Tag: Toledo (Ohio)

Samuel Wurzelbacher, Celebrated as ‘Joe the Plumber,’ Dies at 49

For Republicans in 2008, he briefly became a symbol of Middle America when he questioned the presidential candidate Barack Obama in an impromptu televised encounter.

Medical Debt Is Being Erased in Ohio and Illinois. Is Your Town Next?

Cook County, Ill., and Toledo, Ohio, are turning to the American Rescue Plan to wipe out residents’ medical debt. Experts caution it is a short-term solution.

Fraternity Brothers Acquitted on Most Serious Charges in Student’s Death

The two men were found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide in the death of Stone Foltz, a 20-year-old Bowling Green State University sophomore. But they were convicted of hazing and other lesser counts.

Labor’s Disenchantment in Ohio Puts Even Democratic Veterans at Risk

As unions decline and their members maintain their affections for Donald J. Trump, Democrats like Representative Marcy Kaptur find their base of support eroding quickly.