Massage therapists sound off on Deshaun Watson at their Cleveland convention: Today in Ohio - cleveland.com

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson’s case has perpetuated a sex worker stigma around the massage therapy industry, said therapists from across the country who gathered in Cleveland over the weekend.

We’re talking about the national convention and the difficulties facing the industry on Today in Ohio.

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Here are the questions we’re answering today:

What were fully licensed massage therapists saying about the Deshaun Watson case when they gathered for their convention in Cleveland last week, a convention planned long before the Watson scandal involving sexual abuse of massage therapists became a big national story?

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine declining to debate Jim Renacci in the Republican primary made some sense because debating such a non-credible candidate would have given him credibility. But now DeWine is in a battle with a genuine candidate in the general Election, Democrat Nan Whaley. Is he trying to avoid debating her? And what about debates in the Ohio Senate race?

Do we have our first case for a new Cleveland police oversight system set up by voters in a charter amendment in November? What are the details?

With the Ohio Supreme Court surprising many by giving new life to the Lake Erie wind turbine proposal, what is happening to get the project on track, and what needs to happen to build them?

What’s the story behind the rickety Sidaway pedestrian bridge on Cleveland’s East Side, and why does Mayor Justin Bibb want to restore it and declare it a landmark.

We talked about the danger of orphan gas wells a while back because Ohio has so many of them, and their caps are deteriorating. What’s the good news for taking care of some of these seriously dangerous wells?

Is it finally financially feasible for Northeast Ohio homeowners to put solar panels on their roofs, or will it still take many years for that investment to pay for itself?

Cuyahoga County could use some of this money. Or all of it. How much cash did Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine say he is making available for local governments to build new jails or modernize old ones, and how far will that go?

Is an Ohio man facing a long prison sentence for trafficking in ginseng? Is that really the kind of product that can result in sentences that long?

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