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The city of nearly 90,000 is making an effort to become bike-friendly as a way to cater to existing residents — many of whom bike because they have to.

President Obama is announcing his nomination to the Supreme Court on Wednesday: Judge Merrick Garland. Will the Senate stick to its position that it won't act on any nomination?

It took a rental car and a five-hour drive from Ithaca, N.Y., for Cornell University sophomore Katrina Cassell to cast her vote at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections on Thursday. In Boston, Berklee College of Music junior Audrey Savransky weighed similar options after the absentee ballot she requested never showed up, she said. “I’ve actually talked about, with a few people, about the idea of driving back the nine hours to get to come back home and vote,” Savransky said, “because it’s too important of an election, and a lot of people’s rights are on the line.”

As Ohio goes, so goes the presidency. That may be good news for President Donald Trump in this yet-to-be-decided race. That's because he won Ohio, beating Democrat Joe Biden easily, 53.4 percent to 45.2 percent in unofficial results. ideastream reporter Nick Castele joined ideastream’s Morning Edition Host Amy Eddings for an analysis of the president's apparent Ohio victory. The president won in 2016 with wide support from non-college educated whites in rural areas. He also won in the suburbs, especially among women. How'd he do it this time?

Updated: 2:15 a.m., Wedensday, Nov. 4, 2020 For the first time in decades, Republicans have taken the majority of Portage County Commissioners seats, according to unofficial election results in two races early Wednesday morning. Republican Tony Badalamenti defeated incumbent Democrat Kathleen Clyde, 40,712 to 36,258 votes. And incumbent Republican Sabrina Christian-Bennett held off Democratic challenger John Kennedy, by more than 10,000 votes to win her second term as commissioner.

Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris urged Northeast Ohio’s voters to make their voices heard at the ballot box over the next 10 days, rallying support for Joe Biden in a campaign trip through Cleveland on Saturday. Harris’ motorcade rolled from Downtown Cleveland to Lakewood, to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections and finally to Cuyahoga Community College as the presidential contest nears its final week before Election Day.

After notching narrow victories in Michigan and Wisconsin on Wednesday, Joe Biden holds a lead in the march to 270. All eyes are on four key states: Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada and North Carolina.

Cleveland’s Safety Committee is considering a proposal to eliminate a requirement for security at small Cleveland block parties. Currently, block party organizers must hire two security officers for their events. The proposal would allow organizers to skip that step, unless the event is expected to have more than 100 people in attendance. Requiring security at every party has put financial strain on the city, according to Councilman Matt Zone.

The head of Cleveland Public Power (CPP) is apologizing for the utility's role in a blackout last Saturday. The outage, which started at another company's electrical substation, left an estimated 40,000 customers on the city's west side in the dark for nearly seven hours. Speaking to reporters at CPP's office on Monday, Commissioner Ivan Henderson said the agency is working "feverishly" to restore a power line that would have provided the west side with a backup electricity feed but has been out of service since December 2016.

MetroHealth is no longer just Cuyahoga County’s public hospital. It will be able to start operating inpatient facilities in eight other surrounding counties —Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit and Wayne— as a result of a new law passed by state lawmakers. It’s a major change in the way MetroHealth System has operated for its 181-year history. It raises questions about how the public hospital will finance its expanded s