Sound of Ideas

TeamNEO lays out the state of the workforce, and projects some of the growing job trends in its newest report.

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. The organization estimates that more than 125,000 people will die of lung cancer this year.

According to University Hospitals, postpartum psychosis According to University Hospitals, postpartum psychosis is rare, occurring in approximately one to two out of every 1,000 deliveries.is rare, occurring in approximately one to two out of every 1,000 deliveries.

We'll discuss police reform efforts in the city of Cleveland since Rice's death, and how communities of color continue to fight for change.

A bill that would require transgender students to use bathrooms that correspond to their assigned sex at birth is on its way to Gov. Mike DeWine. It's one of many bills that will be passed in what is known as the lame duck session. That’s the time between the end of a general election and the end of the legislative term in December. Over the next few weeks expect a flurry of legislation from the statehouse. We will talk about the “bathroom bill” and what the priorities are for lawmakers in the last weeks of the session on the Friday “Sound of Ideas Reporters Roundtable.”

We'll talk to a national education writer and the head of Ohio's largest teachers union about President-elect Donald Trump's campaign promises regarding education.

President-elect Donald Trump has promised the largest deportation in American history when he retakes the White House in January. We will talk to people working on immigration about Trump's plans and the potential impact.

By 2026, UH expects to have 36 urgent care centers in Cuyahoga, Portage, Medina, Lorain, Lake and Summit counties.

President Trump will once again take office in January, and local LGBTQ+ leaders have some hesitancy on what his administration holds for them.

Ohio grew an even deeper shade of red Tuesday. Republicans dominated nationally and in the Buckeye State. Despite the early voting long lines, the actual voter turnout in 2024 lagged behind 2020. And in blue counties like Cuyahoga and Franklin the voter turnout was six to seven percentage points lower than 2020. While in Cleveland, some precincts had turnout that was off 70% from prior elections. On Friday’s “Sound of Ideas Reporters Roundtable” we will talk about the election results and what comes next as Republicans line up for Vance’s seat in the U.S. Senate and the Democratic Party looks for answers.

A local constitutional expert and political expert will discuss the election's impact on the courts statewide and nationally.

The 2024 election is now over. We'll talk about the will of the voters and how their choices will impact the political landscape as we head toward 2025.

Ideastream Public Media reporters talk to voters at polling locations across the region about what issues or races brought them to the polls.

The number of data centers being built in Ohio is rapidly growing, but that growth is straining resources like water, electricity, and land.

While the counties are preparing for the election and handling early voting, Secretary of State Frank LaRose has pursued a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. LaRose wants access to a database to check the citizenship status of Ohio voters. Any access if granted would not change anything for this election, LaRose has said. We will begin Friday’s “Reporters Roundtable” with LaRose’s ongoing efforts to get access to citizenship records as well as a judge’s decision to throw out a challenge by the ACLU of Ohio over an Ohio rule that requires newly naturalized citizens to present their papers to vote if their state ID still labels them as a non-citizen. Plus, the nonprofit organization that owns both Progressive Field and Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse says it needs $40 million combined from the city of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County to pay expenses owed to both the Guardians and Cavaliers. Gateway is publicly funded and acts as landlord for the teams that rent the downtown facilities. The request is split between $20 million for Progressive Field which the city will field and another $20 million from the county for Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse.

The panel conversation on State Issue 1 featured an advocate and opponent of the ballot measure, and was held at Oberlin College on Oct. 28, in front of a live audience.

This year, the city of Cleveland worked with partners for "‘A Home for Every Neighbor" initiative to increase resources and support for those experiencing homelessness.

"A Slice of Politics" put several voters together to discuss politics at a pizza shop.

A recent incident in the district is under investigation by Akron police after a video showed one officer striking a 16-year-old student three times in the head, while he and another officer attempted to arrest him.

Election Day is less than two weeks away. County boards of elections have their hands full, but adding to the workload is the high number of voter registration challenges being filed. Elections officials say the number of challenges is unprecedented. In Wood County alone, the elections board received challenges to 16,000 voter registrations. They were all filed by one person. They all must be investigated. Voting rights organizations are concerned that recently naturalized citizens will be disenfranchised from voting in Ohio either due to poll workers' confusion or because of hurdles they say Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose's office has created. Naturalized citizens are citizens of the United States and have the same right to vote. But concerned groups say the state's photo ID law, and a new form put out by LaRose, may present difficulties for them should their status be challenged. This week Attorney General Dave Yost announced indictments in illegal voting cases in the state -- a total of 6 people. More than 8 million are registered to vote in Ohio. Three people in Franklin County and one each in Cuyahoga, Summit and Portage counties are accused of voting illegally as non-citizens in past elections. The indictments amount to less than 1% of the 600 cases the secretary of state very publicly referred to the attorney general. And the person indicted in Cuyahoga County has been dead for two years. We will begin Friday’s Reporters Roundtable we will talk over some of the voting issues officials are contending with as we get closer to Election Day.