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The leader of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus joined with some Cleveland City Council members and other local officials to support Issue 1 at a news conference Thursday morning. The proposed constitutional amendment would reduce penalties for drug possession, reclassifying lower-level felonies as misdemeanors. It would also allow incarcerated people, with some exceptions, to shorten their prison sentences by taking part in job and education programs.

Cleveland City Council is examining a program to offer free attorneys for poor people facing eviction in housing court. Council members from Cleveland and New York discussed the idea at a City Club forum Wednesday. Cleveland sees 9,000 to 10,000 evictions a year. Of the tenants who appear in housing court, less than 2 percent have a lawyer.

Cinematheque director John Ewing has programmed the finest foreign, classic and independent films for more than three decades in Cleveland. So when he describes a screening as the "film event of the century," local film fanatics take note. Tonight a new film by the late Orson Welles, "The Other Side of the Wind," premieres after hanging in limbo since the 1970s.

The impact of the opioid crisis was all over the ballot on Tuesday – from candidates with proposed opioid solutions to county levies for strained children services departments. Near-Record Number of Children Services Levies on the Ballot New data from the US Department of Health and Human Services notes an increase in the number of children in foster care in 2017, but the number of kids entering the system is going down.

M.L. Schultze At the only debate in Ohio’s 7th Congressional District race, the candidates collided on the expected issues — healthcare, tax cuts and national security — but the killing of 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh last week came up as well. More than 500 people attended the debate at Ashland University Monday night between Republican Congressman Bob Gibbs and his Democratic challenger, Ken Harbaugh.

M.L. Schultze Ohio’s reliably red 7th Congressional District will remain that way, with Republican Bob Gibbs winning his fifth consecutive term despite a well-funded challenge from Democrat Ken Harbaugh. Gibbs’ performance didn’t quite match the win Donald Trump chalked up in the 7th two years ago, but his 18-point edge was convincing by any measure. Gibbs said the nation and his district have seen unprecedented economic growth in the last two years, and the nation is “safer and stronger.”

President Trump dropped into Ohio the afternoon before Election Day in a bid to boost the Republican ticket here. Trump, joined by his daughter Ivanka, called a number of GOP candidates to share the stage with him during his hour-long rally at the I-X Center in Cleveland. The president was also scheduled to speak in Fort Wayne, Ind., and Cape Girardeau, Mo.

The Democrats had high hopes for yesterday's mid-term election, and the party succeeded in retaking the House of Representatives. But in Ohio, the GOP again swept the major statewide offices, led by gubernatorial candidate Mike DeWine. Ohio Congressman and Democrat Tim Ryan won re-election in Ohio's 13th district, and he's challenged his party leadership before.

Voters in Willoughby Hills said "no" on Tuesday to nine charter amendments that would have given its city council greater oversight of the mayor's office, including the power to fire the Mayor. The vote comes one month after Mayor Robert Weger tried to remove six of seven council members.

Cleveland City Council questioned utility officials on Tuesday about how they’ll prevent power outages this summer. But the conversation turned toward Cleveland Public Power’s long-term needs. CPP leaders said they’ve stepped up maintenance in recent months, trimming more trees around power lines. They’re also deploying sensors this summer to detect problems in the system, Commissioner Ivan Henderson said.