Cuyahoga County Justice Steering Committee officials are planning to pursue a shipping container storage yard at 2700 Transport Road as the site for its new jail.John Kuntz, cleveland.com

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New jail: Cuyahoga County plans to pursue a shipping container yard between Tremont and Cleveland’s Central neighborhood to build a new jail. Kaitlin Durbin reports the property at 2700 Transport Road is being considered as “an acceptable site” to build the estimated $550 million new jail.

Congressional redistricting: A panel of three federal judges weighing whether to take over Ohio’s dysfunctional process of drawing new state legislative maps has given the state until April 20 to try to figure it out on its own. Andrew Tobias reports the decision seems to close the door on the federal court moving the entire May 3 primary, early voting for which is supposed to begin on Tuesday. But the entire May 3 election has been thrown into uncertainty because of delays in redistricting, the routine process of updating Ohio’s political maps to reflect population changes.

Contempt of court: The Ohio Supreme Court is giving members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission until Monday morning to respond to claims that they should be held in contempt because of how Republican commission members passed a fourth attempt at a legislative map earlier this week. Jeremy Pelzer reports the order comes at the request of the plaintiffs in three lawsuits challenging the GOP-passed redistricting plans.

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Ohio will have 10 Republican Congressional districts and five Democratic in this year’s midterm election. That’s because the Ohio Supreme Court has largely closed the door on Democrats’ attempts to block Republicans’ latest congressional redistricting map from taking effect in 2022. We’re talking about what it means on Today in Ohio, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast.

Tort reform: An attorney argued Wednesday before the Ohio Supreme Court that the 2005 tort reform law that the Ohio General Assembly passed to limit financial judgments in court cases is unconstitutional when applied to many people who were sexually assaulted as children. Laura Hancock reports that Amanda Brandt, who was one of many children abused by Roy Pompa of Brook Park, wants the court to overturn the law in her case and similar cases. A Cuyahoga County judge cited the law and slashed a portion of the Pompa case verdict from $20 million to $250,000.

OT: Legislation to exempt employers from paying overtime to workers for commuting and checking messages off-hours is headed to Gov. Mike DeWine after clearing a final Ohio Senate vote Wednesday. The bill has been a priority for the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and allows employers to not have to pay overtime to employees for time spent traveling to and from work, and for “activities requiring insubstantial or insignificant periods of time beyond the employee’s scheduled working hours,” Jeremy Pelzer reports.

Substitute teachers: The Ohio House has advanced a bill that would allow people without bachelor’s degrees to substitute teach for another two years in an attempt to address what school districts describe as a shortage of substitute teachers. Laura Hancock reports the bill now heads to the Ohio Senate for consideration.

Cuyahoga County Council President Pernel Jones describes some of the county's plans for American Rescue Plan Act spending in videos posted to the county's YouTube page. (YouTube)YouTube

Discretionary funds: More than a third of Cuyahoga County’s allotted $240 million in federal American Rescue Plan dollars may soon be set aside for County Council members and the county executive to use for community projects of their choosing. In all, the discretionary accounts are expected to total $86 million, Kaitlin Durbin reports.

Dave’s Market: When the owners of Dave’s Markets informed city leaders last week about the impending closure of their Euclid Beach location in Collinwood, Mayor Justin Bibb asked whether the city could provide any financial assistance to get them to stay. Dave’s owners, the Saltzman family, declined the open-ended offer, reports Courtney Astolfi.

Lakefront plan: Cuyahoga County on Wednesday released its finished Lakefront Public Access Plan, which calls for improved access to Lake Erie, better erosion control and ecological management, and enhanced transportation networks along the shoreline. Steven Litt outlines four specific projects the county plans to coordinate soon in Cleveland, Lakewood and Rocky River.

Lakewood development: A new plan for the former Lakewood Hospital site includes hundreds of apartments and the headquarters of a growing health insurance company, Eric Heisig reports.

Children in poverty: More than half the children in three Ohio cities live in poverty. In another 47 cities, the poverty rate for children is at least 30%, reports Zachary Smith.

Booster shots: Will you get a second COVID vaccine booster? Julie Washington collects thoughts of cleveland.com readers.

Campaign finance: Newburgh Heights Mayor Trevor Elkins is charged with violating state campaign finance laws and attempted theft in office related to his campaign spending in 2017. Cory Shaffer reports Elkins is charged with two counts of attempted election falsification and one count of attempted theft in office in an information filed in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court.

Geraldo: Geraldo Rivera will end his WTAM AM/1100 radio show, “Geraldo in Cleveland,” on Friday after a four-year run, reports Anne Nickoloff. Rivera cited his work as a co-host of “The Five” on Fox News as the reason he stepped away from the daily one-hour broadcast from Cleveland.

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