CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish wrote a plan to “fight back” against council members who openly disagreed with him, according to documents seized in a years-long corruption probe.
We’re talking about what Budish was plotting, but never carried out, on Today in Ohio.
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Here are the questions we’re answering today:
We wondered during the criminal trial of former Cuyahoga County jail director Ken Mills whether County Executive Armond Budish would take the fifth and decline to testify if called as a witness. Now we know. What’s the answer?
Marijuana activists turned up the heat a notch in their push to get lawmakers to fully legalize the drug. What method are they using to put the squeeze on the lawmakers?
After months of lagging much of Ohio in coronavirus cases, Cuyahoga County has leapt to the top of the charts not just for the state but the entire nation. Where do we rank, unfortunately.
Do public records show that Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish had a written plan for using the powers of his office to seek revenge against County Council members who publicly criticized him?
How is Case Western Reserve University using technology to detect counterfeit paintings?
How are restaurants, theaters and others coping with the fast-spreading omicron variant of the coronavirus, which in just a couple of weeks wreaked havoc on the workforce?
We’ve talked about the relative value of the Van Gogh exhibit in Cleveland, in which the artwork is projected all around you in an immersive experience. Some call it cheesy. But Ohioans suddenly have the chance for a much more authentic experience. What is it?
What are the chances for a white Christmas this weekend, and when was our last one in Cleveland?
Are we going to end our final episode of the year with a song?
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