http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Fri, 26 Jun 2026 04:52:07 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/26/to-editor-national-security-begins-n-w-ohio/stories/20260626010 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/26/to-editor-national-security-begins-n-w-ohio/stories/20260626010#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2026 04:21:41 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/26/to-editor-national-security-begins-n-w-ohio/stories/20260626010 Northwest Ohio has always answered the call when our nation needs us. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/25/editorial-council-right-on-flock/stories/20260625026 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/25/editorial-council-right-on-flock/stories/20260625026#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/25/editorial-council-right-on-flock/stories/20260625026 Toledo City Council agonized over an easy and obvious decision but finally made the correct choice and renewed the police department contract with Flock Group Inc. for cameras that read and record license plates. A Flock Safety license plate reader is seen along a public road on Oct. 16 in Houston. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/06/25/lessenberry-trump-finally-endorses-in-michigan-gubernatorial-race/stories/20260625009 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/06/25/lessenberry-trump-finally-endorses-in-michigan-gubernatorial-race/stories/20260625009#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/06/25/lessenberry-trump-finally-endorses-in-michigan-gubernatorial-race/stories/20260625009 DETROIT — Michigan, for the first time in the state’s long history, has both an open governor and an open U.S. Senate race on the ballot this year. The senate contest has drawn vast attention, but the governor’s race less so, especially in the last month. Rep. John James (R., Mich.) listens to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, not pictured, speak during a tour of Atomic Industries' manufacturing facility April 9 in Warren, Mich. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/25/to-the-editor-kaptur-votes-against-border-security/stories/20260624022 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/25/to-the-editor-kaptur-votes-against-border-security/stories/20260624022#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/25/to-the-editor-kaptur-votes-against-border-security/stories/20260624022 Marcy Kaptur voted against the Secure America Act this month. I was disappointed, but not surprised. Ms. Kaptur has a long record of casting bad votes that weaken America and promote illegal immigration. Marcy Kaptur speaks at the groundbreaking for St. Anthony's Church for its redevelopment October 6, 2025. Merrin https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/25/editorial-doj-leadership-alarmingly-illegal/stories/20260626004 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/25/editorial-doj-leadership-alarmingly-illegal/stories/20260626004#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2026 04:00:50 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/25/editorial-doj-leadership-alarmingly-illegal/stories/20260626004 New leadership that is untethered from the retaliatory obsessions of the President is needed in the U.S. Department of Justice. President Donald Trump talks with guests at a Rose Garden Club dinner with farmers, in the Rose Garden of the White House on June 25. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/2026/06/25/editorial-cartoon-maumee-dearest-6-25/stories/20260625086 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/2026/06/25/editorial-cartoon-maumee-dearest-6-25/stories/20260625086#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:12:41 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/2026/06/25/editorial-cartoon-maumee-dearest-6-25/stories/20260625086 Click the image above to view the full cartoon. Maumee Dearest https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/25/editorial-enforce-all-gun-laws/stories/20260625011 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/25/editorial-enforce-all-gun-laws/stories/20260625011#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/25/editorial-enforce-all-gun-laws/stories/20260625011 There’s only so much local politicians can do about the permissive gun laws that make it easy in the United States to possess a weapon useful in carrying out mass shootings, like the gang shootout that occurred in the Old West End. Lucas County Courthouse exterior in downtown Toledo, May 4, 2015. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/25/to-the-editor-stop-funding-israel-s-military/stories/20260625010 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/25/to-the-editor-stop-funding-israel-s-military/stories/20260625010#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/25/to-the-editor-stop-funding-israel-s-military/stories/20260625010 Media the world over was generally celebrating Trump’s cease-fire deal with Iran. Oil could soon flow out of the Strait of Hormuz as gas and diesel prices have already started coming down in America. Palestinian shepherd Thiab Draghme leads his flock of sheep and goats past an Israeli flag placed on a road in the northern Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank June 23 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/23/editorial-world-cup-benefits/stories/20260624007 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/23/editorial-world-cup-benefits/stories/20260624007#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2026 03:35:53 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/23/editorial-world-cup-benefits/stories/20260624007 Just when the United States was trudging into the America 250 milestone anniversary with two-thirds of the nation convinced the country is on the wrong track, about 5 million foreign World Cup soccer fans have descended upon America and awakened our national pride. Congo's Steve Kapuadi (3) tries reach the ball during the World Cup Group K soccer match between Colombia and Congo in Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico on June 23. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/22/editorial-seizing-economic-future/stories/20260623006 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/22/editorial-seizing-economic-future/stories/20260623006#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2026 02:46:20 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/22/editorial-seizing-economic-future/stories/20260623006 Is America ready for the economy of the future? It’s a big question to be explored in insightful detail Wednesday night at the University of Toledo as part of the Perspectives partnership between UT and The Blade. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/22/to-editor-in-reality-there-no-crisis-old-west-end/stories/20260623013 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/22/to-editor-in-reality-there-no-crisis-old-west-end/stories/20260623013#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2026 02:43:57 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/22/to-editor-in-reality-there-no-crisis-old-west-end/stories/20260623013 The shooting at the Old West Festival — allegedly conducted by two 20-year-old male outsiders now in custody who don’t live in the Old West End, was an isolated incident. Dozens of attendees set up lawn chairs for the Old West End Association's first concert of their annual summer series on June 21 at the Agnes Reynolds Jackson Arboretum. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/21/editorial-port-master-plan/stories/20260621052 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/21/editorial-port-master-plan/stories/20260621052#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/21/editorial-port-master-plan/stories/20260621052 The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority waterfront master plan comes as momentum along the river is reshaping the city. Future budget priorities and equipment upgrades for the Midwest Terminal and Toledo Shipyard will help the port authority add to the push for waterfront development. The Canadian boat Federal Champlain passes through the Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge as it makes way up the Maumee River, May 16, 2018 in Toledo. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/21/editorial-university-of-toledo-budget-focused/stories/20260621057 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/21/editorial-university-of-toledo-budget-focused/stories/20260621057#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/21/editorial-university-of-toledo-budget-focused/stories/20260621057 A tight budget at the University of Toledo has prompted a focused strategy the university expects to power a much needed change in trajectory. A graduate celebrates while walking back to his seat during the morning spring undergraduate commencement ceremony at the University of Toledo’s Savage Arena in Toledo on May 2, 2026. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/21/editorial-sheriff-must-act/stories/20260621061 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/21/editorial-sheriff-must-act/stories/20260621061#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/21/editorial-sheriff-must-act/stories/20260621061 Lucas County Sheriff Mike Navarre’s heated rhetoric makes him duty bound to use his own budget for a consultant’s study on the costs to implement a direct-supervision model into the county’s jail renovation plan. Lucas County Sheriff Mike Navarre addresses press on jail inmates’ completion of a food service program in conjunction with Aramark in Toledo on Dec. 15, 2021. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/21/to-the-editor-toledo-cannot-sit-out-ai-race/stories/20260621056 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/21/to-the-editor-toledo-cannot-sit-out-ai-race/stories/20260621056#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/21/to-the-editor-toledo-cannot-sit-out-ai-race/stories/20260621056 The debate over artificial intelligence is no longer some distant Silicon Valley argument. It is already here in northwest Ohio, from the Meta data center project near Bowling Green to the larger questions about power, water, land, jobs, and who benefits when this technology expands. Construction crews work as Meta officially announces its plans for a new $800 million data center in Middleton Township and Wood County in Bowling Green on April 9, 2025. Bruhl https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/06/21/shribman-a-letter-to-dad/stories/20260621055 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/06/21/shribman-a-letter-to-dad/stories/20260621055#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/06/21/shribman-a-letter-to-dad/stories/20260621055 DEAR DAD, David Shribman, executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, speaks during The Blade's Perspectives series: "Tariffs and Trade in the Modern Age" at the University of Toledo’s Doermann Theatre in downtown Toledo on June 11, 2025. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/21/editorial-bipartisan-puco-protection/stories/20260621050 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/21/editorial-bipartisan-puco-protection/stories/20260621050#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:54:14 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/21/editorial-bipartisan-puco-protection/stories/20260621050 There’s universal recognition in the state Capitol that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio is a near perfect example of regulatory capture. A bipartisan bill with sponsorship from state Sen. Paula Hicks-Hudson (D., Toledo) is a long needed measure to mitigate much of the damage. In this April 4, 2017, file photo, plumes of water vapor drift from the cooling tower of FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/21/to-the-editor-measuring-cost-for-mission-project/stories/20260621046 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/21/to-the-editor-measuring-cost-for-mission-project/stories/20260621046#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/21/to-the-editor-measuring-cost-for-mission-project/stories/20260621046 On Thursday a reader was praising the Mission Project that taxpayers will be shelling out $21 million to provide 65 housing units for the chronically homeless. Zillow in 2026 has the Toledo average of buying a home at $130,000. Rendering for the Mission Point apartment building. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/19/to-editor-do-not-tire-political-quest/stories/20260620031 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/19/to-editor-do-not-tire-political-quest/stories/20260620031#comments Sat, 20 Jun 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/19/to-editor-do-not-tire-political-quest/stories/20260620031 The Republicans who lost their primary elections can look themselves in the mirror and at their children and grandchildren knowing they defended the Constitution and the right to a free and fair election. They will not end up on the trash heap of history like Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem, Kevin McCarthy et al after Trump uses and abuses them and then kicks them to the curb. House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., arrives at the White House ahead of the UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn on June 14.