stop based on passerby’s warning: ‘Stop that vehicle -- that lady is drunk’, Despite request from attorney general, Ohio Elections Commission delays acting on complaints against Larry Householder, and Bill prohibiting local bans on natural gas use clears Ohio legislature. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ohio changes its school report cards again. No more As and Fs. It's gold star time. Sen. Rob Portman hopes to reach bipartisan infrastructure deal by end of the week, Social justice organizations express outrage over Ayesha Hardaway’s forced resignation at Cleveland City Hall and Ohio Supreme Court: Teachers can’t carry guns at school without peace-officer training. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Forget the magnet testimony, as Ohio's dangerous vaccine law is not going anywhere, Biden administration supports bill to eliminate cocaine sentencing discrepancies backed by Ohio’s Sen. Rob Portman and Rep. Dave Joyce and After year delay, Cedar Point will celebrate 150th anniversary with parade, river ride, new merchandise and more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With Lt. Gov Jon Husted talking about all the job openings in Ohio, why did unemployment rise in May? Ohio bill to reform electric rates would preserve coal plant subsidies in wake of HB 6 corruption, Frustrations grow over lack of Cleveland recycling, program relaunch appears to be months away and Some Cleveland City Council members skeptical of mayor’s plan to expand filmmaking, special events office. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The clock is ticking. Cities soon will not be able to take your income taxes if you work from home. Ohio Senate passes bill legalizing sports betting at casinos, racinos, online, and at bars and restaurants with machines, On eve of Juneteenth, HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge talks Black homeownership push at Cleveland event and Ohio Senate cuts $1.3 million in lead paint training from $75 billion budget. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish unilaterally gives away $3.4 million in public money, with no oversight, Looting from afar: How Russian hackers hit Avon, Coventry schools, draining bank accounts and devastating the Ohio districts’ networks, Columbus officials approve plan to pay residents $100 to get fully vaccinated and Ohio Senate Republicans want to ban municipal broadband internet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge will make her first hometown appearance since joining Biden’s cabinet, celebrate Juneteenth with Cleveland Public Libraries or at other events across Northeast Ohio, eight candidates have filed to run for Cleveland mayor and an advocacy group says it has collected enough signatures to put a police accountability initiative on Cleveland’s November ballot. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder tells his colleagues say they should not oust him but finds them skeptical of his arguments, The legislation behind the viral anti-vax conspiracies that could put Ohioans’ health at risk, Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan asks Sen. Sherrod Brown’s committee for federal housing and infrastructure aid and Cleveland Metroparks’ widening of Lake Avenue sidewalk to improve Edgewater Park access is a great idea, despite shrill pushback. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When the USS Cod submarine collides with a Coast Guard cutter, how bad is the damage? ‘Never quit:’ Former Cleveland Mayor Dennis Kucinich running for mayor again, and Jurors sent home as judge decides whether to dismiss case against soldier charged in Cleveland New Year’s Eve triple homicide. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cedar Point's $20 wage for workers has unintended consequences for the Sandusky tourism industry, The consequences of Cedar Point’s shocking $20 wage on Sandusky’s tourism economy, Paddleboards and kayaks suddenly in high demand amid supply chain shortage, How much could your Northeast Ohio city, town, village receive from American Rescue Plan? Here are our estimates: Stimulus Watch and Sisters of Charity plans health campus around St. Vincent hospital in Cleveland’s Central neighborhood See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

State Rep. Bill Seitz tries again to keep disgraced former House Speaker Larry Householder in the Legislature, Highly contagious Delta variant is now in Ohio, but experts say COVID-19 vaccines are still effective, Completion of the Towpath Trail in Cleveland hailed as a milestone, and a goad to keep adding regional trails and parks and Medical experts call Ohio’s proposed vaccines bill ‘dangerous’ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.