Sandusky County budget crisis, Flock cameras and Ickes fallout dominate Fremont NAACP candidate forum
Ontko pressed why Ickes stays on the ballot despite his removal, while Click urged Jones to ban cameras Tiffin never actually deployed.
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National security leaders endorse Acton, blast Ramaswamy over FBI shutdown plan, public safety
A coalition of more than 1,600 former military, diplomatic and national security officials is backing Democrat Amy Acton for Ohio governor — while taking direct aim at Republican Vivek Ramaswamy over his proposal to shut down the FBI and what the group says are policies that would weaken public safety.
David Ziegler rejects data centers in Seneca County as Frankart sidesteps whether he supports them
Independent commissioner candidate David Ziegler said data centers do not belong in Seneca County, while Republican incumbent Bill Frankart stopped short of saying whether he supports or opposes bringing the massive facilities into the county.
Ramaswamy runs to 'fix Ohio' after 30 years of Republican dominance in state government
The GOP nominee attacks Ohio’s COVID response and promises to fix Medicaid, property taxes, electric bills, universities and data-center policy. Republicans have dominated Ohio state government since the mid-1990s, and his running mate now leads the Senate.
DeWine study: Ramaswamy’s tax promise could mean new taxes on groceries and 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.
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Ramaswamy’s property tax plan could trigger layoffs of over 50,000 teachers, 32,000 first responders
Fiscal officials warn income or sales taxes would need to nearly triple to replace lost revenue.
Steve Kraus challenges Caleb Stidham to public debate in Ohio House District 89 race
LaRose certified Stidham the same day Kraus's debate challenge went public, and Kraus now faces an Aug. 24 deadline to qualify his write-in bid.
‘This is our home’: Tiffin family says property was pulled into industrial annexation without consent
City Engineer Matt Watson defended a $50,000 sewer agreement system tying the Flechtner property to Lenny Clouse's industrial plan, as council has yet to receive annexation legislation.
Ramaswamy said Ohio children should be in school year-round and until 4 p.m. Then he deleted the video.
Ramaswamy deleted the video and never explained why, while Tiffin schools already faced a $1.2 million funding gap his own tax plan could deepen.
Investors are buying Ohioans’ unpaid property tax debts, with 18% interest
Ohio counties are selling record levels of residents’ property tax debts to private investors, who charge up to 18% interest when they collect. Bipartisan lawmakers have proposed eliminating the lien sales outright, while gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton has called for a crackdown.
Tax change would spur Ohio development — and help low-income families most, new study says
Notre Dame researchers found Cincinnati parking lots pay far less tax per square foot than nearby apartments, while a proposed land-value shift would cut costs 17% for poorest neighborhoods.
NW Ohio union leaders: Ramaswamy moved his company to Texas, now wants to run Ohio
Union leaders point to Ramaswamy's 2024 relocation of Strive Asset Management from Columbus to Dallas as evidence he won't fight for Ohio workers.
Ramaswamy’s income-tax plan could drive 20% property-tax increase, analysis finds
Innovation Ohio estimates eliminating Ohio's income tax could force a 20% property-tax increase statewide to fund schools, complicating Ramaswamy's dual promise to cut both.
Ohio Republicans back off effort to kill a beefy tax credit for data centers
Lawmakers around 10 p.m. Wednesday nixed a vote on a data center package, aborting efforts to eliminate or lower a tax break that saved Big Tech $2 billion last year.
Constitutional amendment to eliminate property taxes in Ohio will not appear on November ballot
LAKE COUNTY, Ohio — A grassroots effort to put a constitutional amendment eliminating property taxes on the November ballot in…
Ramaswamy's tax plan rewards the wealthy and corporations while shifting the bill to working Ohioans
Ramaswamy's own financial disclosure shows $768,968 in capital gains in 2025—the exact income his proposal would exempt from state taxes.
Ohio property tax abolition campaign drops 2026 ballot bid
A leader with the Committee to Abolish Ohio Property Taxes said they’re instead targeting the November 2027 election after falling short of their signature gathering goals.
Just before moratorium, two last Ohio data centers get a $42 million tax break
DeWine exempted the Cologix project from his moratorium announced days earlier, after the tax break's cost ballooned to $1.57 billion in 2025.
Meet Aaron Jones, the Army veteran and factory supervisor taking on Gary Click for Ohio House District 88
The Democrat, a Toledo Molding & Die supervisor and Army veteran, is challenging three-term incumbent Gary Click in a competitive northwest Ohio race.
A $620 property tax debt cost him his house. Ohio’s Supreme Court will decide if the county owes him.
Plaintiffs say their homes were worth more than their tax debts. But Cuyahoga County isn’t passing on the surplus.
