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Householder, Borges trial focuses on documents connecting FirstEnergy to Generation Now
CINCINNATI (Statehouse News Bureau) — Dozens of documents and phone recordings were displayed and played in the trial against Republican former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and former FirstEnergy lobbyist… Read More
A defense lawyer questions the ‘vibes’ and judge’s fitness in former House Speaker Larry Householder’s corruption trial
CINCINNATI (AP) — One of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder’s defense lawyer questioned the fitness on Tuesday of U.S. District Judge Timothy Black to preside over the Republican’s corruption… Read More
A juror’s COVID diagnosis halts Householder’s corruption trial
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The corruption trial of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was temporarily paused Wednesday after a juror tested positive for COVID-19. U.S. District Judge Timothy Black… Read More
Attorneys deliver opening statements in the trial of Larry Householder and Matt Borges
CINCINNATI, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — U.S prosecutors told a jury Monday that they will see evidence that proves Larry Householder and Matt Borges took part in a conspiracy for… Read More
A hazing suit at Bowling Green ends with a nearly $3M settlement
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The family of a student who died from alcohol poisoning while pledging a fraternity will receive nearly $3 million from Bowling Green State University to… Read More
Ohio House ex-speaker’s trial in $60M bribery probe is set to begin
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder goes on trial next week in the highest-profile reckoning yet to arise from a $60 million federal bribery investigation that federal prosecutors call the… Read More
West Virginia announces an $83 million opioid settlement with Walgreens
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia has settled for $83 million with Walgreens for the pharmacy store chain’s role in perpetuating the opioid crisis in the U.S. state with the… Read More
A law firm for Democrats files suit against Ohio’s new election law
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Democratic law firm has filed suit against Ohio’s new election law, claiming on behalf of groups representing military veterans, teachers, retirees and the homeless that it “imposes… Read More
A judge says West Virginia can keep its ban against transgender school athletes
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s ban on transgender athletes competing in female school sports is constitutional and can remain in place, a federal judge ruled Thursday. “I recognize that… Read More
Joe Deters appointed to the Ohio Supreme Court
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine has named Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters as his appointment to the Ohio Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left behind… Read More
House, Senate vote to expand record expungement eligibility
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A comprehensive bill to change several aspects of Ohio’s criminal justice system — which included an expansion to record expungement eligibility — passed the… Read More
George Wagner IV gets life in prison after conviction in Rhoden family murders
WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A man convicted in the killings of eight members of an Ohio family was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. George… Read More
George Wagner IV to be sentenced in murders of 8 Rhoden family members
WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A man convicted in the killings of eight people from another southern Ohio family faces the possibility of life in prison without parole when he’s sentenced…. Read More
Ohio Supreme Court rules insurance doesn’t cover business COVID losses
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a business’s insurance policy doesn’t cover the income it lost when the governor ordered a shutdown early in the… Read More
Mike DeWine plans to announce a new Ohio Supreme Court justice by the end of the year
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine plans to fill the empty seat on the Ohio Supreme Court by announcing his appointment by the end of the year…. Read More
They ran a voter suppression scheme. Now an Ohio judge has sentenced them to register voters
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Two far-right operatives who told tens of thousands of people not to vote by mail in a robocall scheme will now have to spend 500 hours… Read More
A jury convicts George Wagner IV in the 2016 killings of 8 Rhoden family members
WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A jury has convicted a man in the killings of eight people from another Ohio family. The jury deliberated for only a few hours Wednesday before… Read More
A defense attorney claims Wagner IV had no reason to help in killing Rhoden family members
WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A defense attorney for an Ohio man accused of helping his family kill eight members of another family says he had no reason to take part…. Read More
A prosecutor argues the jury should find Wagner IV guilty in Rhoden Family slayings, even if he wasn’t the triggerman
WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A prosecutor says the first defendant to face trial in the slayings of eight people from an Ohio family should be convicted regardless of whether he… Read More
Despite Ohio Supreme Court ruling, attorney on $300 unemployment checks case says it isn’t over
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed the case over whether Gov. Mike DeWine had the power to cut off $300 weekly checks to… Read More
Court dismisses case over the early cut-off of COVID benefits
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Gov. Mike DeWine’s authority to end Ohio’s participation in a federal pandemic unemployment aid program. The court’s… Read More
Judge rules to erase the student loans of 200K borrowers who say they were ripped off
SAN FRANCISCO (NPR) — A federal judge in San Francisco granted final approval Wednesday to a settlement that could cancel at least $6 billion in federal student loans for approximately… Read More
Ohio law banning local gun control ordinances has been put on hold by a court
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge has issued a temporary injunction preventing enforcement of a state law that bans local governments from passing… Read More
Judge dismisses an effort to halt the student loan relief plan
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed an effort by six Republican-led states to block the Biden administration’s plan to forgive student loan debt for tens… Read More
Judge to decide the next steps on Ohio’s ‘heartbeat’ abortion ban
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge in Ohio hears arguments Friday on whether to extend a block on Ohio’s law banning virtually all abortions on a more permanent basis. Hamilton… Read More
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