The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was established in 2010 to serve as a watchdog over the financial industry. The Trump administration changed directors and tack in 2017 when Ohio native Richard Cordray resigned his leadership of the CFPB. Now, the agency is seen as more of an educator than enforcer. Today on All Sides, the changing role of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Google and Facebook are as ubiquitous in France as the U.S. But those tech giants and others like them from outside France pay little tax on the profits that they earn there. The French Government has responded with a 3% digital services tax, which could trigger retaliatory tariffs and already has the Trump administration investigating. Today on Tech Tuesday on All Sides with Ann Fisher: The digital tax in France and more.

A long season of heavy rains has researchers forecasting a large algal bloom in Lake Erie’s central basin this summer. That’s according to a new study out of Ohio State University, which predicts this year’s algal bloom to be one of the worst since researchers started they measuring for it in 2002. Today on All Sides, the science behind and dangers of algal blooms in our waterways. Guest Bill Mitsch will be part of a 2019 Wetlands Association Science Symposium. Get more information here .

July 20 is the 50th Anniversary of the first human to set foot on the moon. The auspicious occasion was witnessed around the world, eight years after President John F. Kennedy made his pitch to Congress for funding. Today on All Sides, the ongoing significance of the first moon landing.

Ohio lawmakers are racing to meet the Wednesday deadline to pass a two-year state budget. Lawmakers passed an interim budget on June 30, giving themselves another 17 days to reach a compromise. Today on the Weekly Reporter Roundtable, the state of the state spending plan and more.

Children and young adult literature has changed througout the decades. The very first children's books were printed and sold in 1740. The earliest children's books were designed to teach kids moral behavior. From Little Women to modern-day series such as The Palace Chronicles , this genre has been educating and encouraging young people to read. Today on All Sides, children's and young adult literature through the years, where it started and where the genre is going. This weekend, you can see a

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta on Wednesday defended a 10-year-old plea agreement with accused sex trafficker Jeffery Epstein. As the top federal prosecutor in Miami at the time, Acosta negotiated what has been deemed a sweetheart deal for Epstein, who plead guilty to lesser state charges in exchange for immunity from federal prosecution. Epstein now faces charges in New York for sex trafficking girls, some as young as 14. We talk about the political implications for Acosta’s boss President

By this time of the summer, the typical Central Ohio garden is somewhere between full bloom and full on disaster. Rain has played a major role this season. Today on All Sides, Ohio’s Garden Sage Debra Knapke joins us with her take on the weather and tips for making the most of it.

Nineteen Ohio lawmakers want to classify pornography as a public health crisis. They say that the use of porn is tied with sex trafficking and sexual abuse. This move adds Ohio to the growing list of GOP-controlled states that are pursuing legislation against adult media. Today on all sides, the meaning of a public health crisis, the health affects of porn, and more.

More than 150,000 Americans are treated for vitiligo - an autoimmune disease where the body attacks the cells that give skin its color. Vitiligo is incurable and the causes of it are still mostly unknown, but a new topical cream was recently found to treat and reverse the effects of vitiligo. It’s still unclear when the cream will be available to the public. Today on All Sides, treating vitiligo, and more.