Jake Zuckerman

Columbus

Statehouse reporter @clevelanddotcom. Runner. Cyclist. Former @ohiocapjournal @wvgazettemail. Notifications are off.

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Ohio Senate backs school cell phone ban

19 hours ago | signalcleveland.org | Jake Zuckerman

The Ohio Senate passed legislation Wednesday that would prohibit almost all cell phone use by students during the school day starting in September 2025. It passed the Senate nearly unanimously with members of both political parties lamenting the constant distraction of phones for students and what that might do to their developing psyches. Sen.
Ohio House makes it harder to sue opioid manufacturers

1 day ago | signalakron.org | Jake Zuckerman

The Ohio House last week passed legislation that would make it much harder for local governments to sue corporations when their products – be they guns, easily stealable cars, or new and addictive tobacco devices – cause a public nuisance.
Ohio House makes it harder to sue opioid manufacturers, gunmakers and car companies for problems their products create - Signal Cleveland

2 days ago | signalcleveland.org | Jake Zuckerman

The Republican-led chamber passed a bill that restricts communities’ ability to file lawsuits alleging that the sale or distribution of a product created a public nuisance. It mirrors a recent Ohio Supreme Court ruling that saves the opioid industry $651 million.
Spalding Flower Parade

5 days ago | bbc.com | Jake Zuckerman

Music, films and queen: Flower parade in picturesThis year the parade has a musicals theme. This float is based on A Star is Born - an American film released in 2018 featuring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga. Flower Queen Erika Yao leads the parade and will represent the community at a variety of local events across the South Holland district throughout the year. Thousands of people turned out for the annual Spalding Flower Parade earlier.
Music, films and queen: Flower parade in pictures

5 days ago | yahoo.com | Jake Zuckerman

Thousands of people turned out for the annual Spalding Flower Parade earlier. About a quarter of a million tulips were hand-picked for the event by volunteers and pinned on to the floats, which paraded through the town. It's the third year the event has been held since returning from a 10-year break in 2023. The annual parade began in 1959 to celebrate the area's flower growing.
'Non-toxic' gas killed security guard

6 days ago | signalakron.org | Jake Zuckerman

Within seconds of walking into an industrial elevator’s control room at a TimkenSteel plant near Canton, Ken Ray, a 32-year-old firefighter who moonlit there as a security guardon the weekends, died of asphyxiation. No one knew at the time, but nitrogen had continuously leaked into the room from a device designed to blast small puffs of pressurized gas to dust off the ventilation filters. Oxygen typically comprises about 21% of ambient air.
Nitrogen gas that suffocated TimkenSteel security guard was ‘non-toxic,' Ohio Supreme Court rules

6 days ago | signalcleveland.org | Jake Zuckerman

Within seconds of walking into an industrial elevator’s control room at a TimkenSteel plant near Canton, Ken Ray, a 32-year-old firefighter who moonlit there as a security guardon the weekends, died of asphyxiation. No one knew at the time, but nitrogen had continuously leaked into the room from a device designed to blast small puffs of pressurized gas to dust off the ventilation filters. Oxygen typically comprises about 21% of ambient air.
Ohio lawmakers target utility middlemen

1 week ago | signalakron.org | Jake Zuckerman

A bipartisan duo of lawmakers wants to stomp out an industry of middlemeninthe utility supply chain that has been accused of adding what they called “exorbitant” costs to renters’ water and electric bills while depriving them of basic consumer protections guaranteed to all traditional utility customers. Reps.
Ohio lawmakers target utility middlemen accused of jacking up electric prices - Signal Cleveland

1 week ago | signalcleveland.org | Jake Zuckerman

A bipartisan duo of lawmakers wants to stomp out an industry of middlemeninthe utility supply chain that has been accused of adding what they called “exorbitant” costs to renters’ water and electric bills while depriving them of basic consumer protections guaranteed to all traditional utility customers. Reps.
'You can do anything'

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Jake Zuckerman

'You can do anything' - visually impaired runnerBBCElizabeth Morris-Sampson, left, with her mum and guide runner Marie SampsonA visually impaired runner hopes she can inspire others to follow their dreams when she competes in the London Marathon on Sunday. Elizabeth Morris-Sampson, 18, from Holbeach in Lincolnshire, will be accompanied by her mum, Marie Sampson, 47, who is acting as her guide runner.