ICYMI: Ohioans Struggle With Higher Costs Under Jon Husted
December 3, 2025
Columbus, Ohio — Whether it’s groceries, food, or health care, Ohioans are paying more thanks to Jon Husted’s affordability crisis.
Husted’s reckless tariffs are driving up prices across the board, and his votes on health care are sending premiums soaring. Instead of fighting to lower costs, Husted has doubled down, saying that critics “are wrong” about the tariffs, they “haven’t affected the economy negatively,” and “the policies are working.”
See For Yourself:
Kent Stater: Tariffs hit local businesses in Northeast Ohio
- Local manufacturers and business owners are feeling the trickle-down impact on many key products they import.
- “It’s a lot of extra things now that I have to do to make up for not being able to get the other things,” local artist and dice maker, Faith Burns, said.
- “The lack of stability this year, the chaos at the federal government level, has made it tough for companies to know where they’re going next, what income they’re going to have,” John Kelly, the director of business development at the Tuscarawas County Economic Development Corporation, said.
- At a local Kent coffee shop, sourcing coffee beans is driving up their costs, meaning they are passing a 5% fee on bags of coffee onto their customers.
Axios: Tariffs are shaking up Ohio manufacturing
- Driving the news: One-third of Ohio manufacturers say tariffs have already affected their sales, according to the report.
- By the numbers: Two in five surveyed say rising raw material costs are hindering growth.
- Cases of “significant” cost pressure jumped from 7.7% in 2023 to 10.9% in 2025.
- 30% say political uncertainty is slowing growth, the highest level since tracking began in 2018.
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