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NPR's Leila Fadel and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game with KERA listener Adam Boyette of Fort Worth, Texas.

Cuyahoga County may make it easier for employees to report whistleblower complaints within county government. County council gave a first reading to revised reporting safeguards Monday evening. Councilman Dale Miller, a Democrat who introduced the measure, said it grew out of talks with county Inspector General Mark Griffin. The changes are intended to give potential whistleblowers more comfort in coming forward with complaints, Miller said.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzlemaster Will Shortz play the puzzle this week with David Herbst of Inverness, Calif.

The Lorain City School Board voted unanimously Aug. 1 to place a $3.1 million renewal levy on the November ballot. But they plan to remove it if CEO David Hardy remains in charge of the struggling school district. During the meeting, one board member and the city’s interim mayor said they would not support the levy if Hardy stays.

The Geauga County Board of Health will start distributing naloxone to the community starting this fall. County health officials will distribute 250 kits of the opioid overdose reversal medication known as Narcan thanks to a $75,000 state grant. Anyone can obtain a life-saving kit for free, said Geauga’s Director of Nursing, Christine Wyers.

Nonprofit hospitals are increasingly facing pressure to address issues outside of medicine that may affect a person’s health, such as housing, transportation, and employment. This is new terrain for medical providers, as local health leaders acknowledged at a recent meeting of the nonprofit public health consortium Better Health Partnership.

A new Cleveland City Council subcommittee will develop a plan to combat harmful algal blooms and other threats to Lake Erie. Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley appointed the new committee this week. The group will research what to do about algal blooms, which can contain toxins that pollute drinking water.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game this week with KCFR listener Richard Bauman of Golden, Colo.

By Matthew Richmond Of the 22 previously unnamed clerics accused of sexual abuse and identified Friday by the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, 16 are dead. Four have been removed from the ministry. The church determined the allegations against those 20 were likely true. Two more are on administrative leave while the church considers the accusations.

This week, President Donald Trump, who is being treated for COVID-19, left the hospital and announced that coronavirus is not something to be afraid of. The New York Times reported Wednesday his three-day stay in the hospital would typically cost the average American more than $100,000. The president’s health is a national security risk, so he’s getting care the average person might not receive, MetroHealth family physician Dr. Christine Alexander said.