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Weekly Regional News Round Up

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An early morning vote in the U-S Senate ends with Ohio's Rob Portman finally joining majority Republicans; but even after his last-minute capitulation, the GOP effort to crush Obamacare is defeated. Our panel of reporters will talk not only about what that means for insurance plans, but what the flip-flop could mean for Senator Portman.

And there are new threats against Cleveland if there is no deal to rehab the aging Quicken Loans Arena immediately ... threats including no NBA All-Star Game for the foreseeable future.

Big changes are ahead for an area medical insurers' customers -- access to places formerly off limits is right around the corner.

 

Steve Gleydura, Editor, Cleveland Magazine

Chris Quinn, Editor, cleveland.com

Karen Kasler, Bureau Chief, Statehouse News Bureau

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