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Washington, DC — Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Wesley Bell (MO-01), Mike Quigley (IL-05), and Hank Johnson (GA-04), led a letter to President Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi raising serious concerns over the potential nomination of Ed Martin to serve as US Attorney for the District of Columbia. Congresswoman Kaptur is the Co-Founder and Co-Chair and Congressman Quigley serves as Democratic Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, and Congressman Bell is a new member of the Caucus.
Toledo, Ohio — This week, on Wednesday April 30, 2025, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Congressman Bob Latta (OH-05), introduced a bipartisan resolution proclaiming May 9 through May 18, 2025, as “National American Birding Week.” Birding is a pastime that generates billions in economic benefits annually, but migratory bird populations face many threats to their survival.
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I FIRST DISCOVERED the public library as a child (when it was known as the Lucas County Library).
Exploring around our neighborhood, I looked through a basement transom window that opened to a room at the former Glann School and wondered what all those books were. They had the most amazing aroma.
Money for three-year physics research project
By Blade Staff
U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) today announced the award of $210,000 to the University of Toledo for a three-year project to build on the recent success of quantum defect theories for atom-atom and ion-atom interactions.
The annual National Science Foundation award of $70,000 for the project titled "Quantum Theories of Fundamental Atomic and Molecular Interactions” begins this month and extends through 2019, with an annual review.
For two hours, union members representing organizations from across northwest Ohio filled downtown Toledo streets for the annual Labor Day parade.
As many as 20,000 people were expected to march in the parade, which stepped off at 9 a.m.
Scores of spectators lined the downtown streets to watch.
Matthew Sanders, 11, of Toledo sprinted toward pieces of candy that landed on Summit Street. He dodged other nearby children, weaving through them as if he were running football drills.
He said he was happy to be at the parade Monday morning.
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - For thousands of union members, this annual labor of love is for the love of Labor.
Representatives from AFSCME, The UAW, Teamsters and more than 100 other unions filled the streets of downtown Toledo this morning.
They were lock-step with local marching bands, flanked by horses and surrounded by flying candy.
An estimated 20,000 union members took part in today's parade. Thousands more watched along the sidewalks of Summit Street.
LORAIN — Valor Home, which assists homeless veterans with housing and meals as well as a hand in gaining employment and with addiction and mental health issues, will get continued financial assistance.
The 30-bed West 21st Street facility is one of a number of veterans’ housing facilities that will benefit from an $818,629 grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs through its Supportive Services for Veteran Families program that works to help thousands of low-income veterans and their families.