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Ohio governor race takes shape as Ramaswamy and Acton pick running mates

By The Associated Press ● Government ● January 8, 2026

In Ohio’s governor race, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton have announced their running mates. Ramaswamy, a biotech executive, has chosen Ohio Senate President Rob McColley, a seasoned conservative lawmaker. Acton, a former state health chief, has picked David Pepper, a pragmatic former state Democratic Chair.

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Who’s in Ohio’s psychiatric hospitals, how did they get there and when do they get out?

By Doug Livingston & The Marshall Project ● Health ● January 7, 2026

Criminal defendants are overwhelming an understaffed state mental health system that, a few years ago, served thousands more patients.

Celebrating The Land’s Lakewood Community Journalism program

By The Land ● Arts & Culture ● January 1, 2026

The Land launched a Lakewood Community Journalism program in 2025. See some of the great stories our students wrote last year!

Ohio governor ‘reluctantly’ signs bill eliminating grace period for late ballots

By The Associated Press ● Government ● December 26, 2025

Gov. Mike DeWine has signed legislation eliminating Ohio’s four-day grace period for late-arriving mail-in ballots. The Republican said Friday that he reluctantly signed the bill to avoid chaos in next year’s critical midterm elections.

Councilman Mike Polensek nears half a century of sparring, serving Clevelanders

By Grant Segall ● Government ● December 16, 2025

Polensek (with an accent on the second syllable) is Cleveland’s longest-serving council member at nearly 48 years and counting, dwarfing a predecessor who died in office after 34 years.

Advocates, front-line providers ramp up support for Cleveland’s unhoused this winter

By Taylor Wilson ● Social Equity ● December 15, 2025

“Warm weather shelters, cold weather shelters, specifically in our current climate, in communities like Cleveland and other places that have harsher winters or are even harsher summers, are lifesaving interventions.”

This holiday season isn’t very merry for consumers, an AP-NORC poll finds

By The Associated Press ● Economy ● December 14, 2025

A new AP-NORC poll finds this holiday season isn’t quite so merry for American shoppers as large shares of them are dipping into savings, scouring for bargains and feeling like the overall economy is stuck in a rut under President Donald Trump.

SpringHill Suites project faces hurdles in Cleveland

By Bob Sandrick ● Development ● December 12, 2025

A proposal to build a $21 million SpringHill Suites by Marriott hotel on East 90th Street between Hough and Chester Avenues faces a few hurdles before it can move forward.

How a public record cost Cuyahoga County taxpayers $650,000

By The Marshall Project & Mark Puente ● Government ● December 10, 2025

A worker’s demotion after releasing court records to The Marshall Project – Cleveland led to a lawsuit alleging retaliation and witness intimidation.

Supreme Court weighs Republican appeal to end limits on party spending in federal elections

By The Associated Press ● Government ● December 9, 2025

The Republican committees for House and Senate candidates filed the lawsuit in Ohio in 2022. Democrats are calling on the court to uphold the law. Oral arguments are scheduled for Tuesday morning.