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Senator Rob Portman says he supports a reduction over time in federal funds for Medicaid expansion. The Cincinnati-area Republican is taking part in GOP negotiations over an Affordable Care Act replacement. He answered questions about Medicaid during a news conference at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. Portman said the expansion of Medicaid eligibility under the ACA has helped fund treatment for opioid addiction.

The new health care bill introduced in the US Senate Thursday can’t afford to lose more than two Republican votes in order to pass. No Democrats are expected to support it. Ohio Senator Rob Portman has not said whether he will join his party colleagues in voting for the bill. “If the final legislation is good for Ohio, I will support it. If not, I will oppose it.” That’s the statement issued by Senator Portman Thursday afternoon following the release of the Senate’s “Better Care Reconciliation Act.”

When you get in the backseat of a car that's not yours, it's a good idea to double check that it's actually the Uber or Lyft you requested instead of a random stranger's car.

Journalist Jeff Guinn explains how the Rev. Jim Jones instigated a mass suicide.Critic David Bianculli reviews the new season of Better Call Saul.Zamata says she "followed the fun" to get to SNL.

Cleveland’s police chief says the manhunt now reaches across the country for Steve Stephens, the suspect in a fatal shooting that was recorded and posted on Facebook. “Our federal partners, our local partners have reached out to their contacts all over the country, and this is what we would consider a national search,” Chief Calvin Williams said at a news conference Monday afternoon. Stephens worked as a vocational specialist for youth and young adults at Beech Brook, a children’s behavioral health center, according to the agency.

Cleveland city councilman Zack Reed says police are not doing enough to control dirt bike riders illegally using city streets. And he says that is leading to more brazen behavior from the riders. Police officials say a new policy is on the way. From Ohio Public Radio station WKSU, Kevin Niedermier reports. For safety reasons Cleveland police are not allowed to chase riders who driven recklessly, but now a growing number of them are aggressively harassing drivers. Reed says it’s time to crack down on this behavior.

A monitoring report says Cleveland police have made progress updating policies but face a backlog in investigations of complaints against officers. The six-month review was released Tuesday by the monitoring team overseeing the city’s consent decree with the Justice Department. The monitors wrote positively of the city’s new training guidelines for its use-of-force and crisis intervention policies. Both were submitted for a judge’s approval in recent weeks.

The president of the American Medical Association visited Cleveland today to launch a campaign lobbying Senate Republicans on healthcare. Joining the AMA in this effort are the AARP, the American Hospital Association and other health advocacy groups. They’ll also hold events in Nevada, Colorado and West Virginia. AMA president Dr. David Barbe said any healthcare plan should preserve the Affordable Care Act’s expansion of Medicaid and ensure that low and moderate-income patients can afford coverage.

Operating revenue at MetroHealth increased by $70 million dollars last year and a new Cleveland public high school for science and health opened inside the hospital system in the fall. But the focus of the annual meeting was the new Metro campus. The $855 million project will involve a new parking garage and building. Though President Trump’s proposed federal budget includes $800 billion cuts to Medicaid, MetroHealth officials say any potential changes in federal healthcare won’t impact the new hospital and transformation.

Online vandals yesterday defaced 11 state government websites with messages purporting to be supportive of the so-called Islamic State group. State officials have since restored the sites, and federal officials are investigating.