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![A group of people holding signs calling for punishing FirstEnergy march on the sidewalk near the Statehouse.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/snbfirstenergy-e1717267891486-900x422.jpg)
Activists ask Ohio’s attorney general to scrap FirstEnergy’s business license over HB 6 scandal
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A coalition of environmental, good government and community activists are making a request of Ohio’s attorney general that has little hope of success: get… Read More
![Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder leaves the federal courthouse in Cincinnati with his lawyer Steven Bradley](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-4-e1678721240605-900x422.webp)
Larry Householder will be arraigned from prison on state charges, as nuclear bailout bribery scheme’s impact persists
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Republican Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder will be arraigned from federal prison on the 10 new felony counts recently brought against him by the state, as revelations… Read More
![Former Public Utilities Commission of Ohio chair Sam Randazzo leaves federal court in Cincinnati accompanied by his wife on Dec. 4, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/npr.brightspotcdn-2-e1712701030258-900x422.webp)
The 911 call requesting a wellness check for Sam Randazzo that led to his body being found has been released
By: Renee Fox | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — A 911 call released by Columbus police reveals more details about how the body of Sam Randazzo was discovered Tuesday morning. A spokesperson for the Franklin… Read More
![Ohio Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted speaks during a news conference on Friday Jan. 21, 2022 in Newark, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AP24101664006104-e1712861839540-900x422.jpg)
FirstEnergy made a secret $1 million payment in 2017 to support ‘Husted campaign’ in Ohio
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Akron-based energy company at the center of a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio gave a secret $1 million contribution to a dark money group… Read More
![Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder leaves the federal courthouse in Cincinnati with his lawyer Steven Bradley](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-4-e1678721240605-900x422.webp)
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder is indicted on state charges
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder has been indicted on multiple state felony charges. The charges announced by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost… Read More
![The Public Utilities Commission, meeting publicly in 2016.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/npr.brightspotcdn-e1709582786462-900x422.webp)
The advocate for consumers of Ohio utilities joins the AG in asking PUCO to pause FirstEnergy probes
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state agency that watches utilities on behalf of consumers is pulling back on its request for investigations by the Public Utilities Commission of… Read More
![Gov. Mike DeWine takes questions from reporters](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/npr.brightspotcdn-10-e1708027707560-900x422.webp)
DeWine says “I wish we hadn’t appointed” former PUCO chair Sam Randazzo
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two former FirstEnergy executives and former head of the state’s utility regulator, Sam Randazzo, have pleaded not guilty to 27 state criminal charges in… Read More
![Former FirstEnergy CEO Charles Jones, right, walks with his lawyer Carole Rendon toward the courtroom at the Summit County courthouse in Akron, Ohio](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/AP24044718276880-e1707860543942-900x422.jpg)
Two fired utility execs and a former top Ohio regulator plead not guilty in nuclear bailout bribery scheme
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two fired executives of FirstEnergy Corp. and a former top state utilities regulator pleaded not guilty Tuesday to state charges related to a $60 million bribery… Read More
![FirstEnergy headquarters in Akron in the skyline](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/npr.brightspotcdn-7-e1707759782361-900x422.webp)
Former FirstEnergy executives and an ex-PUCO head face state charges in Ohio’s nuclear bailout scandal
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two former executives with FirstEnergy now face state charges in what’s been called the largest corruption case in state history, involving the nuclear bailout… Read More
![Sam Randazzo leaves federal court in Cincinnati accompanied by his wife and his lawyer Roger Sugarman.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/download-13-e1705510528862-900x422.webp)
Ex-PUCO Chair Sam Randazzo requests to move his criminal trial from Cincinnati to Columbus
By: George Shillcock | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Former Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Chair Samuel Randazzo is requesting that the judge in charge of his criminal case move the trial from Cincinnati to… Read More
![Sam Randazzo leaves federal court in Cincinnati accompanied by his wife and his lawyer Roger Sugarman.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/download-13-e1705510528862-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s Supreme Court rules the state can freeze $8m in assets from Sam Randazzo
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Supreme Court has unanimously ruled the state can freeze $8 million in assets owned by Sam Randazzo, the former chair of the Public… Read More
![Ohio Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted, right, speaks beside Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine during a news conference, June 2, 2022, in Avon Lake, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AP23332795456117-e1701290853228-900x422.jpg)
Documents of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and lieutenant governor subpoenaed in the lawsuit over HB6 bribery scheme
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s governor and lieutenant governor have been drawn into a FirstEnergy Corp. investors lawsuit connected to the $60 million bribery scheme concocted by the Akron-based energy giant and… 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 CEO talks about coming out of Ohio’s huge bailout scandal and facing the future
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The new CEO of FirstEnergy says the company is putting the nuclear power plant bailout scandal behind it. FirstEnergy’s new boss is talking about what’s… Read More
![Former Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges arrives at federal court in Cincinnati for his sentencing hearing.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/download-3-e1688159567234-900x422.webp)
Former Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges gets five years in prison in nuclear bailout scandal
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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CINCINNATI (Statehouse News Bureau) — Former Ohio Republican Party chair and lobbyist Matt Borges was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday for his role in the case involving the… Read More
![Two smokestacks working at the Kyger Creek coal plant in Gallia County](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-2-2-e1678811252110-900x422.webp)
After House Bill 6 convictions, DeWine says lawmakers should repeal coal plant subsidies too
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine said he respects the process and the jury that convicted fellow Republican former speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party… Read More
![Former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio David DeVillers points at a chart at the press conference announcing the arrest of then-Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford) and others in a $60 million bribery case.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/devillers_at_householder_case_press_conf_july_2020_-_konik-e1616511250490-900x422.jpeg)
A former US Attorney who brought charges in Ohio’s nuclear bailout scandal says the case may not be over
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After a little over a day of deliberation, a jury found Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and ex-Ohio Republican Party chair Matt… Read More
![The sign outside the Potter Stewart United States Courthouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/download-2-e1675524404132-900x422.webp)
Informant closes the prosecution’s case in Householder, Borges federal trial. The defense takes over
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The prosecution has rested in the racketeering trial of Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and ex-GOP chair Matt Borges. The testimony for… Read More
![Larry Householder, former Ohio House speaker, walks into the Potter Stewart United States Court House in Cincinnati with three other people](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/download-2-1-e1674503323293-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s Ex-House speaker is ill. His corruption trial pauses after a big week
By: Associated Press
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CINCINNATI (AP) — The racketeering trial of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and lobbyist Matt Borges was cancelled due to illness again Friday, giving jurors a long holiday weekend to mull… Read More
![Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, center, walks into Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse with his attorneys, Mark Marein, left, and Steven Bradley, right, before jury selection in his federal trial](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/AP23020496296093-e1675202142653-900x422.jpg)
A former Householder ally testifies against the ex-Ohio House speaker in his racketeering trial
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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CINCINNATI (Statehouse News Bureau) — A lobbyist for a former subsidiary of FirstEnergy who admitted guilt in the scandal involving the nuclear bailout law known as House Bill 6 took… 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)
What’s next in the Householder, Borges trial?
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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CINCINNATI (Statehouse News Bureau) — Federal prosecutors are planning to bring several new witnesses to the stand in their case against Larry Householder and Matt Borges, who are accused of… Read More
![Amy Sutherly gathers signatures to put a referendum of HB6 on the 2020 November ballot. She has a brace around her wrist saying she sustained the injury after a counter petitioner hit her.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/download-2-2-e1675954568391-900x422.webp)
An FBI witness says FirstEnergy paid private investigators to follow anti-bailout petitioners
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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CINCINNATI (Statehouse News Bureau) — The investigation into a $61 million bribery scheme revealed that FirstEnergy paid for private investigators to follow petitioners who were trying to gather enough signatures… Read More
![Larry Householder, former Ohio House speaker, walks into the Potter Stewart United States Court House in Cincinnati with three other people](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/download-2-1-e1674503323293-900x422.webp)
Recorded phone calls and hidden camera footage featured in trial of Householder and Borges
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Footage from a hidden camera and audio from recorded phone conversations were played in the federal courtroom on Monday during the trial of Larry… Read More
![The sign outside the Potter Stewart United States Courthouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/download-2-e1675524404132-900x422.webp)
Federal prosecutors focus on Borges and House Bill 6 ‘fight’ in corruption trial
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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CINCINNATI (Statehouse News Bureau) — The prosecution presented text messages in a federal court room Friday that showed Larry Householder telling FirstEnergy to get “ready for a fight” over House… 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)
Texts and emails detail process behind House Bill 6 during Householder, Borges trial
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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CINCINNATI (Statehouse News Bureau) — The process behind House Bill 6 — the $1 billion nuclear bailout bill — took center stage during the trial of Larry Householder and Matt… Read More
![Larry Householder, former Ohio House speaker, walks into the Potter Stewart United States Court House in Cincinnati with three other people](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/download-2-1-e1674503323293-900x422.webp)
Householder, Borges trial focuses on documents connecting FirstEnergy to Generation Now
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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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