Jake Zuckerman
@jake_zuckerman
Writing about Ohio politics. Often running and biking. Former @clevelanddotcom @ohiocapjournal
Me news, the sequel: Today is my first(ish) day with Signal Ohio, a nonprofit news startup, where I'll be covering what happens inside the statehouse and how it impacts the rest of us. Subscribe to a free weekly newsletter from me and @AndrewJTobias here signalohio.org/statesignals/
Data centers – not Ohioans – must pay costs of new power grid investments, regulators say Ratepayer advocates claim victory as regulators pin costs and risks of grid investments on data centers, not residential customers. signalcleveland.org/data-centers-n…
Experts: Felony rioting charges for journalists covering protests are rare, troubling cincinnati.com/story/news/202… via @enquirer @Quinlan_Bentley
Ohio Supreme Court to consider ban on transgender care for children The case sets up a major showdown in an election year for the court, controlled 6-1 by Republicans, on a politically charged question of access to health care. signalohio.org/ohio-supreme-c…
Ohio House GOP moves to override DeWine veto and end ‘replacement’ property tax hikes signalohio.org/ohio-house-gop…
More Americans should know that this is the fit of the U.S. men's cycling national champion at the Tour de France this year.
Thanks to the GOP-backed BBB, Ohio in coming years will need to pay an estimated $318m in benefits + $98m in new admin costs, or face benefits/services cuts. Plus, our work requirement is expanded to include those aged 55-64, parents, vets, and others signalohio.org/ohio-snap-cuts…
Cincinnati Children's chaplain detained by ICE cincinnati.com/story/news/202…
'Border security on Lake Erie'
Here’s how Republicans’ budget law makes Ohio and America safer and more secure:
I'm at the Statehouse covering a meeting by the Ohio Ballot Board. Secretary of State Frank LaRose is moving to split a proposed anti-discrimination amendment into two parts: one dealing with discrimination and the other repealing Ohio's anti same-sex marriage amendment.
The 'I Buy Crackhouses' billboard is coming down in Cleveland
Matt Borges, a lobbyist convicted of racketeering in Ohio's FirstEnergy scandal, told his wife, who relayed it to her Substack, that he gets out of prison Oct. 8.
It's 2025, and people are still litigating (and the courts are almost always dismissing) covid vaccine lawsuits
EMS runs and emergency department visits have been on the rise at the Cuyahoga County Jail, outpacing growth in the avg. jail population. The jail was the No. 1 destination for Cleveland ambulances last year, according to stats collected by the EMS union.
State budget kills a 50-year-old clean air law in Ohio The air nuisance rule, a longstanding legal tool used by both citizens and governments in Ohio to hold industrial polluters accountable in court, died in the state budget signed by Gov. Mike DeWine signalohio.org/state-budget-k…
"His selection meant that a man who had urged violence against police officers was now responsible for the department’s official effort to exact revenge against those who had tried to hold the rioters accountable."
Helluva sentence: A former F.B.I. agent who was charged with encouraging the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, to kill police officers has been named an adviser to the DOJ task force Trump established to seek retribution against political enemies nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/…
Since hospitals' executive pay is in the news: Here's OhioHealth. Not pictured is CEO Stephen Markovich (MD), who made $11.8 million in 2023. I count 15 $1,000,000+ salaries if you round up
Members are livid at Dr. Oz this morning for things he said on the Main Street Caucus call: When talking with mods who are concerned about Medicaid cuts he brought up hospital and told members to “pull their 990’s and shame them” referring to execs and doctors for making a high…