Local news for Toledo and Northwest Ohio: city hall, schools, events, business, public safety, weather, sports, and arts.https://toledoledger.com/https://toledoledger.com/posts/husted-kept-click-campaign-chair-after-abuse-investigation-public/https://toledoledger.com/posts/husted-kept-click-campaign-chair-after-abuse-investigation-public/U.S. Sen. Jon Husted's campaign publicly promoted state Rep. Gary Click as its Sandusky County chairman after allegations that the former Fremont pastor had physically and sexually abused a child were reported, according to campaign announcements and police records obtained by TiffinOhio.net.Wed, 07 Oct 2026 22:30:43 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/voting-rights-groups-deploy-poll-monitors-amid-intimidation-fears/https://toledoledger.com/posts/voting-rights-groups-deploy-poll-monitors-amid-intimidation-fears/Vote Safe volunteers will deploy in Ohio first, where Husted faces Brown and fears of ICE targeting Black and Haitian voters are running high.Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:52:41 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/senate-majority-pac-targets-9-states-eyes-republican-strongholds/https://toledoledger.com/posts/senate-majority-pac-targets-9-states-eyes-republican-strongholds/The group is watching Kansas, Florida, Mississippi and South Carolina as possible expansion states even as Republicans hold a massive cash advantage.Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:46:20 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-analyst-says-10-diesel-possible/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-analyst-says-10-diesel-possible/Analyst Eric Pachman says near-record-low reserves, delayed refinery maintenance and an Iran-driven export squeeze could push diesel past $10 a gallon.Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:00:20 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/election-integrity-unit-clears-ramaswamy-credit-card-reporting/https://toledoledger.com/posts/election-integrity-unit-clears-ramaswamy-credit-card-reporting/Sen. Kent Smith questions whether LaRose, who has endorsed Ramaswamy, is letting the campaign skate after it logged nearly $500,000 in obscured credit card spending.Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:55:25 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-hb-1014-power-outage-compensation/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-hb-1014-power-outage-compensation/A bipartisan Ohio House bill would force utilities to pay households at least $50 after 16-hour outages, with no rate hikes to cover the cost.Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:30:00 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/water-bills-rising-faster-than-inflation-groceries/https://toledoledger.com/posts/water-bills-rising-faster-than-inflation-groceries/Food and Water Watch found West Virginia households paid $1,383 for water last year versus $286 in Idaho, with for-profit utilities charging more than public systems.Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:10:38 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/democrats-could-win-majority-governors-offices-first-time-16-years/https://toledoledger.com/posts/democrats-could-win-majority-governors-offices-first-time-16-years/Even Texas and Florida governor races have moved toward Democrats, as analysts tie the shift to Trump's approval ratings and economic discontent.Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:05:04 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/kff-poll-democrats-trusted-healthcare-costs-midterms/https://toledoledger.com/posts/kff-poll-democrats-trusted-healthcare-costs-midterms/KFF poll finds 63% of Democrats feel more motivated to vote than in past elections, versus 38% of Republicans, ahead of November midterms.Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:35:24 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/aclu-west-virginia-sues-over-unconstitutional-school-underfunding/https://toledoledger.com/posts/aclu-west-virginia-sues-over-unconstitutional-school-underfunding/ACLU of West Virginia's new lawsuit cites per-pupil spending gaps up to $14,000 between counties, arguing the funding system is worse than when courts struck it down decades ago.Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:20 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/abortion-access-improving-ohio-opponents-push-restrictions/https://toledoledger.com/posts/abortion-access-improving-ohio-opponents-push-restrictions/Ohio lawmakers unanimously passed a tax credit for anti-abortion pregnancy centers while Sen. Husted and religious groups push to restrict the abortion pill nationally.Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:50:31 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/kratom-7-oh-laws-diverge-synthetic-products-spread/https://toledoledger.com/posts/kratom-7-oh-laws-diverge-synthetic-products-spread/Poison center reports jumped nearly 1,200% since 2015, and 36 states introduced regulations this session after two Ole Miss students died with synthetic kratom nearby.Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:30:35 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/trump-reversal-mail-voting-gop-trailing-polls/https://toledoledger.com/posts/trump-reversal-mail-voting-gop-trailing-polls/Despite his reversal, the Supreme Court already blocked his order restricting mail ballots, and the League of Women Voters says it still plans to sue.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:54:53 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/husted-calendar-blacked-out-hb-6-signing-day/https://toledoledger.com/posts/husted-calendar-blacked-out-hb-6-signing-day/FirstEnergy executives described Jon Husted as “highly engaged” and “fighting to the end” for House Bill 6, the utility-backed bailout at the center of Ohio’s $61 million bribery scandal. Every meeting shown on Husted’s official calendar is redacted on the day Gov. Mike DeWine signed it into law.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:47:04 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-appears-with-radio-host-jack-windsor-domestic-violence-order/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-appears-with-radio-host-jack-windsor-domestic-violence-order/Jack Windsor's ex-wife accused him of threats, confinement and violence. Windsor later agreed to a domestic violence civil protection order. On Friday, he was onstage interviewing Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:33:59 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-super-pac-kept-100k-dubin-epstein-associate/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-super-pac-kept-100k-dubin-epstein-associate/Ramaswamy repeatedly promised to expose Jeffrey Epstein's network and publish the "full Epstein client list." His running mate, Rob McColley, separately accepted $5,000 from Les Wexner, whom an FBI document named as an Epstein "co-conspirator."Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:19:19 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/pierre-damas-bel-haitian-student-remembered/https://toledoledger.com/posts/pierre-damas-bel-haitian-student-remembered/Gov. DeWine attended the Springfield funeral as advocates said ICE's ankle monitor requirement after Trump ended Haitian protected status drove the 20-year-old's death.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:47 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/marist-poll-brown-acton-lead-ohio-races/https://toledoledger.com/posts/marist-poll-brown-acton-lead-ohio-races/A GOP memo warns data center backlash is dragging down Husted, while 41% of Ohio voters say their midterm ballot is a statement against Trump.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:50:46 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-gas-tax-suspension-alternatives/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-gas-tax-suspension-alternatives/Economists note the $725 million gas tax holiday skips 370,000 no-car households and would give at-risk families more relief through rebates or tax credits.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:30:06 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/prediction-markets-spend-3-million-lobbying-states-feds/https://toledoledger.com/posts/prediction-markets-spend-3-million-lobbying-states-feds/Kalshi hired lobbyists in 41 states and funded both parties' AG groups as a federal agency with four vacancies sues states trying to regulate the industry.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:25:11 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/september-jobs-report-29k-growth-slowdown/https://toledoledger.com/posts/september-jobs-report-29k-growth-slowdown/Economist Kathryn Anne Edwards calls it a textbook weak report as wages trail inflation and August, July job gains were revised sharply downward.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:15:55 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/states-prep-for-possible-trump-election-interference-midterms/https://toledoledger.com/posts/states-prep-for-possible-trump-election-interference-midterms/Denver and voting rights groups have already sued over DHS claims ICE can serve warrants at polling sites, citing incidents in three states this year.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:24:05 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/grid-growth-transmission-line-ohio-permitting-battle/https://toledoledger.com/posts/grid-growth-transmission-line-ohio-permitting-battle/Darke, Shelby, Miami and Champaign county officials all back the $1.1 billion power line, as long as it crosses someone else's land instead.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:00:44 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/five-springfield-haitians-deported-after-trump-ends-protected-status/https://toledoledger.com/posts/five-springfield-haitians-deported-after-trump-ends-protected-status/Deportees arrive in Haiti amid a State Department Do Not Travel advisory, as a 20-year-old Wright State student's death by suicide has shaken Springfield's community.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:55:03 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/trump-blocks-census-data-safety-net-cuts-ohio/https://toledoledger.com/posts/trump-blocks-census-data-safety-net-cuts-ohio/Advocates say the Census Bureau's delayed poverty data and USDA's scrapped food-insecurity survey mask fallout from SNAP and ACA cuts that hit Ohio hardest.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:50:09 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-teacher-salary-ranks-23rd-nation-average-70586/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-teacher-salary-ranks-23rd-nation-average-70586/Ohio starting teacher pay ranks 46th nationally at $42,222, as gubernatorial rivals Ramaswamy and Acton both pitch raising salaries from a $35,000 base.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:55:33 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-strive-moves-ohio-texas-despite-denial/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-strive-moves-ohio-texas-despite-denial/Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy co-founded Strive Enterprises and was listed as majority owner when the company moved to Dallas in 2024.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 01:49:50 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-lawmakers-approve-90-day-gas-tax-holiday/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-lawmakers-approve-90-day-gas-tax-holiday/Democrats say the $725 million measure, pushed by governor candidate Ramaswamy, was rushed through with no amendments allowed and only $3 weekly savings.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:36:21 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/husted-blames-benefits-for-out-of-wedlock-births-driving-fathers-out/https://toledoledger.com/posts/husted-blames-benefits-for-out-of-wedlock-births-driving-fathers-out/The 2025 podcast remarks preceded Husted's January bill to overhaul federal benefits, part of a pattern of comments on poverty dating back to 2016.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:31:19 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-job-growth-slows-august-labor-force-shrinks/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-job-growth-slows-august-labor-force-shrinks/Ohio's falling unemployment masks a shrinking workforce, 95,000 fewer Ohioans working or job-hunting than a year ago despite population growth, Policy Matters says.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:55:15 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-gas-tax-gimmick-legislature-complicity/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-gas-tax-gimmick-legislature-complicity/DeWine calls the $700 million plan a very bad idea as GOP leaders rush a special session days before early voting begins in Ohio.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:30:36 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-senate-gas-tax-holiday-sb-475-first-hearing/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-senate-gas-tax-holiday-sb-475-first-hearing/Democrats call the $725 million plan an election-season gimmick for governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, questioning why the GOP waited until now to act.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 22:36:13 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/husted-data-center-bill-critics-industry-favoring/https://toledoledger.com/posts/husted-data-center-bill-critics-industry-favoring/Sen. Jon Husted’s Ratepayer Protection Act would require states to consider protections for consumers.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 22:21:33 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-majority-shareholder-strive-ohio-move/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-majority-shareholder-strive-ohio-move/Vivek Ramaswamy has repeatedly distanced himself from Strive Enterprises’ decision to leave Ohio for Texas, saying he was “just a shareholder” and portraying the move as one of the experiences that motivated him to run for governor. Strive’s own regulatory filings tell a much fuller story: Ramaswamy was the company’s majority shareholder when the move was announced.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 19:38:16 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/jobsohio-chairman-rubin-deposed-firstenergy-bribery-lawsuit/https://toledoledger.com/posts/jobsohio-chairman-rubin-deposed-firstenergy-bribery-lawsuit/Josh Rubin advised FirstEnergy executives before Sam Randazzo's $4.3 million bribe was negotiated, then went on to chair DeWine's JobsOhio board.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:00:27 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-treasurer-race-walsh-edwards-280-billion/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-treasurer-race-walsh-edwards-280-billion/Democrat Seth Walsh wants the office to fight a stadium-funding lawsuit over unclaimed funds, while Republican Jay Edwards wants Ohio banks over Wall Street investors.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:55:06 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/states-crack-down-on-cash-home-wholesalers/https://toledoledger.com/posts/states-crack-down-on-cash-home-wholesalers/Ohio now requires wholesalers to disclose they may resell contracts below market value, joining 15 states cracking down on deals critics call predatory.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:05:11 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/merrin-reports-nvidia-stock-gains-data-center-conflict/https://toledoledger.com/posts/merrin-reports-nvidia-stock-gains-data-center-conflict/Chipmaker Nvidia is funding the development of a large-scale data center in Pike County.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:20:03 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ex-social-security-chief-warns-ohio-retirees-ramaswamy-privatization/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ex-social-security-chief-warns-ohio-retirees-ramaswamy-privatization/Martin O’Malley brought Vivek Ramaswamy’s own record to Toledo, including his support for investing Social Security money in the stock market and his statement that privatization or partial privatization is a “reasonable conversation to have.”Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:09:55 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/69-percent-of-ohioans-struggle-to-afford-basic-needs-georgetown-report-finds/https://toledoledger.com/posts/69-percent-of-ohioans-struggle-to-afford-basic-needs-georgetown-report-finds/Families are finding it difficult to pay for food, housing, healthcare, and childcare, the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality analysis says.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:45:09 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/national-security-leaders-endorse-acton-blast-ramaswamy-fbi-shutdown/https://toledoledger.com/posts/national-security-leaders-endorse-acton-blast-ramaswamy-fbi-shutdown/A coalition of more than 1,600 former military, diplomatic and national security officials is backing Democrat Amy Acton for Ohio governor — while taking direct aim at Republican Vivek Ramaswamy over his proposal to shut down the FBI and what the group says are policies that would weaken public safety.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:23:36 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-aircraft-spending-690000-ohio-governor/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-aircraft-spending-690000-ohio-governor/Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign has spent nearly $700,000 leasing private aircraft, including for roughly 30-minute flights between Ohio cities. Now criticism of that spending is coming from inside his own party.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:19:46 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-infant-mortality-progress-racial-disparities-persist/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-infant-mortality-progress-racial-disparities-persist/Black infants in Ohio die at more than double the rate of white infants, as state funding for maternal programs shrinks and a paid leave bill stalls in committee.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:00:33 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-receives-failing-grade-sex-education-siecus/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-receives-failing-grade-sex-education-siecus/Ohio's teen birth rate tops the national average as lawmakers push abstinence-focused mandates like the success sequence law and Baby Olivia bill.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:55:44 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-economists-data-center-abatements-effective-but-questionable/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-economists-data-center-abatements-effective-but-questionable/One economist calls the incentives a race to the bottom with few local jobs, while another says Ohio's $2.3 billion likely bought data centers it would have gotten free.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:50:04 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ashland-county-farmer-husted-miller-failing-ohio-agriculture/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ashland-county-farmer-husted-miller-failing-ohio-agriculture/Ashland County farmer Joe Stimmell says Husted and Miller's war votes and tariffs pushed fertilizer near $850 a ton and cut cattle values by 20%.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:35:20 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-families-pay-energy-crisis-trump-husted/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-families-pay-energy-crisis-trump-husted/Analysis ties Sen. Husted's 14 votes and the Iran war to $2,175 in added costs per Ohio household this year, plus $190 more annually by 2035 from clean energy cuts.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:30:29 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/medicaid-payment-cuts-36-states-50-billion/https://toledoledger.com/posts/medicaid-payment-cuts-36-states-50-billion/A 2025 federal law forces 15 states, including Michigan, to cut Medicaid payments up to 25% by 2028, which researchers say could shrink patient access.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:10:53 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/husted-ratepayer-bill-echoes-pledge-big-tech-fought-ohio/https://toledoledger.com/posts/husted-ratepayer-bill-echoes-pledge-big-tech-fought-ohio/Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta fought Ohio's binding cost-sharing tariff, then signed the voluntary pledge Husted's federal bill only requires states to consider adopting.Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:08:28 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/miller-voted-block-data-center-regulation/https://toledoledger.com/posts/miller-voted-block-data-center-regulation/The Ohio Republican representative voted for billions of dollars in tax cuts for companies building large AI data centers.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:42:51 GMT