Rob and Tom are back for Show 72, week of August 31, 2026.

East Cleveland Schools put up a “we make them career ready” billboard after a first-ever 3-star report card. The guys dig into the numbers behind it: 5% high school math proficiency, moved goalposts on what “ready” means, and whether Ed Choice is why the ads went up.

Then it’s the Statehouse stack DeWine just signed. HB 170 sets Ohio’s rulebook for pumping CO2 thousands of feet underground — including the 70% landowner threshold that can force the other 30%. SB 276 started as a school-psychologist compact and became a Christmas tree, with the “success sequence” (graduate, get a job, marry before kids) slipped in. HB 377 spends General Assembly time on laser hair removal. Also: FAA says closing Burke Lakefront is a non-starter, a judge blocks proof-of-citizenship at the BMV, Flock camera pushback keeps rolling.

Good Things: Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Ohio, Labor Day weekend around Northeast Ohio.

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