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Ohio AG: death of key figure in House Bill 6 corruption scandal doesn’t stop state’s case
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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The state of Ohio’s investigation into the House Bill 6 nuclear power plant corruption scandal continues, in spite of the death of one of the key figures in the case… Read More
![FirstEnergy Stadium exterior view from 2013](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/shutterstock_633343949-e1681414525158-900x422.jpg)
The Browns end their stadium naming agreement with FirstEnergy
By: Tom Withers | AP
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CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns ended their stadium naming rights partnership with FirstEnergy Corp. after 10 years, and will return to their lakefront stadium being called Cleveland Browns Stadium…. Read More
![Larry Householder, former Ohio House speaker, walks into the Potter Stewart U.S. Court House in Cincinnati on Jan. 23, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/download-e1675451613955-900x422.webp)
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder is expected to take the stand as his defense prepares to rest
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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CINCINNATI (Statehouse News Bureau) — Defense attorneys in the federal racketeering trial of Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and ex-Ohio GOP chair Matt Borges started their case on… Read More
![Juan Cespedes poses for a portrait](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/download-2-e1676479213710-900x422.jpg)
A former lobbyist is on the stand again in the federal trial of the former Ohio House Speaker and the ex-Ohio GOP chair
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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CINCINNATI (Statehouse News Bureau) — A former lobbyist for a previous subsidiary of FirstEnergy who’s pleaded guilty in the House Bill 6 corruption case spent his day on the stand… Read More
![Rep. Larry Householder (R-Glenford) speaks to reporters before session on September 1. It was the first time he was back in the House since being stripped of his speakership in July.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/householder_gaggle_1-e1598995328350-900x422.jpg)
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
![OVEC and IKEC sign on floor of Kyger Creek Plant in Gallia County.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/img-1376-scaled-e1660920465222-900x422.jpg)
Ratepayers are seeing credits on electric bills after paying for controversial coal plant subsidies
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two coal plants, that have needed hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies from Ohio ratepayers, have churned out a profit in the last… Read More
![Perry Nuclear Power Plant](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/perry_nuclear_power_plant_032919_-_chow-e1565703265966-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Democratic Party sues DeWine over FirstEnergy, nuclear bailout law records
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Democratic Party has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Mike DeWine’s administration, saying they’re breaking the state’s public records law in turning over documents… Read More
![Rep. Larry Householder (R-Glenford) talked to reporters on September 1, 2020, after returning to the House for the first time since his July arrest in a $61 million bribery scheme.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/householder_gaggle_3-e1612556376997-900x422.jpg)
Another Plea Deal In Householder/Nuclear Bailout Corruption Case
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There’s another plea deal in the federal corruption case involving Republican former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford), the former chair of the Ohio… Read More
![FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP20274726027008-scaled-e1601557459669-900x422.jpg)
FirstEnergy Agrees Not To Seek Subsidy In Agreement With AG
By: Associated Press
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has announced Ohio’s largest electric utility has agreed in a settlement to forgo collection of a guaranteed profit subsidy provision in a… Read More
![Chuck Jones, FirstEnergy Corp CEO, after testifying before a Senate committee in May 2017.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/chuck_jones_firstenergy_-_chow-e1604089779321-900x422.jpg)
FirstEnergy Fires CEO Chuck Jones After Internal Investigation
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The FirstEnergy Board of Directors has fired its CEO Chuck Jones after an internal investigation into the ongoing federal racketeering case. The announcement came… Read More
![FILE – This April 4, 2017, file photo shows the entrance to FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/david_besse_nuclear_plant_-_by_ron_schwane-e1564149960519-900x422.jpg)
Defendants File Plea Agreements In HB6 Corruption Case
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Federal court documents in the $61 million racketeering case shows two defendants are looking to change their “not guilty” pleas, which means they’ve reached… Read More
![Perry Nuclear Power Plant](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/perry_nuclear_power_plant_032919_-_chow-e1565703265966-900x422.jpg)
Columbus, Cincinnati File Lawsuit To Stop New Electric Bill Charges
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Leaders in Columbus and Cincinnati have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to stop new charges from appearing on electric bills next year created through… Read More
![FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP20274726027008-scaled-e1601557459669-900x422.jpg)
Ohio GOP Lawmakers Favor Remake Of Tainted Energy Bill
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — There appears to be consensus among Republican lawmakers to replace a bill tainted by an alleged bribery scandal to provide $1 billion in subsidies to two… Read More
![Rep. Larry Householder (R-Glenford) speaks to reporters before session on September 1. It was the first time he was back in the House since being stripped of his speakership in July.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/householder_gaggle_1-e1598995328350-900x422.jpg)
Ex-House Speaker Runs For Reelection Despite Federal Charges
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Rep. Larry Householder’s name will be on the ballot Election Day as the disgraced Ohio lawmaker intends to serve his district for another term. This… Read More
![FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP20274726027008-scaled-e1601557459669-900x422.jpg)
DeWine Expects Nuclear Bailout Repeal During Lame Duck Session
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s been nearly three months since former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four others connected to him were arrested on federal charges of… Read More
![FILE – This April 4, 2017, file photo shows the entrance to FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/david_besse_nuclear_plant_-_by_ron_schwane-e1564149960519-900x422.jpg)
Federal PAC Donations Show Ohio Valley Lawmakers Raked In Thousands From Utility FirstEnergy
By: Brittany Patterson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (OVR) — Lawmakers from across the Ohio Valley have received nearly half a million dollars in campaign contributions from 2019-2020 from a political action committee associated with FirstEnergy Corp.,… Read More
![FirstEnergy’s Bruce Mansfield coal-fired power plant, located in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, shut down in November 2019.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_0115-scaled-1-e1595870817928-900x422.jpg)
Power Failure: A Massive Bribery Scheme Could Change Ohio Valley Energy Systems
By: Brittany Patterson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (OVR) — One of the country’s largest investor-owned electric utilities, with a large presence in the Ohio Valley, has emerged at the center of a $60 million bribery… Read More
![The Ohio Supreme Court building in downtown Columbus, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Ohio_Supreme_Court-e1504696468122-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Supreme Court Declares FirstEnergy’s Grid Fee Illegal
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected a 2017 decision by state utility regulators that allowed FirstEnergy to charge an additional fee to be spent toward modernizing… Read More