CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Embattled Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish announced Tuesday he will not seek re-election, leaving the field open for candidates Lee Weingart and Chris Ronayne to pitch their visions for the county in the 2022 election.
We’re talking about Budish’s video announcement and the end of his term on Today in Ohio.
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Here are the questions we’re answering today:
Why does Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish say the time is right to pass the torch to someone new, so he will not seek re-election?
What does Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh think of how the Hudson mayor handled the controversy in that city’s schools about some inappropriate writing exercises in a college-level course?
How do the Congressional maps settled on by Ohio’s Republican legislators affect Northeast Ohio? And does anyone truly believe they will stand a test in the courts?
What do we know about the settlement between the Cleveland Guardians baseball team and the Cleveland Guardians roller derby team?
How are commercial property owners trying to justify the inexplicable move by legislators to block school districts from opposing petitions to reduce property values and lower taxes?
Is a federal judge letting a prominent law firm get the $68 million it claims it was owed by FirstEnergy for its lobbying work to pass the corrupt House Bill 6?
How hard is the recent inflationary spiral in food costs hitting the Greater Cleveland Food Bank as it heads into the holidays?
How is Sherwin Williams planning to use colored lights to distinguish its new headquarters in the downtown Cleveland skyline?
How much have Covid cases suddenly spiked in Ohio?
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