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Weekly Regional News Roundup

This week's stories include:

Tamir Rice's family calling for a special prosecutor to be brought in, and Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty releasing a new expert report saying the shooting was justified; Governor John Kasich's performance in the Republican Presidential Candidate's debate; charges against an Akron man accused of supporting ISIS; the Cuyahoga County Budget; the Green Energy Proposal and Issue 2; KSU professors consider a strike vote as contract talks stall; the University of Akron's faculty senate considers a "no confidence" vote aimed at its president; Cleveland opens the first VA Hospital transgender clinic; Cleveland Police release statistics claiming that police body cameras reduce citizen complaints; and the Supreme Court of Ohio rules that requirements for sex offenders to be registered and monitored do not constitute cruel and unsual punishment.

Chris Quinn, Vice President of Content, cleveland.com

M.L. Schultze, digital editor and reporter, WKSU