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New fallout in the HB 6 nuclear bailout scandal leads to calls for more campaign finance disclosure
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — New documents show FirstEnergy paid $2.5 million in secret to help Mike DeWine’s initial campaign for governor in 2018. It’s the latest twist in… Read More
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Ohio’s 2023 abortion fight cost campaigns $70 million
By: Julie Carr Smyth | Samantha Hendrickson | AP/Report for America
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — This fall’s fight over abortion rights in Ohio cost a combined $70 million, campaign finance reports filed Friday show. Voters overwhelming passed November’s Issue 1, which… Read More
![Rep. Phil Plummer, a supporter of Rep. Derek Merrin (R-Monclova Township) for speaker, talks to reporters after House session on January 25, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/download-9-e1681484645373-900x422.webp)
A battle over the Ohio House Republicans’ campaign account appears to be settled
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Lawmakers are on spring break, but they were apparently working. The war over who will control the Ohio House Republicans’ campaign arm is apparently… Read More
![Gov. Mike DeWine talking about his campaign in the Ohio Republican gubernatorial primary sitting in his home.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/img-4140-scaled-e1664844047323-900x422.jpeg)
Gambling interests gave GOP group behind pro-DeWine PACs $1M
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gambling interests positioning for lucrative business as Ohio remakes its betting landscape donated nearly $1 million to a nonprofit group that helped successfully reelect Republican Ohio… Read More
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The new role dark money is playing in campaigns for Ohio’s top court
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — This year will be the first general election when justices running for the Ohio Supreme Court will have their political party designation on the… Read More
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Tracking The Money Race Behind The Presidential Campaign
By: Sean McMinn | Alyson Hurt | NPR
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See which 2020 presidential candidate has raised the most money, who has spent the most, where the candidates’ funding comes from — and how the Democrats stack up against President Trump.
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Dark Money Groups Get A Little Darker, Thanks To IRS
By: Peter Overby | NPR
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Advocates say it’s a First Amendment issue. Critics say it’s opening the door to secret money from foreign sources.