Fed raises interest rates for first time in 3 years, battling persistent inflation
Trump blasted the quarter-point hike as gas hit $4.37 a gallon amid the Iran war, while Fed Chair Warsh insisted the central bank stays in its own lane.
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More GOP lawmakers break with Trump on Iran as gas prices keep climbing
Diesel hit a record $6.31 a gallon as Iowa Republicans Nunn and Miller-Meeks, both in toss-up races, voted to curb Trump's war powers for the first time.
Prices continue to rise despite Trump’s promises to end inflation
Gas prices jumped 38% since Trump took office and 95% of Americans say they face an affordability crisis, a recent poll found.
Amy Acton pledges no individual stocks as governor, challenges Ramaswamy to sell data-center holdings
Ramaswamy has not said whether he will divest from NVIDIA, Microsoft and Amazon holdings after softening his earlier praise for Ohio's data-center boom.
Trump EPA to strip greenhouse gas limits for power plants, a key Biden climate policy
Sen. Whitehouse warns the rollback could push more states to impose their own emissions limits, while Evergreen Action disputes EPA's no-climate-impact claim.
Coal-to-solar project lands a rare clean-energy win in Ohio
A new state law and reclaimed mine land helped the Vinton County project avoid the local opposition that has blocked other Ohio solar farms under a 2021 statute.
Data centers are on the November ballot in these 18 Ohio communities
One petition organizer in Piqua turned health fears from a battery plant into a mayoral recall bid after Meta proposed a 1,400-megawatt facility there.
Wood County residents rally against Jon Husted as $800 million Meta data center rises near Bowling Green
The Republican senator spent years championing Ohio’s data center buildout. At a Bowling Green rally this week, residents pointed to rising electric bills and accused Husted of helping create a problem he is now trying to rein in.
Vivek Ramaswamy could turn Ohio into America’s data center capital, all while holding investments across the industry
As other states slam the brakes on hyperscale data centers, Ohio already has nearly 18 gigawatts under contract with one utility alone. Ramaswamy wants the projects to keep coming.
Questionable data center forecasts are driving up Ohio power bills
PJM's capacity charges have jumped tenfold since May 2025, and Ohio has no independent review of transmission costs tied to unproven data center demand.
Derek Merrin says the cost of living is ‘coming down.’ In Ohio, food, power and gas still cost more.
The Republican congressional candidate made the claim on Labor Day as Midwest consumer prices remained 3.5% higher than a year ago and Ohio gasoline hovered around $4 a gallon.
Tiffin city government faces major electricity increase after years at below-market rate
The city has continued paying less than 5 cents per kilowatt-hour under a contract that expired more than two years ago. NOPEC hopes to soften the coming increase by pooling Tiffin with 11 other communities as Ohio confronts rapidly growing electricity demand.
AEP Ohio, submetering company trade barbs as PUCO decides what’s next
AEP wants Nationwide Energy Partners banned from its territory while the Consumers' Counsel warns 1,171 apartment residents shouldn't lose payment plan protections.
Residents question tax breaks for data centers in Ohio
Data center opponents say the money from tax breaks for wealthy corporations could have funded schools or roads instead.
Developers eye Native nations, tribal communities for new data center projects
The Cherokee, Seminole and Kickapoo nations have banned data centers on tribal land, saying developers target sovereign nations to skirt state and local rules.
Former Ohio utility regulator calls Ramaswamy’s ‘free electricity’ pledge an election gimmick
A former Ohio utility regulator calls Vivek Ramaswamy’s pledge an election gimmick. An energy researcher says he does not know how it would work. Even the head of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, which endorsed Ramaswamy, says the economics are too undefined to understand.
Who works for whom? Ohio man’s podcast explores data centers, AI.
Danny Caine's podcast finds bipartisan opposition nationwide, secret Ohio tax breaks worth $2.3 billion, and warehouse workers already monitored by GPS and biometric cameras.
Ohio records its most expensive August ever for gasoline
Trump promised to cut energy prices in half and later predicted gasoline would fall below $2 a gallon. Instead, Ohio averaged nearly $4 in August and hit $4.18 as the war with Iran continued disrupting global energy markets.
Gary Click voted to limit local control over power-hungry crypto mines
The Ohio Republican voted for legislation restricting local governments from adopting rules specifically targeting large cryptocurrency-mining operations, then added his name as a cosponsor.
As Ohio grapples with fake comments on clean energy, some want crackdown
Ohio regulators rejected a 94-megawatt solar farm despite evidence of fabricated opposition comments, and never referred the case for prosecution.
