CLEVELAND, Ohio -- An Ohio House bill would create educational savings accounts funded with taxpayer dollars for families of kids attending unchartered private schools, which are not allowed to receive Ohio’s EdChoice Expansion vouchers.
We’re talking about the bill -- which could cost Ohio taxpayers $239 million a year -- sponsored by a Sandusky County pastor on Today in Ohio.
Editor Chris Quinn hosts our daily half-hour news podcast, with editorial board member Lisa Garvin, impact editor Leila Atassi and content director Laura Johnston.
You’ve been sending Chris lots of thoughts and suggestions on our from-the-newsroom text account, in which he shares what we’re thinking about at cleveland.com. You can sign up here: https://joinsubtext.com/chrisquinn.
You can now join the conversation. Call 833-648-6329 (833-OHTODAY) if you’d like to leave a message we can play on the podcast.
More Today in Ohio
- Guilty until proven innocent? Ohio’s upside down approach to justice in its anti-texting law: Today in Ohio
- Monday was a big step forward for Ohioans taking back their government from leaders who have stolen it: Today in Ohio
- A gas company asks Ohio regulators to increase rates, and the regulators say how about a decrease instead: Today in Ohio
Here’s what else we’re asking about today:
How is an Ohio legislator trying to expand the Ohio voucher system to cover non-chartered private schools, which currently are banned, by providing students in those schools with a bunch of cash in another program?
Ohio culture warriors Jim Jordan and JD Vance are attacking Google over its artificial intelligence hatbot. What set them off?
As we discussed Tuesday, Matt Huffman and the Ohio Senate won’t do anything to help with childcare, but the federal government will. What is the White House looking to do to help out working parents with challenged finances?
As more and more Ohioans clamor for doing away with party primaries altogether, so that everyone can have a say in who appears on November ballots instead of the fringe members of parties, Ohio lawmakers are trying to lock in the primaries. Maybe that’s because gerrymandering goes hand in hand with party primaries. What do they propose?
One of Justin Bibb’s big promises when he ran for mayor was that he would modernize City Hall, bringing in technology to make it much more accessible and much more efficient. After launching a study in his first year of mayor, he’s kept us waiting for results. What did he announce Tuesday?
How many people have heard of this critter. What is a fisher, and what is its significance to Ohio?
In the aftermath of the closing, at least in the short term, of a neighborhood bank in Cleveland, reporter Sean McDonnell wanted to see how many bank branches have closed in recent years in the region. It’s a lot? How many have closed versus how many have opened?
Who does Sherrod Brown care about here, the steel plants or the people who have to breathe Northeast Ohio’s air? Why is he trying to stop air pollution rules that apply to steel plants?
As the folks in Medina predict a near-zombie apocalypse as a result of next month’s eclipse, reporter Julie Washington looked at how earlier civilizations grappled with the inexplicable eclipses by creating myths to explain them. What are some of the more interesting ones?
We have an Apple podcasts channel exclusively for this podcast. Subscribe here.
Do you get your podcasts on Spotify? Find us here.
RadioPublic is another popular podcast vehicle, and we are here.
On Google Podcasts, we are here.
On PodParadise, find us here.
And on PlayerFM, we are here.
No transcript today because of technical issues.