Ramaswamy heckled off stage by young conservatives in his hometown as GOP doubts pile up
The libertarian crowd that heckled him fits the exact voter base he's courted for years, as new polls show Acton tied or ahead statewide.
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Ramaswamy blamed American culture for foreign hiring. Now he wants Ohio to expand subsidies to biggest H-1B sponsors
Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Google topped H-1B approvals in 2025 while collecting Ohio tax breaks Ramaswamy's incentive boards would keep extending.
Pro-data center industry group behind ad campaign in Ohio, Oregon, five other states
Ohio's Connected Ohio and similar groups in six states share ad scripts funded by a coalition whose members include Microsoft, Google and Meta.
Jon Husted spent 6 years courting data centers. Now he tells Ohioans facing higher bills: 'We are the problem.'
Husted's remark comes as Ohio's data center tax break cost $1.6 billion in 2025 and AEP Ohio disconnections hit 15%, four times FirstEnergy's rate.
Sherrod Brown comfortably outraises Jon Husted as outside groups enter Ohio’s U.S. Senate race
Outside groups have committed over $174 million so far, with a dark money nonprofit and Jane Street traders among the biggest donors on both sides.
Acton would back a data center moratorium unless 6 conditions are met. Ramaswamy says Ohio needs more of them, not fewer.
Ramaswamy wants to sort good data center projects from bad ones and keep building, while Acton would bar new facilities that miss any of six conditions.
Jon Husted defended Google's $43.5 million Ohio tax break. Now he's taken $69,750 from data center and utility interests.
The donations from Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Oracle and AEP are a small share of Husted's $14.35 million haul but fuel Brown's ad attacking his tax-break record.
Eric Watson will 'never' endorse Gary Click, says he is moving out of House District 88
Watson says a post-primary meeting with Click left him unconvinced on data centers and digital ID, as he relocates to Wayne County ahead of Click's Nov. 3 race against Democrat Aaron Jones.
Elon Musk drops $5M behind Vivek Ramaswamy as billionaires bankroll Ohio governor bid
Musk's gift is his first to former DOGE partner Ramaswamy, part of $42 million from a handful of billionaires backing a super PAC in a race Cook Political Report now calls a toss-up.
Google is building a $500 million data center in rural Ohio. Neighbors are furious
Google used shell companies and NDAs with commissioners to secretly assemble the site before securing $600 million in tax breaks, while House Speaker Matt Huffman stays silent nearby.
PJM Interconnection electricity price hits cap again in latest auction
Data center demand and a widening supply shortfall are driving the $16 billion cost increase, adding up to $320 a year to some residential bills.
Submetering boss gave Ramaswamy $25K as bill easing rules for his industry advanced
DeWine vetoed the bill weeks later, calling the submetering model fundamentally flawed and citing tenants barred from choosing suppliers or income-based aid.
Relief from energy bills unlikely as utilities request billions in rate hikes
PowerLines found regulators rejected just two of 83 rate requests last year, as one in six U.S. households already fall behind on utility bills.
Ohio ratepayers’ summer electric bills could top $800, report says
A Third Way report blames Trump administration policies for blocking clean energy while propping up coal, as Ohioans face 17% bill increases amid a $1 billion utility scandal.
Do data centers impact our physical health? Studies are few and far between.
A George Mason researcher identifies noise pollution and fossil fuel reliance as key concerns, while the industry argues data centers support 130,000 Pennsylvania jobs and generate $1.9 billion in taxes annually.
'So distasteful': Gary Click writes himself into the signing of the Declaration of Independence in July 4 AI video
Click sponsored legislation that would frame community opposition to large-scale AI data centers as potential "foreign propaganda."
Report: Trump policies have cost Ohio households $2,175, among highest in U.S.
The report attributes costs to tariffs, energy, gas and health care policy votes by Ohio's Republican-dominated delegation.
Ohio summer electric bills head toward $745 as Tiffin swelters in heat wave
A PUCO settlement promised bill relief, but consumer groups say temporary tax credits will expire, leaving Ohio households facing rate hikes of up to $10 monthly by 2028.
PJM gets green light to push data centers onto back-up power during heat wave
The emergency orders also allow power plants to exceed pollution limits through July 3 as demand is expected to set a new grid record.
How a Ramaswamy administration could flood Ohio with data centers
If elected, Ramaswamy would control state boards that approve data centers, incentivize them, and set utility rules—while holding investments across the industry he'd regulate.
