Author Lena Banks: Blinded Love
Best selling, fact-based fiction, author and poet, Lena Banks, is a south side native of Toledo, Ohio. “Straight out the womb with a pen and a pad,” is how she describes, when her writing began. […]
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The Fall Open Air Community Expo
On a beautiful day, the Fall Open Air Community Expo was held on Saturday, September 18, 2021 at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in west Toledo. Among the vendors were small business owners with their products […]
Five Tips for On-the-Go Business Owners
Special to The Truth Does your business take you places? Whether you work remotely or you’re on the road often, here are five tips to better manage operations from anywhere. Treat yourself: When traveling for […]
African American Mayors Association Calls for Bipartisan Action on Debt Ceiling
The African American Mayors Association (AAMA) joined a growing list of community organizations, state and local officials, and private sector leaders to implore Congress to take timely, bipartisan action to address the debt limit “to […]
Celebrating a Milestone for My Social Security
Social Security Column By Erin Thompson Social Security Public Affairs Specialist in Toledo, OH We are excited to celebrate a significant milestone for my Social Security: 60 million registrations! We thank each of you who […]
HUD Awards Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program to Lucas Housing Services Corporation (a Lucas Metropolitan Housing Non-Profit Affiliate) and National Church Residences for Construction of Collingwood Green Phase V
Special to The Truth National Church Residences, in partnership with Lucas Housing Services Corporation—a Lucas Metropolitan Housing (LMH) Non-Profit Affiliate—has been awarded $5,898,509 from HUD’s Section 202 Supportive Housing Grant for the Elderly for Collingwood […]
Catching Up: TARTA Secures Grants For Technology Upgrades
Grants from the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) will help to make the Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority (TARTA) a more efficient transit system, thanks to overdue technology upgrades. TARTA has secured more than $3 […]
$100 Grocery Gift and Free Lunch for Those Vaccinated at Area Office on Aging Event
Special to The Truth On Thursday September 9, the Area Office on Aging held an event featuring food, music, vendors and vaccines at their 2155 Arlington Avenue location. The attendees who received a vaccine received […]
45 Percent Jump in Ohio Billionaire Wealth – Almost All Tax-Free – Shows Need for Biden’s Investment and Tax Plans
Groups Call on Senator Sherrod Brown to Support $3.5 Trillion Investment Agenda Now Before Congress Paid for by Taxing the Wealthy and Corporations By Black Women Rising Guest Column Ohio’s eight billionaires increased their wealth […]
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP)
Want to improve the IRS?¨SPEAK UP By Andrea Price, TAP member representing Ohio The Truth Contributor The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel comprises civic-minded citizen volunteers from all walks of life representing each state, D.C., Puerto Rico, […]