CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over a database he wants to verify voters’ citizenship.
We’re talking about his overblown claims of potential fraud on Today in Ohio.
Editor Chris Quinn hosts our daily half-hour news podcast, with editorial board member Lisa Garvin, City Hall reporter Courtney Astolfi and content director Laura Johnston.
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Here’s what else we’re asking about today:
Even in the face of evidence that voter fraud is virtually non-existent in Ohio, what step did grandstander Secretary of State Frank LaRose take a week before Election Day in his desperation to prove we have fraud?
Some legendary figures have died in recent days, leaving us all diminished by their absence, so let’s start today’s podcast there. Jo Ann Davidson, Jimmy Donovan and Bill Burgess are the people I’m talking about. Let’s take them in order of their deaths. Courtney, what made Davidson’s journey remarkable?
Lisa, you were a Jim Donovan fan, like so many in Northeast Ohio. His obituary was one of our most read stories. He, too, had an interesting journey into Northeast Ohio hearts. Tell us about it.
Bill Burgess was glue that helped hold Northeast Ohio together. I talked to him regularly over the years and will miss him terribly. Laura, what made him unique in the political sphere?
Destination Cleveland and Dave Gilbert, who have been key to so many developments in Cleveland, stepped up in the battle over Browns stadium, we learned this week. How?
The Black Keys once were a band that filled arenas. What event over the weekend demonstrated just how much they have fallen on hard times?
One of Northeast Ohio’s most effective movers and shakers is leaving, and not apparently because he really wants to. Who is it, and why did he say he is packing it in after 14 years?
Ken Johnson scammed Cleveland for years as a City Councilman, flagrantly defying attempts to get him to stop. He acted like it was his divine right to steal from taxpayers. What did a judge have to say about Johnson’s big to get out of prison early?
MetroHealth keeps proving its commitment to mental health services in Northeast Ohio. What’s the latest investment?
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