A public corruption case. A bill to ban employer vaccine mandates. The politicized process of setting the districts.
There’s always news on the Ohio politics and government beat, and a new state politics podcast debuting today aims to catch you up on the highlights.
Ohio Politics Explained, or OPE (yes, that polite Midwestern substitute for “sorry”), is a 15-minute podcast produced by the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau. The bureau team covers state government and politics for The Columbus Dispatch, Cincinnati Enquirer, Akron Beacon Journal and 18 other newsrooms in the USA TODAY Network Ohio.
In each week’s episode of 15 minutes (more or less), reporter Anna Staver and other members of the team will give you information you can use in your daily life or to start a discussion with friends this weekend.
A new episode will be posted each Friday and bonus episodes may appear when there’s big news that can’t wait for the end of the week.
“I want to spark people’s curiosity and encourage friendly debate,” Staver said. “I really hope people walk away from the podcast feeling like they have a better understanding of their government and the place they live.”
In the inaugural episode, Staver and reporter Laura Bischoff talked about the debate over COVID-19 vaccine mandates at the Statehouse, a bill to close the “marital rape loophole” and more.
Jackie Borchardt is the bureau chief for the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau, which serves the Columbus Dispatch, Cincinnati Enquirer, Akron Beacon Journal and 18 other affiliated news organizations across Ohio.
