Spring is a welcome time for many people in Northeast Ohio after long, cold winters, as warmer conditions arrive and trees and flowers begin to bloom. It's not so welcome for allergy sufferers. Spring means itchy and watery eyes, stuffed-up noses, and walking around with a box of tissues because of seemingly non-stop sneezing. And they're not imagining things if it seems like it's getting worse. It's another unfortunate byproduct of climate change. In Cleveland, allergy season has lengthened by 32 days since 1970, according to Climate Central, a nonprofit news organization focused on climate science. It's a costly problem: Medical costs linked with pollen exceed $3 billion every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control. But there are ways to limit exposure ... and maybe reduce the misery. |
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In Cleveland, allergy season has lengthened by 32 days since 1970. Warmer, wetter weather is allowing trees, grass and weeds to produce more pollen for a longer period, which affects people with allergies. (Climate Central) |
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Allergy season: Climate change is supercharging allergy season, making misery season last longer and hit harder. Allergy sufferers should start taking medications or reducing their exposure to pollen earlier in the year, reports Julie Washington. Today in Ohio: The Ohio Attorney General’s Office canceled a debt collection partnership with the Cleveland Clerk of Courts after cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer revealed the clerk’s office had violated an agreement. We’re talking about how our story got the state to stop collecting unpaid parking tickets, that cost less than $100 from 20-plus years ago, on Today in Ohio, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast.
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Medical marijuana: Nearly a year after provisional dispensary licenses were awarded in an expansion of Ohio’s medical marijuana program meant to make access easier for patients, less than a third of them have opened their doors. Laura Hancock reports a committee within the Board of Pharmacy granted extensions to businesses that had demonstrated progress toward opening, or to those that could demonstrate delays beyond their control. Constitutional amendment: Backers of a proposal to make citizen-led constitutional amendments much harder to pass submitted a letter they say has the backing of 59 House Republicans who want House Speaker Jason Stephens to take a floor vote on the proposal. Jake Zuckerman and Jeremy Pelzer report that would mean they’re one vote shy of the 60 votes needed to pass the resolution to put a proposal before voters on the August ballot, but multiple lawmakers have said only 59 votes are needed for the resolution to clear the House, given that two seats are currently vacant. Medical debt: Arguing that medical debt “has nothing to do with your ability to pay your bills,” U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown on Thursday urged the CEOs of the nation’s three major credit agencies to remove that information from consumers' credit data, reports Sabrina Eaton. |
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Voting changes: Voting locations have been changed in six Cuyahoga County cities for next week’s primary election, affecting more than 26,500 voters. Cliff Pinckard reports the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections says voters in 29 precincts in Beachwood, Bedford, Brook Park, Garfield Heights, Parma and Warrensville Heights are affected by the changes. |
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Saving You Money: Certificates of deposit and online savings accounts used to offer little to no interest. But with interest rates on these products hitting 4% and even 5%, it’s now a legitimate question: Should I buy a CD? Sean McDonnell reports that a CD ties up your money for months, but the rate on a savings account can change. Metro minutes: The MetroHealth System board this week approved minutes from five committee meetings from months ago after issues were raised by an internal audit. Julie Washington reports the meetings in question took place from April through June of last year while the board was conducting a search to replace CEO Dr. Akram Boutros. COVID-19 cases: The number of new COVID-19 cases in Ohio continued its downward trend, dropping slightly from 3,372 last week to 3,121 this week. The weekly tally was lower than at any point since March 2022, Julie Washington reports. |
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Teacher accused: A teacher at Lorain High School has resigned as authorities investigate an inappropriate phone call with a student. Lorain police officials said they received a complaint that focused “on a potential relationship between a school employee and student at Lorain City Schools,” reports Molly Walsh. Facebook shootout: A Cleveland man who brokered a Facebook Marketplace deal for a used car ended up in a shootout following a surprise attack in the city’s Glenville neighborhood, John Tucker reports. Twenty-five bullets flew across a parking lot during the April 20 incident, which involved at least four gunmen, including two armed victims. |
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Blossom Music: Blossom Music Center is getting a big boost in the form of a $10 million gift from the Milton and Tamar Maltz Family Foundation, reports Joey Morona. The Cleveland Orchestra has called Blossom its summer home since opening in 1968. Tina Turner: If, by the end of “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical,” you don’t fall in love with the legendary singer and the actress playing her on stage, head straight to the emergency room. You might not have a pulse. Powered by a dazzling lead performance and the iconic music of the Queen of Rock and Roll, the show, the latest in Playhouse Square’s KeyBank Broadway Series, is perhaps the best time you’ll have at the theater this year, Joey Morona reports. Solstice celebration: Solstice, the Cleveland Museum of Art’s signature summer event, is scheduled for 7 p.m. to midnight on June 24, reports Paris Wolfe. Harry Belefonte: Malcolm X Abram was a young Black dude in the 1970s admiring Harry Belafonte from afar through his art and then, as an adult in the 21st century, having the opportunity to admire him directly through his words via conversation. 'Citadel': After launching their production company AGBO, Joe and Anthony Russo jumped at the chance to produce “Citadel,” a spy-thriller series on Amazon that was born out of their love of genre films they watched at the old Center Mayfield Theatre, the Cedar Lee Theatre and the Cleveland Cinematheque while growing up on the city’s East Side, Joey Morona reports. Things to do: If it’s Chardon’s Maple Festival weekend, the weather will be unpleasant in Northeast Ohio. It’s Mother Nature’s tradition. Paris Wolfe reports you might want to bundle up to take advantage of all the fun, from Charlie Sheen to free tree seedlings at Holden Arboretum and the Cleveland Botanical Garden. |
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