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/ramaswamy-pump-and-dump-axovant-securities-violations/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-pump-and-dump-axovant-securities-violations/His mother helped rework failed Alzheimer's trial data as Ramaswamy sold nearly $40 million in stock before the drug failed its decisive Phase 3 test.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:27:34 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/dewine-study-ramaswamy-zero-property-tax-plan-could-mean-groceries-health-care/https://toledoledger.com/posts/dewine-study-ramaswamy-zero-property-tax-plan-could-mean-groceries-health-care/The DeWine budget office warns replacing Ohio's $24 billion in local property-tax revenue could require a 15% to 18% sales tax, among the nation's highest.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:59:46 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ice-detains-haitian-pastors-springfield-siege/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ice-detains-haitian-pastors-springfield-siege/Detainees include a pastor whose congregation is now without leadership, as advocates say ankle monitors and jail transfers to Butler County are inhumane.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:00:15 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-supreme-court-rejects-judge-abortion-amendment-claim/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-supreme-court-rejects-judge-abortion-amendment-claim/The ACLU of Ohio and the attorney general argued Trumbull County Judge David Engler offered no evidence the amendment caused his bypass caseload to drop to zero.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:55:45 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-aca-enrollment-drops-15-percent-premium-hike-2027/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-aca-enrollment-drops-15-percent-premium-hike-2027/With 161,000 Ohioans already gone, insurers say the remaining pool is sicker and costlier to cover, driving 2027 premium hikes averaging 14.7%.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:50:32 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/rural-hospital-obstetric-closures-long-drives-pregnant-women/https://toledoledger.com/posts/rural-hospital-obstetric-closures-long-drives-pregnant-women/KFF researchers say Trump's tax law could push more thin-margin rural hospitals to close obstetric units, with Ohio currently among states with the shortest drive times.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:30:59 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/democrats-build-state-power-alec-model/https://toledoledger.com/posts/democrats-build-state-power-alec-model/GOP lawmakers still hold nearly 55% of state seats, and experts say Democrats lack decades of coordinated infrastructure that groups like ALEC built.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:20:40 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-soros-fellowship-identity-affirmative-action/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-soros-fellowship-identity-affirmative-action/The anti-DEI Republican accepted a $50,000 fellowship he could only receive because he was the child of immigrants — after already earning hundreds of thousands of dollars on Wall Street.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:08:44 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-hides-st-xavier-private-school-campaign-biography/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-hides-st-xavier-private-school-campaign-biography/St. Xavier, the unnamed private school in his bio, currently costs $19,500 a year and can accept the same EdChoice vouchers Ramaswamy wants expanded statewide.Sat, 29 Aug 2026 16:26:44 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/trump-expands-beef-imports-ohio-cattle-producers-warn-of-harm/https://toledoledger.com/posts/trump-expands-beef-imports-ohio-cattle-producers-warn-of-harm/Ohio Cattlemen's Association president Lindsey Hall warns the move discourages herd rebuilding, as economists question whether it will even lower grocery prices.Sat, 29 Aug 2026 03:52:11 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/fact-check-acton-ice-cooperation-headlines/https://toledoledger.com/posts/fact-check-acton-ice-cooperation-headlines/Headlines portrayed Acton as embracing ICE and breaking with Democrats. Her actual remarks — and statements dating back to January — show a consistent position on lawful enforcement, public safety and professional standards for law enforcement.Fri, 28 Aug 2026 21:38:04 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/trump-big-oil-profit-gas-prices-rise/https://toledoledger.com/posts/trump-big-oil-profit-gas-prices-rise/President Donald Trump’s holdings of oil and gas stocks have gained millions of dollars in value since he began US military attacks on Iran, according to Congress’ Joint Economic Committee minority staff.Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:32:36 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/husted-wife-intel-stock-while-senator-advances-project/https://toledoledger.com/posts/husted-wife-intel-stock-while-senator-advances-project/Husted also took campaign cash from Intel lobbyist Josh Rubin, whom DeWine named JobsOhio chairman while it steered millions to the company.Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:55:01 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/soposki-family-asks-nrsc-remove-husted-ad-deadly-crash/https://toledoledger.com/posts/soposki-family-asks-nrsc-remove-husted-ad-deadly-crash/The photographer never authorized its use either, and FactCheck.org found the ad draws weak ties between Brown's 1996 vote and the driver who caused the crash.Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:50:03 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-data-centers-community-backlash-oxford-township/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-data-centers-community-backlash-oxford-township/Ohio lost $1.5 billion in 2025 tax breaks to Amazon, Meta and Google, nearly 12 times projections, prompting DeWine to pause new deals.Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:30:58 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/canada-retaliatory-tariffs-ohio-economy/https://toledoledger.com/posts/canada-retaliatory-tariffs-ohio-economy/Ohio's automobile supply chain faces tariffs on goods crossing the border in both directions, threatening a market that took $17.5 billion in state exports last year.Fri, 28 Aug 2026 06:00:28 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/jack-windsor-protection-order-bankruptcies-185k-judgment/https://toledoledger.com/posts/jack-windsor-protection-order-bankruptcies-185k-judgment/Windsor called scrutiny of his 2018 domestic case a “grotesque obsession” and said claims were disproven or retracted. The docket contains no such finding. Separate court records show a $150,000 loan to his media company ended in a six-figure judgment before he filed Chapter 13 bankruptcy.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:31:28 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/husted-votes-cut-food-aid-50000-ohio-children-lose-snap/https://toledoledger.com/posts/husted-votes-cut-food-aid-50000-ohio-children-lose-snap/More than 107,000 fewer Ohioans receive food assistance, including 50,477 fewer children, as new restrictions Husted backed take effect.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:56:42 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/states-voting-rights-groups-challenge-trump-mail-in-ballot-rule/https://toledoledger.com/posts/states-voting-rights-groups-challenge-trump-mail-in-ballot-rule/Officials from 24 states and D.C. argue the finalized USPS rule tramples state authority over elections, as a judge sets an Aug. 31 briefing deadline.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:26:53 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-democrats-blame-one-big-beautiful-bill-for-rising-costs/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-democrats-blame-one-big-beautiful-bill-for-rising-costs/Landsman's GOP opponent calls the affordability claims hypocritical, as marketplace premiums nearly double and 100,000 Ohioans lose SNAP benefits.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:00:15 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-economists-split-year-round-daylight-saving-time/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-economists-split-year-round-daylight-saving-time/Fifteen economists surveyed were nearly evenly split, recalling how 1974's permanent daylight saving experiment collapsed amid dark school bus stops and stalled energy savings.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:55:11 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/data-center-companies-donate-18-5-million-utility-assistance-ohio/https://toledoledger.com/posts/data-center-companies-donate-18-5-million-utility-assistance-ohio/Critics call the $18.5 million in donations a PR move timed to a GOP memo warning data centers could cost Husted his Senate seat.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:50:57 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-voters-need-20-30-vision-2030-redistricting/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-voters-need-20-30-vision-2030-redistricting/Republicans' 2010 REDMAP strategy shows how state legislative races years before a census can lock in decades of redistricting control.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:30:31 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/court-filings-reveal-dhs-surveillance-anti-ice-protesters/https://toledoledger.com/posts/court-filings-reveal-dhs-surveillance-anti-ice-protesters/A defense attorney's filing shows agents used chat-capturing software on Signal groups and subpoenaed website registrars to unmask anti-ICE organizers.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:00:55 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-property-tax-plan-50000-teacher-layoffs/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-property-tax-plan-50000-teacher-layoffs/Fiscal officials warn income or sales taxes would need to nearly triple to replace lost revenue.Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:31:24 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-backed-trump-tariffs-ohio-manufacturers-farmers-pay-price/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-backed-trump-tariffs-ohio-manufacturers-farmers-pay-price/Tosoh SMD lost $4 million in six months while Ohio soybean exports to China fell 85%, as Ramaswamy's campaign defended Trump's trade approach instead of the specific tariffs.Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:06:35 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/dolly-parton-dies-80-music-philanthropy/https://toledoledger.com/posts/dolly-parton-dies-80-music-philanthropy/Parton, worth an estimated $650 million, gave away millions through her Imagination Library and disaster relief funds, and asked to be buried in a cotton field.Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:15:09 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/court-order-blocks-trump-mail-voting-restriction/https://toledoledger.com/posts/court-order-blocks-trump-mail-voting-restriction/A separate Massachusetts case still blocks USPS from acting on Trump's order, even after the Supreme Court lifted a related injunction Monday.Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:09:46 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/les-wexner-steps-down-osu-medical-center-board-chair/https://toledoledger.com/posts/les-wexner-steps-down-osu-medical-center-board-chair/Wexner keeps an honorary board seat as M/I Homes CEO Robert Schottenstein is set to take over, while 500 requests to remove Wexner's name from campus buildings remain pending.Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:55:18 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-energy-rules-favor-natural-gas-over-solar-wind/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-energy-rules-favor-natural-gas-over-solar-wind/Ohio law lets counties ban wind and solar projects and adds local votes and rules gas plants avoid, steering data centers toward fossil fuel power.Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:30:44 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/linda-caudill-ramaswamy-blames-acton-mothers-death/https://toledoledger.com/posts/linda-caudill-ramaswamy-blames-acton-mothers-death/The woman blaming Amy Acton for her mother’s death has spent a decade in Republican politics — chairing Donald Trump’s Hamilton County campaign, organizing conservative activists and winning a seat on the Ohio GOP’s State Central Committee.Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:41:55 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-backs-miller-preserving-gop-control-most-important/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-backs-miller-preserving-gop-control-most-important/Two GOP senators on the same endorsement page as Ramaswamy have called for Miller to resign, but his name still isn't going anywhere.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 22:51:50 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/amy-acton-day-one-anti-corruption-executive-orders/https://toledoledger.com/posts/amy-acton-day-one-anti-corruption-executive-orders/The Democratic gubernatorial candidate says she would establish anti-corruption task forces to prevent future malfeasance in state government.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:17:26 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-ad-blames-acton-kentucky-death/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-ad-blames-acton-kentucky-death/DeWine has repeatedly said pandemic decisions were his alone, and the ad's spokeswoman was cut from a 2017 GOP campaign over a violent meme targeting Jon Husted.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:42:11 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-patrolmens-benevolent-association-endorses-amy-acton-for-governor/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-patrolmens-benevolent-association-endorses-amy-acton-for-governor/The endorsement splits Ohio police unions, coming a month after the state's largest, the FOP, backed Ramaswamy and an all-Republican slate for the first time in recent memory.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:59:57 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/supreme-court-lifts-pause-trump-mail-ballot-order/https://toledoledger.com/posts/supreme-court-lifts-pause-trump-mail-ballot-order/Jackson's dissent warns of chaos just 73 days before the midterms, as 23 Democratic-led states lose their bid to block the ballot overhaul.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:57:38 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/senate-map-trending-dem-gop-slim-advantage/https://toledoledger.com/posts/senate-map-trending-dem-gop-slim-advantage/Ohio is one of six toss-up states as analysts say low Trump approval and stronger Democratic enthusiasm could offset a map Republicans should easily hold.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:55:11 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/trump-administration-plans-100000-visa-fee-h1b-workers/https://toledoledger.com/posts/trump-administration-plans-100000-visa-fee-h1b-workers/The proposed fee for domestic hires follows a federal judge's June ruling striking down a similar $100,000 charge for workers hired abroad.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:52:56 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/trump-mcmahon-promote-education-freedom-tax-credit-voucher-program/https://toledoledger.com/posts/trump-mcmahon-promote-education-freedom-tax-credit-voucher-program/Nearly 30 congressional Democrats have introduced bills to repeal the tax credit program, though the effort faces long odds in the GOP-led Congress.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:51:25 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/medicaid-cuts-60-billion-hospital-funding-ohio-37-states/https://toledoledger.com/posts/medicaid-cuts-60-billion-hospital-funding-ohio-37-states/Ohio faces up to $640 million in annual state revenue losses by 2028 as rural hospitals brace for service cuts or closures under the federal changes.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:00:30 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-hb-984-foster-care-reimbursement-rate-cap/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-hb-984-foster-care-reimbursement-rate-cap/Officials say providers charge counties unlimited daily rates for hard-to-place children, with one Scioto County case nearing $1 million a year.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:55:01 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/democrats-trans-athletes-messaging-ohio-acton/https://toledoledger.com/posts/democrats-trans-athletes-messaging-ohio-acton/Equality Ohio downgraded Acton's grade to pending after a tense meeting where LGBTQ+ leaders said her campaign seemed to sideline trans concerns for swing voters.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:45:52 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-lawmakers-must-stop-kroger-surveillance-pricing/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-lawmakers-must-stop-kroger-surveillance-pricing/While 11 states and Congress advance surveillance-pricing bills, Ohio has introduced none, despite Kroger earning $500 million yearly selling shopper data.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:30:15 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/fentanyl-seizures-plummet-39-percent-as-trump-shifts-ice-to-immigration/https://toledoledger.com/posts/fentanyl-seizures-plummet-39-percent-as-trump-shifts-ice-to-immigration/One HSI office cut its drug team from seven agents to three as immigration work consumed 99% of staff hours, a DHS watchdog found.Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:37:56 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/supreme-court-allows-trump-400m-white-house-ballroom-project/https://toledoledger.com/posts/supreme-court-allows-trump-400m-white-house-ballroom-project/The order is temporary, giving justices more time to weigh a nonprofit's claim that Trump illegally demolished the East Wing without congressional approval.Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:34:37 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ice-detains-29-haitians-springfield-ohio/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ice-detains-29-haitians-springfield-ohio/Detainees are sent to Butler County Jail, already over its recommended capacity, as a Cleveland immigration lawyer says local jails profit from federal detention contracts.Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:00:25 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/amy-acton-anti-corruption-agenda-governor/https://toledoledger.com/posts/amy-acton-anti-corruption-agenda-governor/“We’ve got a lot of work to do,” Acton told reporters at a Columbus event. “But I think walking in the door and saying, ‘Look, there is a cost that we are all paying for corruption. We all know it. We’re famous for it.”Mon, 24 Aug 2026 07:55:59 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-bmv-removes-gender-change-form-drivers-license/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-bmv-removes-gender-change-form-drivers-license/Equality Ohio calls the unannounced change voter suppression, since state IDs are required at the polls and now must match birth certificates or passports.Mon, 24 Aug 2026 07:50:50 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-high-school-sports-pay-to-play-fees/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ohio-high-school-sports-pay-to-play-fees/Reynoldsburg charges $500 per sport in a district where most students are labeled economically disadvantaged, while neighboring Columbus charges nothing.Mon, 24 Aug 2026 07:30:22 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/idaho-abortion-ban-health-exception-supreme-court/https://toledoledger.com/posts/idaho-abortion-ban-health-exception-supreme-court/Idaho's attorney general is appealing the ruling, while legal experts say the case could reach the Supreme Court and test Dobbs over mental health exceptions.Mon, 24 Aug 2026 07:10:50 GMT