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Akron is digitizing personnel files to better monitor the behavior of its safety forces. Akron city council this week approved spending $43,000 for the program to track the use of force, tardiness, public complaints, and more. From Ohio Public Radio station WKSU, Kevin Niedermier reports. Akron officials say the new software package will make it easier and more efficient to spot public safety trends and improve police, fire and EMS service.

Cleveland’s agreement with the Justice Department to reform the city’s police force is one of 14 across the country U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions wants to review. Sessions says such consent decrees taint entire police departments because of a few bad officers. From Ohio Public Radio station WKSU, Kevin Niedermier reports Cleveland officials believe the 2015 agreement remains the best path to real reform.

Symphony No. 3 by Gustav Mahler is one of the longest symphonies in the standard repertoire. There may be a few longer ones out there, but this "hymn to…

Immigration advocates are protesting what they say is stepped-up deportation enforcement by the federal government. The advocacy group HOLA Ohio says several undocumented immigrants it represents in Northeast Ohio have been detained or given notice to leave the country. They previously had been considered a low deportation priority so long as they regularly checked in with authorities.

Summit County Juvenile Court Magistrate Tavia Baxter Galonski has been picked to replace former State Representative Greta Johnson, who stepped down to become the county’s deputy law director. From Ohio Public Radio station WKSU, Kevin Niedermier reports. Ohio House Democrats selected Galonski from a list of eight applicants vying to finish Johnson’s term in the 35th district which runs through the end of next year. As a state representative, Galonski says she will rely on her background in working to keep families together.

A day after Ohio’s attorney general sued five drug makers for their alleged role in the state’s opioid crisis, Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor is opening up about her own family’s struggles with addiction. From member station WOSU, Steve Brown reports. Taylor tells the Dayton Daily News both of her sons have struggled with opiate addiction, although she wouldn’t say if it was heroin or painkillers. She said both men, who are in their mid 20s, are doing well now, although one remains in drug treatment.

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The survey asks about Lake residents’ access to care – Do they have a personal physician? Dental insurance? How would they rate the quality of their care? “Is it that individuals have the insurance or are they more concerned about utilizing it because of out of pocket costs?” asks Lake County Health Commissioner Ron Graham. “Or do they have a physician that’s unable to provide the services.”