Whose interest is Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine serving by cutting $300 unemployment payments? This Week in the CLE

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Starting June 26, Ohioans will not receive federal unemployment assistance that provides jobless workers an extra $300 a week during the pandemic.

We’re talking about the conservative move to push Ohioans to work on This Week in the CLE, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast.

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Editor Chris Quinn hosts our daily half-hour news podcast, with Leila Atassi, Jane Kahoun and me.

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Here are the questions we’re answering today:

Why is Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine stripping away $300 a week from people in need even though it costs the state of Ohio nothing to provide it?

Are the odds of winning the Ohio vaccine sweepstakes and taking home a cool million better than any of the lotteries you can play in the state?

How does Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson want to use the city’s half billion dollars in stimulus, and did he discuss this with the City Council members who have all the say on how it is spent?

What is the penalty former East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton must pay for blowing a federal bribery investigation of others in his city?

How is University Hospitals changing the way patients could learn they have cancer or get the results of medical tests without talking to a human being?

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