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The bribery and corruption trial of former FirstEnergy executives in Akron results in a hung jury
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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AKRON, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A jury in Akron hearing bribery and corruption charges against former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones and former senior vice president Michael Dowling is unable… Read More
A judge orders the FirstEnergy bribery trial jury back to work after they say they’re at ‘impasse’
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Jurors in the bribery and corruption trial of two former FirstEnergy executives are back at their deliberations in Summit County Court in Akron, after telling… Read More
The corruption case against former FirstEnergy executives is turned over to the jury in Akron
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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AKRON, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A jury in Akron now will decide whether two former FirstEnergy executives are guilty of bribing the late former chair of the Public Utilities… Read More
A jury hears first day of closing arguments in the corruption trial of former FirstEnergy executives
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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AKRON, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Closing arguments are approaching the halfway point in the trial of former FirstEnergy executives Chuck Jones and Michael Dowling. They’re accused of participating in… Read More
The state wraps up its case in FirstEnergy trial. The defense for former execs will take over
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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AKRON, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The trial of two former executives with FirstEnergy is at the halfway point, more than a month after it began in January in Akron. The… Read More
The bribery trial for two former FirstEnergy executives is underway in Akron
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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AKRON, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Attorneys delivered their opening statements in the trial of two former FirstEnergy executives in Summit County Common Pleas Court in Akron Tuesday. The two… Read More
Matt Borges, the former Ohio GOP official involved in the HB 6 scandal, has been released from prison
By: Curtis Tate | WVPB
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WVPB) — Matt Borges, the former chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, has been released two years into his five-year sentence from the Federal Prison Camp in Morgantown.Borges… Read More
These coal plants lose money. Other states have walked away, but not West Virginia
By: Curtis Tate | WVPB
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CHARLESTION, W.Va. (WVPB) — Inflation has driven up the cost of many basic necessities: food, housing and energy. What Appalachian Power’s 1.1 million customers may not have known is that… Read More
The energy bill eliminating subsidies for two coal power plants from Ohio’s House Bill 6 has been signed into law
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Subsidies for two coal-fired power plants that Ohio electric utility customers have been paying since even before the scandal-tainted House Bill 6 will soon… Read More
A court upholds the racketeering convictions of an ex-Ohio House speaker and a lobbyist in a $60M bribery scheme
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal appeals court upheld the racketeering convictions of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and an ex-lobbyist on Tuesday in a $60 million bribery scheme… Read More
Companies owned by the late utilities regulator pleaded guilty in the Ohio bribery and corruption scandal
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two companies created by the former head of the state’s utilities regulating panel to take bribes from FirstEnergy in the House Bill 6 case… Read More
FirstEnergy will pay $100M in a HB 6 settlement with the SEC; ex-CEO will face civil fraud charges
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — FirstEnergy has agreed to pay a $100 million fine to settle civil fraud charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission related to the House Bill… Read More