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A new fund created by the Andrew W. Mellon and Ford Foundations awards unrestricted grants to fellows working in a range of disciplines including architecture, dance, multimedia and journalism.

Northeast Ohio county boards of elections are ramping up recruitment efforts for poll workers ahead of Election Day under the cloud of COVID-19. The Lorain County Board of Elections has been recruiting volunteers for the past two months to ensure there are enough for Nov. 3, said Director Paul Adams. That’s earlier than recruitment would normally start, he said. “We want to make sure that anybody who’s interested in being a poll worker, we’re getting in contact with some way or another to prepare them to work for us this November,” Adams said.

Like restaurants, the St. Augustine Hunger Center – which gives away hundreds of free meals every day, even in a “normal” year – has been forced to make some major adjustments through the coronavirus pandemic. St. Augustine Hunger Center’s new COVID-19 guidelines, requiring face coverings, gloves and temperature checks, didn’t deter Eric McMillon, who is volunteering for the 19th straight year. “Everybody needs somebody’s help, no matter what. So if I can give back to the community and I ain’t doing nothing, I’ll do it," McMillon said.

President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to spend $1.7 trillion over the next 10 years to fight climate change by cutting greenhouse gas emissions nationwide. Advocates of renewable energy in Ohio say the incoming administration has a chance to shape the future of a state where fossil fuels remain major sources of electricity. Ohio’s energy picture has been changing over the last 15 years. Coal is on a downward slide and natural gas has been ascendant.

Sen. Rob Portman stunned the Ohio political world Monday with his announcement that he won’t run for reelection. That leaves an open seat in 2022 as Democrats and Republicans vie for control of a closely divided Senate. It may not be long before candidates start running, according to David Cohen, the interim director of the Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron.

When "Morning Edition" host Amy Eddings was a kid, she longed for an owners' manual for life, with chapters on how to make friends and how to get your brothers to stop bugging you. The podcast "We Got You" aims to be that kind of a guide.

A “skinny black girl, descended from slaves and raised by a single mother” wowed the nation on Inauguration Day with her poem “The Hill We Climb.” After President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were sworn in on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, 22-year-old Amanda Gorman, the country’s first Youth Poet Laureate, became the youngest person to read a poem at an inaugural ceremony.

Updated: 1:15 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, 2020 COVID-19 cases are soaring across the country and here in Cuyahoga County. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner announced Monday the office building will be closed to the public and non-essential employees until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The November election brought mixed results when it came to local school levies. Renewals passed easily, but some additional levies faced bigger challenges. At least one district is crossing its fingers that its razor thin margin holds while absentee ballots trickle in. Morning Edition Host Amy Eddings spoke with ideastream’s education reporter Jenny Hamel. So, how would you characterize what you’re seeing this November?

Gen. Gustave Perna says as soon as the FDA deems a vaccine safe and effective, his team is ready to coordinate deployment of tens of millions of doses as early as next month.