CLEVELAND, Ohio -- After several false starts and more than three years of debate, state lawmakers are on the cusp of legalizing betting on sports in Ohio.
We’re talking about the permits for a mix of professional sports teams, brick-and-mortar casinos, bars and restaurants and mobile betting platforms on Today in Ohio.
Editor Chris Quinn hosts our daily half-hour news podcast, with editor Leila Atassi, editorial board member Lisa Garvin and content director Laura Johnston.
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Here are the questions we’re answering today:
Are Ohio legislators who have hemmed and hawed about sports betting about to speedily make it legal in Ohio?
Is Ford going to overtake Chevy at Greater Cleveland’s top car brand?
Why were car sales down so much in November?
Why is it so hard for Cuyahoga County to fill a position dedicated to reducing the population in the jail, thus making it a safer place?
Do we have yet another argument for quickly shutting down Burke Lakefront Airport as Justin Bibb takes office as Cleveland mayor? What’s the latest bad news for the airport that consumes a huge portion of the city’s lakefront?
Here’s the biggest challenge we’ve thrown at Lisa on this podcast. Can you make the funeral homes/cemetery bill going through the Ohio Legislature understandable? Why do owners of cemeteries feel like lawmakers are sticking it to them, to help funeral homes make more cash?
How much are taxpayers in Cuyahoga County paying to a whistleblower because County Executive Armond Budish fired her rather than listen to her concerns about the Cuyahoga County jail?
We don’t need sports gambling in Ohio to spend big bucks on chance. What’s the gambling record that the state broke in November?
Has a Stow Municipal Court judge brought back and old fashioned debtor’s prisons that have pretty much been outlawed? What is he accused of in a new filing by the state supreme court’s disciplinary attorney?
Why were car sales down so much in November?
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