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After a listening to that final greater than 5 hours, how did the vote go on a poisonous website for a brand new jail with the steering committee that’s choosing the positioning?

The listening to on the jail included an extended dialogue about whether or not the prevailing jail might be renovated, based mostly on a brand new report from a guide. What’s the upshot?

Some fairly big political information dropped late within the day Tuesday from Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan. What was it?

In information that ought to shock nobody, Ohio was close to the underside of the pile in a ranking how states dealt with unemployment advantages through the pandemic. What do some new numbers inform us?

Is it as a result of the survey respondents are all stoned and feeling no ache? What’s the discovering from a brand new Ohio State College research on the speed of satisfaction with Ohio’s medical marijuana program?

Why are automotive sellers having one of many worst years they’ve ever skilled in 2022?

How will Case Western Reserve College assault a research for the Nationwide Institutes of Well being aimed toward new therapies for hypertension, coronary heart failure and different problems?

Ohioans love their parks, and one of many state parks has what may very well be a terrific new characteristic. Which half, and what’s the characteristic?

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Chris: [00:00:00] All of us knew it was true on the time, however now now we have official science that claims Ohio’s unemployment workplace was horrible through the pandemic. And that’s the story we’ll be speaking about as we speak, on as we speak in Ohio, the information podcast dialogue. From cleveland.com and the Plain Vendor, I’m Chris Quinn. I’m right here with Lisa Garvin, Laura Johnston, and since it’s Wednesday, our metropolis corridor reporter, Courtney Alfi, heaps to speak about.

Let’s bounce in after a listening to that lasted greater than 5 hours, how did the vote go on a poisonous website for a brand new jail with the steering committee that’s choosing the positioning? Courtney Caitlin Durbin had fight obligation yesterday. That’s a very long time to sit down by way of any listening to.

Courtney: Yeah, it sounds prefer it was fairly a gathering and the result was very attention-grabbing to see the vote each day.

So we, we noticed that this proposal to advocate the Transport Highway website south of downtown Cleveland [00:01:00] as the popular jail website, , resoundingly defeated among the many 12 member steering committee. Six people voted towards it. 5 voted for it, and the consultant for Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, didn’t, didn’t vote, nevertheless it wanted 10 votes to cross and didn’t, didn’t get even shut.

Chris: Effectively, what, what, what I used to be a bit of bit distressed by is the entire unfavorable votes had been those who have courthouse workplaces and. Upset as a result of the counties left no cash to replace the courthouse, which is in determined want of it. So I wasn’t, it it, it regarded extra to me just like the vote was about private curiosity fairly than the prisoners that may be sleeping on prime of benzene, essentially the most stunning vote.

To me was the man you coated, Council President Blaine Griffin is okay placing all these inmates on prime of a poisonous website. I simply, I didn’t assume he would try this. I believed he’d wanna say, There’s [00:02:00] different choices right here and there are different choices. I used to be speaking to anyone yesterday that’s not prepared to return out, however there’s a very respectable possibility not removed from the middle of downtown.

So there’s issues that they may do, however the truth that 5 individuals voted for this was. Was was very telling. Yeah. And,

Courtney: and form of what struck me, I imply you had been speaking about all the oldsters who voted towards it, whose personal private workplaces haven’t but been addressed cuz they’re a part of the courthouse y , um, It didn’t look like they actually gave concrete causes on both aspect.

The parents who voted for and towards didn’t actually element the reasoning behind their votes. I imply, you’ll be able to assume it’s wrapped up on this complete, this complete chatter concerning the environmental considerations, nevertheless it, it doesn’t look like we acquired the reasoning there. So, so I’m form of inquisitive about that. I’m, I’m additionally form of curious, , such as you stated, the, town council president went for it, however.

Why did the mayors vote? Why did they abstain that? [00:03:00] That’s form of a query mark for me, however , all of this being stated is the steering committee actually doesn’t have the ultimate name right here. The settlement to face up. The steering committee stored the ultimate resolution making energy within the arms of county council they usually’re anticipated to vote in in late October about whether or not to purchase that website anyhow and prolong the quarter % gross sales tax indefinitely.

To pay for these tasks. Um, however there’s a caveat right here. So let’s say council. Does transfer forward with this website, um, towards the steering committee’s needs. The way in which that the, the timing of the contract would come out in line with the county’s actual property and guide is, is the county would nonetheless have 90 days to again out of the deal.

And that places the ultimate resolution effectively into January, which implies, , a brand new government will get in and, and possibly qua it trigger we all know what their positions are. Winegart Roan, so, That point delay [00:04:00] is attention-grabbing to see how that’ll play out.

Chris: Though what threw me about that’s that, so the council say they vote to purchase this, this website going towards all logic and motive If, if buddhi.

Instantly then went to shut on it as a result of they’ve been doing the due diligence all 12 months. How do you again outta that? If, I imply, if I, if I shut on a home and switch the cash, I, I don’t get to tug it again. I assume the way in which the contract is written and permits it, the, the, the sensible transfer, they’re gonna vote on this actually days earlier than the election, proper?

It might be late October, the elections November eighth. Why not wait to see who the brand new county government is? And discuss to that man earlier than you vote. I imply, it’s so shut. At that time, what’s the why, why transfer ahead?

Courtney: You recognize, uh, now we have to go away that to, to county council. There’s, there’s nonetheless a necessity to determine what we’re doing with the jail, but when, if the subsequent government undoes it, I don’t, I don’t [00:05:00] know the way it strikes ahead or, or what.

level is,

Chris: okay, it’s as we speak in Ohio. The listening to on the jail included an extended dialogue about whether or not the prevailing jail might be renovated based mostly on a brand new report from a guide. We’ll have a narrative that goes into much more element about that dialogue later as we speak, however we did publish a narrative about what the report stated.

And Lisa, earlier than we begin, I acquired lots of confusion from readers yesterday that didn’t perceive the way in which the Justice Middle is ready up. So the Justice Middle. The courthouse tower, after which it has two 4 story jail buildings, one constructed greater than 50 years in the past, and one constructed within the mid nineties. And in order that, that’s the dialogue is about these two jail buildings and what the report stated.

Yeah,

Lisa: this report is from D L Z structure they usually launched a redacted model of that 200 web page report back to cleveland.com and the Plain Vendor earlier this week. So the upshot is, is that the [00:06:00] present jail may very well be renovated, however would require intensive work and plenty of compromises must be made. So they beautiful a lot concluded that it’s actually not sensible to renovate the jail services.

They are saying that exchange. Is essentially the most cheap resolution. Additionally, they stated it helps the county transfer from a custody and management mannequin to care and custody mannequin, cuz as we’ve talked about, , most of the, the issues with the jail or cramp areas, lack of pure gentle and all that form of factor. Now, DZ was employed by prosecutor Michael Malley, an administrative frequent.

Please decide Brendan Shean again in July. The total report can be introduced on the Tuesday assembly of the Justice Middle Steering Committee of which. And she or he in our half, after which the county council will get a have a look at it on October eleventh. Um, it’s attention-grabbing as a result of O’Malley did rent them that he stated D LZ informed him that their arms had been tied by the research parameters that had been [00:07:00] so slender that it didn’t enable some other conclusion, however a brand new jail.

However the DLC report acknowledged that they weren’t influenced or directed by anybody or something to achieve their conclusions. And naturally, jail planning guide, Jeff Applebaum says, We informed you so

Chris: that what I’m a bit of bit distressed by and this arises as at from an thought by Lee Wgar, is that they’ve actually haven’t regarded carefully, at the least not for a number of years, at whether or not one of many two jail buildings, the newer one, May very well be used in a roundabout way, form, or type.

And it’s not splendid. It’s 4 tales and fashionable jails ought to be one or two tales. It permits for a significantly better administration and it saves you cash on hiring guards. However should you may save 1 / 4 of a billion {dollars} through the use of that outdated constructing, you’d wanna attempt, and we actually don’t have an thought of.

What the price can be to try this. Clearly the cells are too small by fashionable requirements. They’d have [00:08:00] to knock partitions all the way down to do it, however they personal the positioning. It’s a safe website. And once I was in Florida, what they did, that they had a excessive safety jail on their jail campus, after which that they had a bunch of very low safety jails.

One was for individuals on drug and alcohol therapy. One other was one for job coaching. For those who had been within the jail lengthy sufficient, they might try to provide you with a talent so you may get a job and also you. Be a recidivism statistic. So should you may make that jail work because the excessive safety lockup, the the jail you’d need to construct one can be smaller than is anticipated and can be low-cost since you don’t need to put within the stainless-steel sinks and the stainless-steel bathrooms and the entire further costly stuff that goes right into a safe facility and.

It’s an inducement, proper? As a result of should you’re in jail, you wanna be within the good place with the home windows and all that stuff. You don’t wanna be within the excessive safety jail. So it additionally helps corral conduct, however we simply don’t know. I imply, Courtney, you and I had been speaking yesterday and there was a [00:09:00] level by which they checked out this in no matter it was, 2019, however I, I simply don’t get the sensation that.

And stated, You recognize what, if we stored this as excessive safety jail, tore down jail one and put the central reserving facility the place that’s, after which constructed the second jail offsite someplace the place it will be extra for therapy and all that form of stuff. Yeah,

Courtney: they did, They did discover that possibility as a part of the steering committee course of.

It, um, , it seems like they may take one other appear like they did with the renovation, however I assume it will. Yeah. However we hit the identical

Lisa: conclusion. You recognize, this record, there was a litany of ills, and naturally the record didn’t delineate between the 2 jail buildings. Proper. So I do not know what’s the place, however they discovered that the kitchen has poor drainage.

There’s zero storage all through the. If for inmate stuff, that they, that’s taken from them once they’re, , put in jail workers lockers are in poor situation. There, there are not any bathrooms and sinks working there. [00:10:00] And so they additionally discovered that, , workers was utilizing the locker room as a break room as a result of their break room was so small, darkish and inaccessible.

You might have plumbing and ex and electrical stuff. Actually inaccessible, , to, to repair the outside facade is crumbling. Inmate showers are usually not ADA compliant. I imply, it’s only a litany of ills. I simply don’t know how one can repair

Chris: that. However Lisa, they did ask, did you, did you separate this out? As a result of the jail two is barely 28 years outdated.

I imply, a 28 12 months outdated institutional constructing. And we’re gonna, we’re gonna eliminate it. The entire stuff you’re speaking. The kitchen and the lockers and the break room. For those who constructed that facility on the positioning of jail one, you may have all that stuff and use jail two, simply as a spot the place the cells are.

The kitchen may very well be on this new facility. Look, it’s, it’s a le one guard thought. It’s value. Asking the questions on, it is likely to be that it will be [00:11:00] prohibitively costly to do something with jail too, to get it into compliance. That as a result of the cells are small and also you’d need to knock all of the partitions down, that you simply’re simply getting right into a, a value vary, that it’s cheaper to construct new.

Simply be good to know. You recognize, it’s a type of issues that we’ve spent, everyone retains saying, We’ve studied this and studied this and studied this. However we didn’t research that. And, and should you may save taxpayers some huge cash whereas constructing a humane facility, it, it is likely to be value speaking about. Uh, once more, Caitlin could have a narrative as we speak about lots of the dialogue that came about yesterday about that report.

Uh, it sounds just like the, the guide had extra to say than was within the doc. So we’ll be speaking about it once more tomorrow. It’s as we speak in Ohio. , some fairly big political information. Dropped late within the day Tuesday from Akron Mayor Dan Hogan. Laura, you grew up in Summit County, so it’s a bit of bit extra near your coronary heart.

What was the information?

Laura: Proper? However once I grew up, Dan Hogan was not mayor. He’s the one who took over after [00:12:00] the long run. Mayor Don Squeek had been serving for nearly 30 years. So, Dan Horgan is stepping down after two phrases of mayor. This gained’t occur till the top of 2023. There’s already been a bunch of those who have thrown their hat within the ring to run, uh, subsequent 12 months, and I’m positive much more can be doing.

So he didn’t elaborate on what led to his resolution. He didn’t take any questions. Final night time, the press launch got here proper at like f. 5:01 PM He stated, My causes are my very own, and they’re with out remorse. It’s the honor of my skilled lifetime to function Akron’s 62nd mayor. Earlier than that, he was a social research instructor at St.

V. He was a metropolis council member for years and a Summit County Clerk of Courts. So spent a very long time, very long time in public service and actually aimed to make Akron to develop Akron’s inhabitants and make it a livable metropolis with an excellent high quality of. So,

Chris: Lisa, you’ve been in journalism so long as I’ve. And so that you take note of the phrases that folks use.

Did it strike you as [00:13:00] odd when he stated very particularly in his assertion? My causes are my very own.

Lisa: Sure. And normally the usual line is, , they both wanna spend extra time with household night time, their household, , or they only need to, , to form of take it straightforward and. Step away from public life.

So yeah, that is, it’s form of a cipher what he stated. I don’t know what meaning. I, I hope he elaborate.

Chris: Yeah, I imply, I nervous once I learn it like, is he sick? Has he had a prognosis or is that this concerning the, the tough street that he had. I imply, he largely, I believe, was, acquired good grades for the way in which he handled the police capturing.

I imply, that they had some, that they had, they tripped a bit of bit, however, however in comparison with lots of mayors in America, they did issues fairly transparently and, and tried to maintain the lid on with out being overbearing. Possibly that’s, However I simply, my causes are my very own simply, it’s a slap. Like what does that

Laura: imply? I imply, perhaps he’s simply reached like he able to retire.

I imply, [00:14:00] he’s, he’s had a very long time of public service and he, he was reelected three years in the past with like 77% of the vote or one thing. So he’s been pretty well-liked. Voters have supported, um, the revenue tax plan that he put in in 2017. He’s had an entire bunch of initiatives that for essentially the most half have gone over effectively, I.

Seen any. You recognize, big opposition to him.

Chris: No, and, and he was, he was a pleasure to cope with in comparison with some elected officers. Once you would discuss to him, he was very open. He, he talked about his philosophies and perhaps he will get it. That should you can’t get what you wanna get achieved in eight years, it’s time to offer it up and let anyone else attempt.

We’ve had two longer operating mayors in Cleveland and Mike White with 12 years in Frank Jackson with 16. Then I believe many individuals would say they each ought to have ended it at eight and perhaps Hogan simply has that knowledge. I want he’d defined that line although, as a result of I believe individuals who assist him are going to fret.

Did you get some [00:15:00] form of dangerous physician’s prognosis or one thing? What? It prompted you, My causes are my very own. You’re the mayor. Nothing’s your personal. You’re a public

Laura: determine. . I imply, I, I might assume that sooner or later he’ll clarify extra, and in addition to we don’t know that that is the top of his profession. Possibly he’s gonna run for one thing

larger.

Chris: Possibly it’s as we speak in Ohio in information that ought to shock nobody. Ohio was close to the underside of the pile in a ranking of how states dealt with unemployment advantages through the pandemic. Courtney, how dangerous had been we?

Courtney: Yeah, like nearly the worst. We had been the third worst within the, within the nation. Um, and and , the US Division of Labor’s Inspector Common.

Did this evaluation to see how rapidly unemployment advantages had been getting out of the door through the pandemic among the many completely different states. And, and, , it stated requirements about how rapidly these, these advantages ought to exit. And mainly its conclusion was that solely 43% of Ohio ends [00:16:00] about. 350,000 of 820,000 who filed claims for, , regular, conventional unemployment advantages between April, 2020 and March, 2021.

Then solely 43% started receiving them inside the first three weeks of their eligibility. Um, we solely carried out higher than Florida and Hawaii and Minnesota and Illinois had been among the many finest within the nation for, for a way swift this went out the door.

Chris: Yeah. And this, this was about being humane, the, the. Price individuals jobs left and proper.

And we stored listening to from individuals their agony, not, not solely may they not get the advantages, they couldn’t even get a response from the state. And what number of days throughout wine with DeWine did John Houston rise up and say, Yeah, we’re engaged on it. We all know it’s an issue, I promise we’re gonna repair it. They by no means actually mounted it, and he simply stopped showing at wine.

With the wine. Uh, it’s, it’s not a shock to listen to that we had been horrible. It’s unhappy that in a [00:17:00] service that was so desperately wanted, we dropped the ball, and we’ve talked about this. You’d assume that may work towards Mike DeWine in his reelection marketing campaign, however n has not been making a lot about it.

Courtney: Oh, and, and simply to return and recap what all these points had been beneath dined through the pandemic, , take into consideration all of the calls and lengthy wait occasions and, and delays. O the Division of Job and Household Companies was dealing with not simply common unemployment advantages. However particular pandemic advantages from the federal authorities as effectively.

We all know it’s been riddled with fraud and, , again in, in Could, 2020, then director of the division stated that, , lots of the issues right here fell to this actually outdated laptop system. So, I imply, wanting ahead, it’s, it’s not gonna be as large of a necessity as that large delusion, uh, coming from the necessary enterprise shut all the way down to the start of the pandemic.

However wanting ahead on how the system’s gonna serve Ohio ends. This new [00:18:00] laptop system challenge, it was supposed to get replaced by 2023. That’s on maintain cuz an entire different scandal concerned with the software program firm. And within the meantime, at the least the US Labor Division giving Ohio suggestions on easy methods to enhance the system.

They’re gonna assist Ohio work to get well cash from the fraudsters as finest as they will. However it it who, who is aware of the place we. Going ahead right here how? How we get enhancements in place. Yeah.

Chris: It might’ve been good to be on the prime of these rankings. Not on the backside. It’s as we speak in Ohio. All proper, Lisa, is it as a result of the survey respondents are all stoned and feeling no ache?

What’s the discovering from a brand new Ohio State College research on this satisfaction with Ohio’s medical marijuana program? Thus far. It hasn’t been good. Yeah.

Lisa: That is the fourth annual report from the Ohio Medical Marijuana Management Program at Ohio State College. They, uh, had a web-based survey of two,500 individuals again in April.

In Could, [00:19:00] issues have improved with this report. 56.1% of these surveyed stated that they had been extraordinarily or considerably happy with the medical marijuana program. 35 and a half % had been extraordinarily or considerably dissatisfied, however that’s down 20 factors. 2021. Um, the satisfaction is generally on account of decreasing costs, though some individuals say they’re not low sufficient.

Um, additionally elevated comfort as a result of a few of these dispensaries have curbside service, in order that they’re distant physician appointments they usually’re extra conversant in this system to allow them to navigate it higher. However costs. Proceed to remain excessive, though should you evaluate ‘em to completely different states, it’s form of a wash a gram of marijuana in Ohio is 8 99, and that was down from 10 85 final 12 months, and down from $17 a gram again in 2019 when this system started.

Now in Michigan, it’s cheaper. It’s 3 91 a gram, nevertheless it’s larger In Pennsylvania, it’s 1169 a gram. [00:20:00] So government director of the Ohio Medical Hashish Business Affiliation. Matt Shut says Pricing ought to proceed to return down as a result of 70 plus new dispensaries can be opening throughout the state this 12 months. And he says it’s actually not truthful to match us to Michigan so far as costs go as a result of their medical program is way older than ours, they usually even have leisure marijuana in Michigan.

Chris: Yeah, I don’t perceive why individuals in Ohio wouldn’t simply drive to Michigan at this level as a result of it’s so less expensive there they usually have limitless licenses, so it simply retains dropping. Uh, if you drive by way of Michigan, each different billboard is for. Marijuana. You surprise how many individuals from Ohio are literally doing that.

We regarded early on at what number of license plates from Ohio had been within the retailers and there have been a bunch. However now that it’s ingrained, you simply surprise if the turnpike from Cleveland to Michigan, marijuana may be very. Highly regarded route

Lisa: for, uh, nevertheless it [00:21:00] is likely to be a wash as a result of I’ll let you know the get go proper across the nook for me, gases as much as $4 once more.

So , That’s true. Do you pay extra for gasoline to get your marijuana or do you simply pay a much bigger value right here within the state?

Chris: Yeah, it’s true. You’re utilizing a tank, a guess to shuttle or at the least a half a tank anyway. It’s attention-grabbing to see that persons are, are happier about it and I, I anticipate subsequent 12 months we’ll be speaking about, uh, un limitless use of marijuana in Ohio that’s supposed to move to the poll.

It’s as we speak in Ohio. Laura, are they going to finally deal with the East Cleveland? Police division, like a racketeering case, I imply with the variety of individuals which are, have been indicted on that division. Are you able to argue that it’s it that it truly is a racketeering group simply constructed round corruption?

What’s the

Laura: That’s a very good level. Trigger we’re taking a look at 9. Cops indicted out of 45 on the whole 4. So, Fifth of them are our beneath indictment and, and the record of of [00:22:00] wrongdoing is simply retains rising. So, uh, 4 indictments got here down yesterday. Corey Schaeffer wrote about these. They’re accused of beating two individuals, following separate automotive chases, mendacity about it in official stories, and smashing the mobile phone of each males, I imagine.

Two of those officers had already been indicted on different crimes. After which two extra is new. Uh, Brian stole Tyler Musson, Kyle Wooden and Daniel Tumor. And the tales specified by these narratives are actually scary they usually remind you again to the East Cleveland Police Chase challenge we did, Why individuals run from these cops within the first place.

So within the first case, um, these officers had been chasing somebody after. They tried to cease a automotive for driving with out lights. They, they reported that the motive force hit the entrance of their cruiser, however physique cam truly exhibits the officer Ram the motive force’s automotive. The driving force put each arms out of his window, complied with the officer’s instructions.

They yank him from the automotive, [00:23:00] punch him, want him and the chest whereas they hand stored him. After which they informed dispatchers they resisted arrest after which they smashed his mobile phone. However after all, within the police report it, it says that the. The sufferer of that is the aggressor, and the man ended up spending greater than two weeks in jail on a $40,000 bond.

It was lowered. He lead and he later, later pleaded responsible to some misdemeanor counts. You figured like, I imply, the entire thing is simply created to victimize somebody. Effectively, right here’s the, that’s the first one. I’ll go into the second later in order for you. However,

Chris: however right here’s the issue although. With 9 of the officers now indicted and the, the FBI has taken the extraordinarily uncommon transfer of claiming, Okay, we need to hear should you’ve been mistreated by East Cleveland police’s hotline.

As a result of it’s so riddled with corruption. We imagine it’s widespread, so tell us. So if for the police on that power which are. Below indictment, At the very least not but. There’s no means they didn’t find out about this. You’ll be able to’t have 9 cops [00:24:00] going this rogue, together with the chief, by the way in which. Mm-hmm. and folks not bear in mind, they usually’re legislation enforcement officers.

I imply, should you’re a legislation enforcement officer and that the opposite guys on the power are doing this, it’s your obligation to do one thing about it. I thi this factor has simply gotta get shut down. They, they, they. Proceed. They’ve the facility to lock you up. So should you’re driving by way of East Cleveland, you’re susceptible to abuse by those who have the facility of the

Laura: badge.

Completely. And there’s not a lot you are able to do about it. Proper? Like one of many guys in a separate case truly referred to as the police, the Cleveland. Known as 9 1 1 from the again of the cop automotive saying he was injured due to these officers. The EMS from Cleveland responded, and the East Cleveland Police despatched them away by saying, We don’t want you.

However then as a result of there was a crash, the Cleveland police got here again after which they referred to as their EMS once more, and the man ended up in an ambulance and went to the hospital. So but you haven’t any recourse as a result of they’re the police, which is extremely scary. You would find yourself [00:25:00] suing later, however as we’ve documented, No person will take your case as a result of town is broke.

They’ll’t pay out the judgements they’ve. And so, yeah, it’s like the place is the recourse for these poor individuals or the residents even? It’s only a, a

Chris: mess. Effectively, the recourse is that they’re gonna have a recall election on their mayor and for no different motive they need to recall the mayor. The mayor can’t management the police division.

The council doesn’t have the facility to, in order that they’ve gotta do one thing.

Laura: Yeah. And , I’m glad. That the FBI is wanting into it. You, it’s important to imagine this won’t be the final indictment that comes out of it. And they’re, are actually investigating after years of this taking place.

Courtney: And Can I chip in on one thing?

Simply go forward. Only a word. The, the one gentleman who was the beating sufferer right here, his costs had been later dropped, however he spent two months within the county jail. After he was accused with issues re associated to this, this incident. And, um, these are the form of people who’ve to remain in our county [00:26:00] jail generally too.

Chris: We’re, I do know, and as we mentioned earlier within the week, consuming meals that’s not edible. We we’re taking a look at what it. Whether or not the state has any energy to decertify a police division, as a result of that could be the one reply and have the sheriff take over. This division has acquired to go. No person can argue that it ought to stay in existence at this level.

It’s as we speak in Ohio. Why are automotive sellers having one of many worst years they’ve ever skilled in 2022? Courtney? It’s simply not going effectively.

Courtney: Yeah, the economies are available in and for all the things, proper? It’s touching each a part of our economic system. And it looks like these forces are, are undoubtedly hitting the Northern Ohio automotive market.

So, um, , reporter Sean McDonald discovered that, , this 12 months. Dealerships in northern Ohio offered about 150,000 new automobiles. You recognize, evaluate that to 2021 when there have been 190,000 the 12 months earlier than, 175,000 and, and, and undoubtedly decrease this [00:27:00] 12 months than within the years previous the pandemic. So, , Sean talked to the president of the Automo.

Vehicle Sellers Affiliation, Lewis Benton. And he mainly stated that, , we all know that there have been stock issues with automobiles. He stated these circumstances are beginning to enhance, however used automotive values are, are weakening. Um, in the meantime individuals nonetheless wanna commerce in automobiles and, and that may make. New automobile purchases nonetheless a viable possibility, however, however I believe the important thing right here, atonia factors to rates of interest.

I imply, persons are simply being hit onerous by the price of, of going to purchase a

Chris: automotive. Now. For the longest time, there was no provide. Folks couldn’t get the automotive they needed, they usually had been being informed you’ll be able to put an order in. However that, however that’s not the issue now. Now you’re saying that the issue now could be actually, it’s the economic system.

Folks can’t afford it. That’s

Courtney: what it, it positive appears

Chris: like. All proper. It’s as we speak in Ohio. How will Case Western Reserve College assault [00:28:00] a research for the Nationwide Institutes of Well being aimed toward new therapies for hypertension, coronary heart failure, and different problems? Lisa, it’s extra of our science story.

Protection on this podcast looks like our well being. The facilities are consistently on the leading edge, actually.

Lisa: They are surely. And this grant, it’s a $15.7 million grant from the Nationwide Institutes of Well being to Case Western Reserve College and Duke College for a 3 12 months analysis challenge. In order that they’re gonna be utilizing a brand new imaging device referred to as the 3D Muse, which mainly slices up the vagus nerve.

And collects microscopic photos in actual time because it’s being slice. So the vagus nerve is a nerve that connects many of the physique’s organs to the mind. There are a few hundred thousand fibers within the VA nerve, they usually’ll be mapped to focus on to the their goal organs. And Andrew Schall, who’s the assistant biomedical nearing professor at Ok says, As we perceive the vagus nerve, we will design therapies and [00:29:00] units for issues like hypertension.

Uh, coronary heart failure and GI problems, different power circumstances, however stimulating the vagus nerve with electrical energy is a, is a reasonably effectively established therapy. They’ve been used it to deal with, uh, rheumatoid arthritis, epilepsy, and coronary heart failure. They’ll be utilizing vagus nerves from cadavers and instances and anatomical reward program.

Chris: It’s simply odd that, that the identical therapy you’d use to cut back your blood stress, you’d use it for abdomen problems. It simply wouldn’t, it doesn’t look like that you may assault these two very completely different circumstances with the identical expertise. However that’s the objective, proper? And

Lisa: that is the, the, , every of those fibers attaches to a distinct organ.

So as soon as they determine which fits the place, then they will actually begin to design therapies.

Chris: Attention-grabbing one. We’ll need to see if that develops. It’s as we speak in Ohio. That’s it for a Wednesday. Thanks, Lisa. Thanks Laura. Thanks Courtney. And due to everyone who listens to the podcast.[00:30:00]