Sound of Ideas Reporters Roundtable

Most of your neighbors are worried about the economy, immigration and public safety, according to the NEO Voter Voices poll commissioned by Ideastream Public Media and two other media partners.

The city of Cleveland has formed a task force to investigate a series of illegal street takeovers that terrified people last weekend on city streets and Interstate 90. One arrest has been made.

Residents in a 20-mile radius of the East Palestine toxic train derailment will soon see proceeds of a class-action suit against Norfolk Southern. A federal judge this week approved the $600 million settlement.

The Portage County sheriff on Facebook this week called undocumented immigrants "illegal human locusts" and encouraged collecting addresses of Kamala Harris supporters. The local NAACP and others say it's voter intimidation. The sheriff says it's his First Amendment right.

City leaders in Springfield, near Dayton, say Haitian immigrants are not eating their neighbors' pet cats, but the surging immigrant population there has presented challenges for health care, education and traffic control. Gov. Mike DeWine is sending money and highway patrol troopers to help.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has directed county boards of election to limit how voters can use ballot drop boxes for this fall's election.

A Franklin County judge recently ruled that the reproductive rights amendment makes the waiting period unconstitutional.

Two Trumbull County hospitals and six satellites owned by a for-profit firm are scheduled to close next month. There are local efforts to find a buyer to keep them open.

FirstEnergy will avoid state prosecution for paying off public officials in the biggest bribery scheme in Ohio history by paying even more money to the state -- $20 million.

Many people across Northeast Ohio remain without power after tornadoes and violent thunderstorms earlier this week. FirstEnergy says it is bringing in extra help but says it could the middle of next week before the power is back.