Polls open at 6:30 a.m. today for the general election, with the focus on Tim Ryan and J.D. Vance facing off for the U.S. Senate. When the polls close at 7:30 p.m., our newsroom will be bustling, with reporters and editors ready to post results, update races and analyze what it all means. We’ll see you tonight at cleveland.com. - Laura |
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The polls will be open until 7:30 p.m. in today's midterm election. (cleveland.com file photo) |
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Election Day: Today, Ohioans will select their next U.S. Senator, governor, attorney general, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, three Supreme Court justices, and 15 representatives in Congress. That’s not to mention new representatives in the state legislature, two statewide ballot issues, appellate judges, plus local and county races and referendums, reports Jake Zuckerman. Today in Ohio: Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Director Anthony Perlatti is prepping for today, two years after the 2020 general election was marked by misinformation, disinformation and denialism. We’re talking about how the board safeguards elections on Today in Ohio, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast. |
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Election issues: Northeast Ohioans are most concerned about inflation, abortion and healthcare, according to a cleveland.com poll. Republicans and Democrats both cited inflation as their top issue in polls conducted between Oct. 7 and Oct. 18, reports Jake Zuckerman. That runs parallel to national public opinion polls that have consistently found voters rating inflation as the most important issues to them in the 2022 midterm election. |
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Early voting: By the time early voting ended in Cuyahoga County at 2 p.m. Monday, another 1,315 people had cast their ballots, bringing the early in-person total to 20,183, Kaitlin Durbin reports. That is 844 more votes than the county had by this time in the 2018 general election, according to the Board of Elections, and more than triple the number of early votes in the 2014 election. Campaign signs: Residents of Cuyahoga County looking to recycle campaign yard signs after the Nov. 8 election should not include them as part of their regular curbside pickup. Instead, residents can bring yard signs, one at a time or in bulk, to the Solid Waste District headquarters at 4750 E. 131st St. in Garfield Heights, from where they are taken to Northcoast Recycling Specialists in Wickliffe, reports Peter Krouse. Stimulus: The city of Cleveland is preparing to spend $5 million in COVID-19 stimulus money repairing abandoned homes in a bid to improve Cleveland’s housing stock, but the cost of repairing vacant homes in the worst condition is significantly more expensive than demolition, reports Lucas Daprile. Property records: Cuyahoga County residents will now have more than 200 years of historical property records at their fingertips with the launch of a new online database, reports Kaitlin Durbin. The “Official Records Search” website now stores scanned copies of deeds, mortgages, leases and other property records dating back to July 1810, which residents can download for free. Mental health teams: Cleveland City Council is expected to approve spending $5 million in stimulus money to double the size of its teams that send mental health officials to emergencies, reports Lucas Daprile. City officials seek to expand the program because it helps keep some people out of jail or the hospital and redirects them to mental health services. Currently, each of the city’s five police districts each have a two-person Crisis Intervention team. SW hangar: Cleveland City Council on Monday is expected to approve a lease with Sherwin-Williams that will allow it to build a hangar at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. Courtney Astolfi reports the paint giant intends to use 5.8 acres of land it will lease from the city to build a new structure to house and maintain its fleet of corporate jets. Teacher of the Year: National Teacher of the Year Kurt Russell told a City Club of Cleveland audience Monday that he would not back down from teaching “controversial” subjects state lawmakers are considering banning, reports Brenda Cain. A 25-year veteran, Russell teaches African-American History and Race, Gender and Oppression classes, developed in 2006 in Oberlin in response to questions students were asking. Sidewalk trees: Cleveland City Council on Monday night is poised to approve a new rule that’s intended to make it easier to save mature trees during city-led sidewalk projects, reports Courtney Astolfi. The rule change will allow city crews and residents to skip a cumbersome bureaucratic process each time a homeowner wants to save a tree in the public right-of-way that would otherwise need to be felled when laying new sidewalk or replacing existing sidewalk. Bow season: Archery hunters bagged 48,583 deer in Ohio through the first seven weeks of the bow season that began Sept. 24 and extends through Feb. 5. Last season, archers killed 52,613 during the same period, reports Peter Krouse. Cleveland’s Promise: Mason, the bearded dragon, is part of the Almira Elementary School family as much as anyone else. Hannah Drown reports as part of the Cleveland’s Promise series that teacher Sharon Lenahan was looking for an animal to help with the additional emotional and academic challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Hispanic students: Omar’s pride in his background in his El Salvador heritage is not uncommon at Almira Elementary School, particularly among the school’s Hispanic students. Cameron Fields reports that 25% of students at Almira identify as Hispanic. In addition to the El Salvador flag, the flags of Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala and Peru also hang in the lobby. Costume Closet: Copley-based nonprofit Lyndee’s Costume Closet is on a mission to help make visits for kids at Akron Children’s Hospital a little more magical. Amanda and Nate Adey aim to collect high-quality, cosplay costumes so kids feel like the actual superhero or character is visiting them, reports Megan Becka. |
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Medical Mutual: Medical Mutual of Ohio has decided to leave its downtown Cleveland headquarters, opting to move all of its Northeast Ohio employees to Brooklyn in 2023. In an email to employees, the insurance company said that in January it would start to move workers in phases, Sean McDonnell reports. Casino revenue: The hot streak of records for Ohio’s casinos and racinos ended in October, with revenue coming up just short of the record set a year ago, reports Sean McDonnell. Combined, the 11 facilities brought in $192.1 million in gambling revenue, slightly down from the $192.7 million reported in October 2021. Frontier: Frontier Airlines has restarted nonstop flights between Cleveland and Fort Lauderdale, bringing the carrier’s total number of nonstop destinations from Northeast Ohio back to 12. To celebrate its return, the airline is selling one-way tickets on the route starting at $69, reports Susan Glaser. |
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Overdose deaths: Cuyahoga County is projected to see more than 600 overdose drug deaths by the end of the year, with fentanyl continuing to be the leading cause behind the numbers, reports Olivia Mitchell. As of Oct. 31, there were 419 overdose deaths. There could be more, as some suspected cases have not been ruled upon. The county had 668 overdoses last year and hit a mark of 727 in 2017. Protest sentencing: A Cleveland man will spend more than three years in federal prison for helping to torch a van owned by Cuyahoga County during the May 30, 2020, protests that turned into riots in downtown Cleveland. Senior U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver on Monday sentenced Martino Andrews to three years and five months in prison for sparking a fire outside the Justice Center by lighting a rag on fire and shoving it in the van’s gas tank, Adam Ferrise reports. 14-year-old: A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in Pennsylvania and accused of driving the car of a 71-year-old man found slain in his Euclid home, reports Molly Walsh. The teenager was on Interstate 80 in Mercer County when an officer of the Pennsylvania State Police pulled him over before 9 a.m. Saturday. Family Dollar: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is again suing a dollar-store chain over claims that the prices on store shelves are lower than what’s being charged at checkout, Jeremy Pelzer reports. Yost filed a lawsuit against Family Dollar, claiming the Virginia-based company charged prices at checkout that were higher than advertised on store shelves. Yost filed a similar suit last week against another dollar-store chain, Dollar General. |
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RV Rocking: The Kinzbachs recently drove from Phoenix to just east of Palm Springs, California, and stayed in the desert by themselves overnight. Marc Bona reports they stopped in Sedona, Arizona, and ran into a couple they had interviewed earlier. Cocktail flights: Although beer and wine flights are longtime bar, brewery and winery staples, cocktail flights have recently gained popularity as a national trend — and can be found on the menus of some of Cleveland’s top watering holes and restaurants, reports Allison Jack. |
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