The bill, authored by Stark County Sen. Jane Timken and backed by Gov. Mike DeWine, cleared the Senate 30-2 and now heads to ...

A ban on cell phones in K-12 schools is closer to a reality, with the Ohio Senate voting overwhelmingly to pass it Wednesday ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Former Ohio Republican Party Chair Jane Timken is headed to the Statehouse. Timken, who unsuccessfully ran ...

The Ohio Senate passed a measure this week that would generally prohibit Ohio K-12 students from using cellphones during the school day. Senate Bill 158 passed by a vote of 30-2 Wednesday, with two ...

The lone Democratic Justice, Jennifer Brunner, wrote a dissent accusing her colleagues of playing word games to deny killed ...

Senate Bill 158 builds on a law that gives districts until July to implement a policy on student cellphone use.

Before advancing Senate Bill 158, the committee added an amendment regarding protocols for phone use during an active threat ...

DeWine was joined at the Ohio Statehouse by State Senators Jane Timken (R-Stark County) and Andrew Brenner (R-Delaware), former Second Lady of Ohio Tina Husted, and Dr. John Marschhuasen ...

Mike DeWine said on Tuesday in support of new legislation. Under Senate Bill 158, sponsored by state Sen. Jane Timken, school districts would have to prohibit cell phone use by students during school ...

Jane Timken, a Stark County Republican, and proponents. DeWine held a news conference Tuesday morning to champion the bill, which Timken introduced after the State of the State address March 12 ...

Jane Timken, R-Jackson Twp., that would require every public school in the state to adopt an all-out prohibition on student cellphone use. ExploreArea schools see more benefits in restricting cell ...