4-23-25 WEDNESDAY MORNING NEWS

Todd Walker reports
Lima electric customers to see 50% rate increase
Findlay Police continue to investigate suspicious deaths
U of Toledo cutting classes as a result of SB 1
OSU Police investigating voyeurism case
RFK looks to eliminate sythetic dyes in foods

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This week, city residents learn their electricity rates will be
going up. At city Council's a meeting on Monday, the
council approved a contract with a new electric aggregation provider,
Archer Energy. The new rate well mark a fifty increase
from the old rate. Electricity customers across the state are
experiencing increases as demand is about to outpace supply of

(00:24):
electricity in Ohio. The city has a two year contract
with energy consultant Treble Energy, but the new rate will
only be locked in for one year. Mayor Sarrita Smith explains.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
So what we did because the market is so volatile
right now. We know demand for electricity a lot of
it is being pointed to different things that are out
of our control Puocho regulations, the coming of data centers
and such. So we negotiated with our energy consultant to

(01:00):
look at prices year by year. So this point zero
nine per kilowy hour price will hold until June of
twenty twenty six, roughly, which allows us the ability to
watch the market and get the better rate for line
of customers.

Speaker 1 (01:14):
And Findlay police continue their investigation into two suspicious deaths.
Richard Gudiraz Junior and Ernesto Mendoza Junior were found dead
at an apartment early Sunday morning. Police say the two
did not live there, but we're visiting a couple that did.
Investigators are talking with them to find out more information.
When asked if drugs were involved, Finlay police say it's

(01:37):
too early to tell. Lieutenant Andrew Welch talked about the
investigation right now.

Speaker 3 (01:43):
It's very difficult for me to make a determination on that.

Speaker 1 (01:46):
There wasn't anything that was extremely blatantly obvious to us.
New state laws are forcing the University of Toledo to
cease offering certain classes. UT is cutting a number of
programs following the passage of Ohio Senate Bill one. According
to the university, the bill requires them to eliminate undergrad
programs if they have not handed out more than five

(02:07):
degrees annually through any three year period. Nine different programs
will no longer be offered as majors starting next school
year at UT. They include data analytics, philosophy, and Women's
and Gender Studies. Meanwhile, Ohio State University Police are investigating
reports of hidden cameras in a campus dorm building. The

(02:28):
department has confirmed that two reports of voyeurism have been
filed over cameras that were allegedly placed in bathrooms at
Morial Tower. Authorities say a student has been identified as
a potential suspect, but no arrests have been made. Health
and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior and other
officials have laid out plans to rid the US food

(02:49):
supply of synthetic dyes they say are health hazards. We
get more with Fox's Gernald Scott.

Speaker 3 (02:55):
Secretary Kennedy hinted at another additive he'd like to target.
Sugar is boys and Americans need to know that. But
right now he's focused on red, yellow, blue, and green
synthetic dyes that his agency plans to get out of
the food supply by next year. He said, what these
dyes are made of should not be ingested by anyone.
Nobody wants these petroleum.

Speaker 1 (03:16):
Everybody knows.

Speaker 3 (03:17):
There's enough science out there that we know it is terrible.
Natural food dies from vegetables are suggested as alternatives, but
a group that oversees color manufacturers say taking out synthetic
dies in a year is neither simple nor immediate. Grimal Scott,
Fox News.

Speaker 1 (03:34):
And an Ohio congressman is reintroducing legislation aimed at encouraging
developers to reuse office space to create affordable housing. Republican
Mike Carey of Ohio and California Democrat Congressman Jimmy Gomez
are co sponsoring they Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act.
The measure would create federal tax credits for developers who

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take vacant commercial office spaces and turn them into multi
year housing. Under the bill, at least twenty percent of
the resulting units would have to be priced appropriately for
people making eighty percent or less of the area's median income.
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