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In the lead up to next month’s election, ideastream is answering your questions about voting. Lacey from Columbus asked what happens if your ballot seems to have been lost in the mail. According to Portage County Board of Elections Deputy Director Terry Nielsen, if a voter calls into the board to report a missing ballot, the board can mark an already mailed absentee ballot as void and send a new one.

Cleveland officials used a Monday press conference to encourage protestors to be peaceful – and assure residents that protests will be kept under control – ahead of Tuesday’s presidential debate. The city hosting the first debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden at the Cleveland Clinic Tuesday evening.

The legislation addresses many of Democrats' top priorities that were included in the $3.4 trillion bill that passed the House in May. The latest bill lessens the duration of benefits.

The loud music from a Clark-Fulton caravana got Marissa Sortoresi dancing – despite any negative opinions from her son. "My son didn't like it too much. He was a little embarrassed," Sortoresi said. A caravana is a parade of cars with music and loudspeakers. It’s a common tradition in many Latinx communities. And this caravana did exactly what it was meant to do: It got people’s attention.

After missing President Trump's two previous visits to Ohio this year, Gov. Mike DeWine is planning to meet him at a rally Monday.

The Ohio State University athletics department expects a $107 million deficit as a result of COVID-19. On Wednesday, the department announced spending…

Eight years of work finally paid off Friday with the official designation of the Cuyahoga River as an Ohio Water Trail. The new Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) trail designation means paddlers will have signage, amenities and access points to guide them along the more than 90-mile Cuyahoga River.

Updated: 4:05 p.m., Dec. 2, 2019 Since attaching cameras to school buses earlier this year, Mentor police have issued 10 times the number of citations for drivers passing stopped buses. Before the cameras, Mentor police relied on bus drivers to report drivers who passed them, said Capt. Michael Majernik. But bus drivers are busy focusing on the kids, he said, and the cameras provide more concrete evidence.

A pilot program aiming to address the food instability and access in East Cleveland is offering discounted rides to and from nearby grocery stores this holiday season. The partnership between Lyft and the Northeast Ohio Alliance for Hope (NOAH) starts Dec. 1. NOAH has been working with Cuyahoga County and East Cleveland officials to discuss food insecurity for the past few years, said Executive Director Trevelle Harp, culminating with a presentation on government policies such as redlining and investment practices.

For the first time in at least 14 years, new rental assistance is coming to non-elderly people with disabilities in Cuyahoga County because of an allocation of vouchers from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The 150 new housing vouchers, announced Nov. 26, will be distributed and managed by the nonprofit public housing agency EDEN Inc. They'll cover about $450 per month in rent, on average, for non-elderly people with disabilities.