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Cincinnati, Ohio — A lobbyist with ties to the state’s top Republicans in 2019 paid $15,000 for inside information about a campaign to repeal $1.3 billion...
Cincinnati, Ohio — In June of 2019, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost thought a proposed utility bailout was a bad law, but he didn’t publicly oppose...
Cincinnati, Ohio — A series of text messages displayed in federal court Thursday showed close consultation between executives of an electric utility and a lawmaker after...
Cincinnati, Ohio — In politics, logical and moral consistency often aren’t the highest priorities. That was starkly true in the 2018 campaign to make then-Rep. Larry...
Cincinnati, Ohio — There has been speculation since the start of a massive public corruption trial that lawyers for the main defendant — former Ohio House Speaker...
It appears that federal prosecutors have a mountain of evidence they want to present to the jury in their racketeering case against former Ohio House Speaker...
A federal court trial over allegations of epic public corruption has been interrupted at least until Monday after a juror was diagnosed with COVID on Wednesday....
In late 2016, as Larry Householder was plotting his return to the Ohio House speakership, Akron-based FirstEnergy was drowning in losses from its uncompetitive nuclear and...
Cincinnati, Ohio — It depends on who you listen to. It was either a gargantuan bribery and money laundering scheme or it was a case of...
The Ohio Supreme Court agreed to hear the Ohio Attorney General’s appeal to freeze funds of a former state utility head who was named as part...
This monthly recap provides updates on Ohio’s ongoing utility corruption scandal and is a joint project of Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism,...
This story providing updates on Ohio’s ongoing utility corruption scandal is a joint project of Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism, and the...
Attorneys for former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder have objected to allowing FirstEnergy’s deferred prosecution agreement from being introduced as evidence in his upcoming felony racketeering...
This update on Ohio’s ongoing utility corruption scandal and is a joint project of Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism, and the nonprofit Energy...