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/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 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/veteran-homelessness-record-low-half-states-increase/https://toledoledger.com/posts/veteran-homelessness-record-low-half-states-increase/Oregon saw the biggest jump at 16% and Mississippi rose 88%, while California cut its homeless veteran population by 624 to lead national declines.Mon, 24 Aug 2026 07:05:22 GMThttps://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-profited-axovant-alzheimers-drug-failed/https://toledoledger.com/posts/ramaswamy-profited-axovant-alzheimers-drug-failed/His mother's questioned reanalysis and a SoftBank ownership shift preceded the $315 million IPO's collapse, wiping out a California teachers' pension fund.Sun, 23 Aug 2026 22:50:29 GMThttps://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 GMThttps://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 GMThttps://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 GMThttps://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 GMThttps://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 GMThttps://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 GMThttps://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 GMThttps://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 GMThttps://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