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Ideas Sunday - January 27, 2019

For the first time, women hold the majority of Ohio House Democratic leadership positions. We sit down with Representative Emilia Sykes, elected Wednesday as House Minority Leader, to learn about her family background in politics -- and the movement she started to breakdown false perceptions of what a legislator looks like.

Since 1966, General Motors' massive Lordstown assembly plant has manufactured more than 16 million cars. Now with an uncertain future, we pay a visit to the town to see how residents, businesses and city officials are coping with the likely shutdown.

Plus, longtime environmental advocate Denis Hayes reflects on the images and events that helped ignite positive environmental change in the early 1970s - and, the differences in today's environmental movement.

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