Ohio’s core cities (and reliably blue Athens County) voted overwhelmingly for abortion rights in Tuesday’s election. Also approving Issue 1 was all of Northeast Ohio, plus the suburban counties surrounding Columbus, Cincinnati, Toledo and Dayton. While Issue 1 received 56.6% of the vote statewide, it won in Cuyahoga with 74%. The next closest was Franklin County, which includes Columbus, with 73%. The map of support for November’s Issue 1 is nearly a perfect inverse of support for August’s Issue 1, which would have raised the threshold to pass a state constitutional amendment to 60% rather than a simple majority. Rural counties in general voted yes for Issue 1 in August and no against the abortion rights Issue 1 this week. You can compare maps here. - Laura |
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Supporters of Ohio Issue 1, the abortion rights constitutional amendment, cheer during victory speeches Tuesday at a watch party in Columbus. (Laura Hancock, cleveland.com) |
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Issue 1 analysis: No county voted more overwhelmingly for the constitutional right to abortion than Cuyahoga, and Ohio’s biggest counties largely carried the vote, reports Zachary Smith. Legal weed: Cuyahoga County was one of the top three counties in Ohio in terms of support for Issue 2, with 67% of county voters in favor of legalizing marijuana, reports Zachary Smith. This was topped by only Athens (69%) and Franklin (68%) counties. Hamilton County follows closely at 66%. Today in Ohio: Ohioans voted big for abortion rights and recreational marijuana, repudiating the supermajority in the statehouse. We’re talking about how the legislature doesn’t represent Ohioans wishes on Today in Ohio, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast. |
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Abortion laws: Now that Issue 1 has passed and will soon be added to the Ohio Constitution, courts will likely review many of the three dozen anti-abortion laws the General Assembly has passed over the years to determine whether they hold up to the new amendment. Laura Hancock reports that all eyes will be on the state’s “heartbeat” abortion bill that bans abortion as early as six weeks. But gears already are turning in another legal case where the amendment could prove significant. Absentee ballots: Information is scarce regarding reports of voters saying they didn’t receive their absentee ballots in the mail by Election Day. Jake Zuckerman reports the number of such reports is low and there’s no evidence to suggest it could have swung the two major elections, which won with margins of hundreds of thousands of voters. But still, it leaves open the possibility that voters followed all state rules but still were prone to de facto disenfranchisement. Free speech: At a time when antisemitic incidents are on the rise globally and U.S. college campuses have become free speech combat zones over Israel’s war with Hamas, U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan convened a hearing Wednesday on antisemitism and campus free speech. Sabrina Eaton reports pro-Palestinian activists shouted slogans that called for a ceasefire in Gaza, decried Israel as an apartheid state, and denounced a Tuesday House of Representatives vote that censured the only Palestinian American in Congress. Football safety: Cleveland native Desmond Howard on Wednesday joined a group of football greats who met with President Joe Biden to discuss why college football players and other student-athletes deserve consistent safety standards, as well as a way to benefit from the revenue they produce, Sabrina Eaton reports. |
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Kindland: Larry Heller has a rare ability (and comfort level) to go where many others may not care to venture — prisons, jails, homeless shelters and out on the streets to help others. Heller has been assisting the “Peanut Butter and Judaism” line at the Temple Israel Ner Tamid in Mayfield Heights, Peter Chakerian writes in his weekly Kindland series. Cars on fire: A fallen high-voltage power line caused a row of cars at a dealership in Perry in Lake County to be engulfed in flames Monday afternoon, reports Molly Walsh. Perry Joint Fire District was dispatched about 4:45 p.m. to Saunders Motor Co. |
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NICU: University Hospitals’ revamped $15.9 million pediatric cardiac intensive care unit — providing specialized care for infants, children and young adults with heart conditions — opens next week. Julie Washington reports the 12-bed unit at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital will have an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony today for staff and invited guests. Downtown CLE: A national study that once pegged Cleveland’s downtown as one of the slowest city centers to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic has changed its tune. But it may have more to do with redrawn maps than increased visitors, reports Sean McDonnell. Crew base: Frontier Airlines plans to open a crew base at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, with hundreds of new jobs for pilots, flight attendants and aircraft maintenance workers, reports Susan Glaser. The crew base is expected to open in March and will employ up to 110 pilots, 250 flight attendants and 50 aircraft maintenance personnel within the first year of operation. United Airlines: United Airlines is expanding nonstop service between Cleveland Hopkins and several Florida destinations, including Tampa, Orlando and Fort Myers, Susan Glaser reports. The airline is also boosting service between Cleveland and Cancun, Mexico, with daily flights during the December-January holidays and six-times-per-week flights in March. Fed CEO: The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland announced Wednesday that it will start looking for its next president and CEO, who will succeed its current leader, Loretta Mester. Mester, 65, who became the Cleveland Fed’s president and CEO in June 2014, will retire from her role on June 30, 2024, reports Sean McDonnell. |
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Edwards hearing: Prosecutors say Tirrell Edwards emptied a six-shot revolver into his fiancee, Amanda Williams, after a daylong argument that marked a violent end to a turbulent relationship. Cory Shaffer reports Edwards, 41, is jailed on $1 million bond on charges of aggravated murder, felonious assault and domestic violence. Bribe sentencing: A former corrections officer avoided prison time on Wednesday when a judge sentenced him to three years of probation for accepting thousands of dollars in bribes to smuggle drugs and alcohol into federal and private prisons, reports Adam Ferrise. Nasher Algahim, 38, will spend five months on home confinement for taking $28,500 to smuggle marijuana, tequila, vodka and a recording device that looked like a pen into the federal prison in Elkton and the state’s privately run Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Youngstown. Mail stolen: A mail carrier was robbed at gunpoint in South Euclid on Tuesday, reports Molly Walsh. Cleveland Heights police responded to the 600 block of Quilliams Road, where two people wearing Halloween masks, a pumpkin and a skull, robbed a letter carrier. |
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Best restaurant: After much ado about the loss of a high-profile chef and some kitchen staff in June, the Blue Door Café and Bakery in Cuyahoga Falls has shown its mettle. It not only survived the challenge of rebuilding a kitchen staff after a much-publicized battle, but the restaurant thrived. This week, Paris Wolfe reports, the little restaurant that could won the Best Restaurant in Northern Ohio title from the Ohio Restaurant Association. Music Census: The Greater Cleveland Music Census launched Wednesday, reports Peter Chakerian. The effort aims to measure the economic impact of live music and entertainment across the region, as well as the overall health and well-being of the ecosystem from which it originates. 'A Christmas Story': The Greater Cleveland Film Commission is hosting “Behind the Camera: A Christmas Story – Official 40th Anniversary” on Friday through Sunday at the Cleveland Public Auditorium. Peter Chakerian reports the long-awaited reunion dubbed “Ralphie Comes Home” features the film’s lead actor, Peter Billingsley, along with other cast members from the film for a “Cast Expo” weekend filled with stories, memories, photos, and autograph opportunities. |
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