Toledo Ledger - Local News for Toledo and Northwest OhioLocal news for Toledo and Northwest Ohio: city hall, schools, events, business, public safety, weather, sports, and arts.https://toledoledger.com/Will Vivek Ramaswamy run for president in 2028 — or is 2032 the real plan?https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-2028-vs-2032-presidential-math/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-2028-vs-2032-presidential-math/The New York Times listed the Ohio governor candidate as a "potential prospect" for president in 2028.Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:45:14 GMTJon Husted was a no-show at Ohio’s disability forum. Hours later, he posted photos shooting clay targets.https://toledoledger.com/posts/husted-skips-disability-forum-posts-clay-shooting-photos/https://toledoledger.com/posts/husted-skips-disability-forum-posts-clay-shooting-photos/Husted has told Ohioans repeatedly that his Medicaid vote wouldn't hurt disabled people, a claim advocates and his own record as House speaker contradict.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:50:24 GMTEx-wife accused right-wing Ohio radio host Jack Windsor of threats, confinement and violencehttps://toledoledger.com/posts/jack-windsor-domestic-violence-protection-order-2018/https://toledoledger.com/posts/jack-windsor-domestic-violence-protection-order-2018/Court records contradict Windsor's claim the allegations were disproven, showing he consented to the protection order weeks after their divorce was finalized.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:15:09 GMTVivek Ramaswamy spent nearly $700,000 leasing private jets for Ohio campaign eventshttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-spent-700000-private-jet-campaign/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-spent-700000-private-jet-campaign/Records show most of that money went to a leasing company registered at a house Ramaswamy owns, an arrangement a watchdog says could let him pay himself with donor funds.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:00:58 GMTOhio immigrant group adds to its list of criminally charged federal agentshttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-immigrant-alliance-documents-152-charged-homeland-security-agents/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-immigrant-alliance-documents-152-charged-homeland-security-agents/The Ohio Immigrant Alliance's tally nearly tripled to 152 cases, with about 90% involving sexual abuse or gender-based violence allegations.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:55:38 GMTOhio Supreme Court allows certification of out-of-state wind farmshttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-supreme-court-certifies-out-of-state-wind-farms/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-supreme-court-certifies-out-of-state-wind-farms/A dissenting justice accused PUCO of clear violations of state recordkeeping law, but the 5-2 ruling still clears Avangrid to sell wind power from four noncontiguous states.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:45:58 GMTVoting rights are under fire in Ohio. Casting a ballot is how you fight back.https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-voting-rights-under-fire-cast-ballot-fight-back/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-voting-rights-under-fire-cast-ballot-fight-back/The author notes LaRose warned against voter registration groups while also sharing 8 million Ohioans' data with the Trump DOJ after an FBI raid on a Cleveland nonprofit.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:30:21 GMTHaslams to host Ramaswamy fundraiser after running mate pushed $600M Browns stadium dealhttps://toledoledger.com/posts/haslams-host-ramaswamy-fundraiser-browns-stadium-deal/https://toledoledger.com/posts/haslams-host-ramaswamy-fundraiser-browns-stadium-deal/A Haslam Sports Group executive who led the stadium negotiations has already donated over $43,000 to Ramaswamy while the $600 million grant stays frozen in court.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 04:15:31 GMTAmy Acton releases anti-corruption plan with 3 day-one executive orders for Ohio governorhttps://toledoledger.com/posts/acton-three-day-one-executive-orders-corruption/https://toledoledger.com/posts/acton-three-day-one-executive-orders-corruption/The plan targets the same appointment process that let FirstEnergy install Sam Randazzo at PUCO before his $4.3 million bribery scandal cost ratepayers billions.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:45:40 GMTOhioans criticize Ohio US Rep. Mike Carey for cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, and educationhttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohioans-criticize-rep-carey-snap-medicaid-education-cuts/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohioans-criticize-rep-carey-snap-medicaid-education-cuts/District data shows 220,200 residents on Medicaid and $40.4 million in special education funding at risk as Carey faces Democrat Don Leonard in November.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:55:23 GMT‘Even the nuns are mad’: Catholic sisters are standing for Haitians outside ICE officeshttps://toledoledger.com/posts/catholic-sisters-protest-ice-haitian-deportations-blue-ash/https://toledoledger.com/posts/catholic-sisters-protest-ice-haitian-deportations-blue-ash/Since TPS ended, Springfield-area Haitians report weekly to a Blue Ash ICE office, where interfaith clergy have joined a months-long volunteer network preparing for possible family separations.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:50:19 GMTTrump administration advances plan to rescind protections for nearly 45 million wild acreshttps://toledoledger.com/posts/trump-administration-rescinds-roadless-rule-45-million-acres/https://toledoledger.com/posts/trump-administration-rescinds-roadless-rule-45-million-acres/Forest Service and OSU research contradict USDA's wildfire-prevention rationale, and Earthjustice says it plans to sue to block the repeal.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:00:20 GMTRamaswamy wanted young Americans to pass a citizenship test before voting. His own father never took it.https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-father-never-took-citizenship-test-he-touted/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-father-never-took-citizenship-test-he-touted/Ramaswamy falsely told voters both parents passed the naturalization test his voting-age plan required.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 01:55:54 GMTHow tariffs are showing up in your grocery billhttps://toledoledger.com/posts/trump-tariffs-raising-grocery-prices/https://toledoledger.com/posts/trump-tariffs-raising-grocery-prices/President Trump’s tariffs have raised the prices for imported food items, passing on higher costs directly to consumers.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:26:30 GMTUS gas prices hover over $4 as Trump’s war in Iran continueshttps://toledoledger.com/posts/trump-iran-war-gas-prices-top-4/https://toledoledger.com/posts/trump-iran-war-gas-prices-top-4/President Donald Trump promised in June and July that gasoline prices would soon drop significantly.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:24:31 GMTSherrod Brown eyes a return to the US Senatehttps://toledoledger.com/posts/sherrod-brown-runs-us-senate-ohio-2025/https://toledoledger.com/posts/sherrod-brown-runs-us-senate-ohio-2025/In the Senate, the Ohio Democrat sponsored legislation to support working families.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:17:43 GMT‘We can no longer see the stars’: Ohioans are fighting a proliferation of data centershttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohioans-fight-data-center-spread-bowling-green-meta/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohioans-fight-data-center-spread-bowling-green-meta/‘Coughing up stuff from my lungs is an ongoing daily occurrence,’ said Joe Fuller, who works in data centers throughout Ohio.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:12:02 GMTVivek Ramaswamy backed Social Security privatizationhttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-backed-social-security-privatization/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-backed-social-security-privatization/The Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee said in October 2024 that he believes Medicare and Medicaid were a mistake.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:08:57 GMTNorthwest Ohio rally targets Jon Husted over Ohio data center boom, rising electric costshttps://toledoledger.com/posts/lima-rally-targets-husted-data-centers-electric-costs/https://toledoledger.com/posts/lima-rally-targets-husted-data-centers-electric-costs/A GOP memo obtained by Axios warns data center backlash could cost Husted his seat, the same argument protesters made outside his Lima appearance.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:59:18 GMTFood aid cuts. Lost health coverage. Record electric bills. The bill for Republican policies is arriving in Ohio.https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-affordability-crisis-food-health-electric-bills/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-affordability-crisis-food-health-electric-bills/A new report ties together SNAP losses, ACA enrollment drops and record electric bills as polling shows 38% of Ohioans say they're falling behind financially.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:43:00 GMTLeaked GOP memo: Data centers are ‘anchor hanging around Jon Husted’s neck’https://toledoledger.com/posts/leaked-gop-memo-data-centers-husted-liability/https://toledoledger.com/posts/leaked-gop-memo-data-centers-husted-liability/The NRSC memo urges AI companies to fix their own public image, warning that a Husted loss could make politicians nationwide wary of backing data centers.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:35:44 GMTVivek Ramaswamy accused of hiding from voters, dodging questions piling up around himhttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-dodges-axovant-bodyguard-miller-questions/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-dodges-axovant-bodyguard-miller-questions/His campaign has not explained continued payments to a security firm after his family bodyguard's fentanyl arrest or his mother's role in manipulating failed drug trial data.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:11:22 GMTTrump’s ballroom ‘illegal’ without congressional approval, high court toldhttps://toledoledger.com/posts/trump-white-house-ballroom-congress-approval-supreme-court/https://toledoledger.com/posts/trump-white-house-ballroom-congress-approval-supreme-court/The administration says the ballroom's nuclear-grade concrete makes it nearly impossible to remove, while 30 Democrats and 17 GOP attorneys general split over who should decide.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:28:13 GMTDNC approves 2028 presidential nominating cycle starting in South Carolina, Nevadahttps://toledoledger.com/posts/dnc-approves-2028-primary-calendar-south-carolina-nevada-lead/https://toledoledger.com/posts/dnc-approves-2028-primary-calendar-south-carolina-nevada-lead/Iowa Democrats blasted their exclusion from the calendar as broken promises, while New Hampshire kept its early slot and two new Southern states joined the lineup.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:24:51 GMTLess than 10% of Ohio lawmakers are moms of minor children. They say it informs their lawmaking.https://toledoledger.com/posts/only-9-percent-ohio-lawmakers-moms-minor-children/https://toledoledger.com/posts/only-9-percent-ohio-lawmakers-moms-minor-children/Ohio needs one more mom of a minor child to match its share of the population, as lawmakers describe missed baseball games and FaceTime homework help.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:00:44 GMTDozens of cities and counties sue fire truck makers over soaring costs, delivery delayshttps://toledoledger.com/posts/cities-counties-sue-fire-truck-makers-price-delays/https://toledoledger.com/posts/cities-counties-sue-fire-truck-makers-price-delays/Three manufacturers control up to 80% of the market as prices nearly doubled since 2020, and the companies moved this week to dismiss two of the lawsuits.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:05:45 GMTAccused Republicans stay in Ramaswamy’s orbit. The abuse survivor gets attacked.https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-silent-miller-abuse-attacks-acton-abuse-ads/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-silent-miller-abuse-attacks-acton-abuse-ads/Two GOP senators want Miller gone over abuse claims, but Ramaswamy stays silent while his super PAC runs ads mocking Acton's own childhood abuse history.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 02:55:17 GMTOhio recovery housing has grown nearly 400%, new executive order provides more oversighthttps://toledoledger.com/posts/dewine-recovery-housing-oversight-executive-order/https://toledoledger.com/posts/dewine-recovery-housing-oversight-executive-order/DeWine's order follows accounts of overcrowded, unregulated homes with cockroaches and failing septic systems, especially across opioid-hit southern Ohio.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:55:48 GMTAfter a 2-year wait, will Ohio’s largest solar project get the OK?https://toledoledger.com/posts/oak-run-solar-800-mw-project-awaits-final-ohio-approval/https://toledoledger.com/posts/oak-run-solar-800-mw-project-awaits-final-ohio-approval/Madison County's lawyer argues the developer skipped required public review steps, while the OPSB staff says the project should be approved as is.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:50:40 GMTDocuments show how feds spied on protesters, left-wing organizations and unions during Metro Surgehttps://toledoledger.com/posts/feds-spied-metro-surge-protesters-unions-labor/https://toledoledger.com/posts/feds-spied-metro-surge-protesters-unions-labor/Court filings reveal undercover agents, facial recognition and license plate tracking targeted unions and groups never charged in the 15-defendant conspiracy case.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 06:30:39 GMTFlock Safety tightens safeguards as states, cities question surveillance networkhttps://toledoledger.com/posts/flock-safety-tightens-license-plate-reader-safeguards/https://toledoledger.com/posts/flock-safety-tightens-license-plate-reader-safeguards/The ACLU says the changes, prompted by 50-plus canceled contracts and officers caught tracking exes, still fall short of real privacy protections.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 06:29:59 GMTAmy Acton’s pitch to struggling Ohio families: Put money back in their pocketshttps://toledoledger.com/posts/acton-builds-governor-campaign-on-affordability-tax-cuts/https://toledoledger.com/posts/acton-builds-governor-campaign-on-affordability-tax-cuts/United For ALICE data shows 37% of Ohio households couldn't cover basics in 2024, the gap Acton's tax credit and data center cost-shifting plan targets ahead of a close November race.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:58:03 GMTOhio nursing homes dumped residents at homeless shelters. Jon Husted helped make them harder to sue.https://toledoledger.com/posts/husted-nursing-home-liability-shield-resident-dumping/https://toledoledger.com/posts/husted-nursing-home-liability-shield-resident-dumping/Husted has taken more than $1 million from the nursing home industry since co-sponsoring the 2002 law that shortened residents' window to sue.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:36:48 GMTMike Carey fundraises with Max Miller as co-host amid House ethics probe into abuse allegationshttps://toledoledger.com/posts/carey-fundraises-miller-ethics-probe-abuse-allegations/https://toledoledger.com/posts/carey-fundraises-miller-ethics-probe-abuse-allegations/FEC records show Carey and Miller's leadership PACs have exchanged $11,200 apiece on matching dates since 2022, even as Ohio's GOP senators call Miller unfit to serve.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:27:28 GMTOhio attorney general candidate calls for investigation of ties between JobsOhio and Intelhttps://toledoledger.com/posts/kulewicz-calls-jobsohio-intel-ties-investigation/https://toledoledger.com/posts/kulewicz-calls-jobsohio-intel-ties-investigation/Records show JobsOhio chairman Josh Rubin lobbied DeWine for Intel into 2026 while the agency weighs clawing back $27 million from the delayed chip plant.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:00:59 GMTOhio domestic violence resources centers have faced rising requests for serviceshttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-domestic-violence-shelters-surge-in-service-requests/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-domestic-violence-shelters-surge-in-service-requests/More than half of Ohio survivors seeking shelter were turned away last year, as centers in Rep. Max Miller's district report double-digit spikes in demand.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:50:36 GMTVoting rights anniversary spotlights America’s enduring anti-Black contempthttps://toledoledger.com/posts/voting-rights-act-61st-anniversary-black-contempt/https://toledoledger.com/posts/voting-rights-act-61st-anniversary-black-contempt/Eric Holder and legal scholars trace 61 years of Voting Rights Act erosion to 2013 and 2026 Supreme Court rulings that stripped federal preclearance protections.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:30:40 GMTNo more ‘hypothetical situations’: States move to fortify elections against Trumphttps://toledoledger.com/posts/states-fortify-elections-against-trump-interference/https://toledoledger.com/posts/states-fortify-elections-against-trump-interference/Democratic attorneys general are prepping court fights over possible ICE or FBI presence at polls, while at least 25 election deniers now hold local vote-certifying power.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:05:42 GMTU.S. Department of Justice files new charges against Southern Poverty Law Centerhttps://toledoledger.com/posts/doj-files-new-charges-southern-poverty-law-center/https://toledoledger.com/posts/doj-files-new-charges-southern-poverty-law-center/The revised indictment adds ex-official Heidi Beirich as a defendant days after a judge rejected SPLC's claim of vindictive prosecution, with trial set for October.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:00:33 GMTRamaswamy made $260M after his mom manipulated drug data. Now the billionaire says his generation ‘already made it.’https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-260m-drug-data-manipulation-axovant-pattern/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-260m-drug-data-manipulation-axovant-pattern/Oligarch Watch reports Ramaswamy's mother reanalyzed failed drug trial data before a $315M IPO, part of a $260M payout.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 03:47:27 GMTHouse Republicans embrace group that wants to privatize Social Securityhttps://toledoledger.com/posts/house-gop-embraces-60-plus-association-privatize-social-security/https://toledoledger.com/posts/house-gop-embraces-60-plus-association-privatize-social-security/Policy experts say privatization would threaten the long-term solvency of the program.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 21:31:20 GMTJon Husted helped nursing homes fight abuse and wrongful-death lawsuits, then took $1M from the industryhttps://toledoledger.com/posts/husted-nursing-home-liability-shield-1m-donations/https://toledoledger.com/posts/husted-nursing-home-liability-shield-1m-donations/A 2002 bill Husted cosponsored cut nursing homes' lawsuit exposure and barred state inspection findings from court, as Medicaid cuts strain Ohio facilities.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:52:01 GMTDerek Merrin voted to widen data center tax breaks, then took cash from companies tied to the boomhttps://toledoledger.com/posts/merrin-voted-data-center-tax-break-then-took-industry-cash/https://toledoledger.com/posts/merrin-voted-data-center-tax-break-then-took-industry-cash/AEP and Windstream gave Merrin $1,500 years after his 2017 vote, while his own Monclova Township later froze data center construction for a year.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:39:59 GMTHaitians in Springfield are required to report to Ohio’s ICE offices and wear ankle monitorshttps://toledoledger.com/posts/springfield-haitians-ice-ankle-monitors-passports/https://toledoledger.com/posts/springfield-haitians-ice-ankle-monitors-passports/Advocates say Springfield is singled out among 30,000 central Ohio Haitians, while ICE detained four Haitians locally in a single week this month.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:00:57 GMTOhio Supreme Court allows Ashville referendum against data center project to move forwardhttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-supreme-court-ashville-data-center-referendum-allowed/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-supreme-court-ashville-data-center-referendum-allowed/The ruling requires Ohio cities to justify emergency resolutions on data centers, while Pickaway County election officials still must decide if the petition qualifies.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:55:14 GMTMore GOP party platforms include anti-IVF language. Is surrogacy next?https://toledoledger.com/posts/gop-platforms-anti-ivf-surrogacy-next/https://toledoledger.com/posts/gop-platforms-anti-ivf-surrogacy-next/An Idaho lawmaker who used both IVF and surrogacy to build her family says surrogacy restrictions are likely coming to her state's 2027 legislative session.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:20:26 GMTTrump vaccine order takes aim at states that limit exemptionshttps://toledoledger.com/posts/trump-vaccine-order-targets-states-limiting-exemptions/https://toledoledger.com/posts/trump-vaccine-order-targets-states-limiting-exemptions/California, Connecticut, Maine and New York have among the nation's highest vaccination rates and lowest measles counts, unlike states allowing broad exemptions.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:15:45 GMTICE to outfit agents with electric shock gloves from KY company in $20 million no-bid contracthttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ice-20-million-electric-shock-gloves-compliant-technologies/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ice-20-million-electric-shock-gloves-compliant-technologies/The ACLU of Kentucky warns the shock gloves add coercive power without oversight, while a GOP lawmaker who tested the device calls it harmless.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:00:55 GMTRamaswamy family bodyguard pleads guilty to fentanyl trafficking after raid finds 132,000 lethal-dose equivalentshttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-bodyguard-pleads-guilty-fentanyl-trafficking-132000-doses/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-bodyguard-pleads-guilty-fentanyl-trafficking-132000-doses/Campaign finance records show Ramaswamy's campaign kept paying ARK Protection $14,000 after the arrest, with a final payment clearing four days after cutting ties publicly.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:49:07 GMTHundreds of thousands of Ohioans have lost Medicaid coverage, and that could doublehttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-medicaid-losses-could-double-work-requirements/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-medicaid-losses-could-double-work-requirements/‘Healthcare should be a right, not a privilege,’ says Ohio state Rep. Anita Somani.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 23:22:23 GMT