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![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)
Yost Seeks To Halt Payouts In Nuke Plants’ Bankruptcy
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Attorney General Dave Yost asked a federal court Monday to temporarily halt payouts in a bankruptcy case involving two nuclear plants caught up in a… 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
![Rep. Larry Householder (R-Glenford) is congratulated after his election as Speaker of the Ohio House in January 2019.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/DSC_0142-e1596078834640-900x422.jpeg)
FBI Agents Search Ex-Ohio House Speaker’s Statehouse Office
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Federal authorities have executed a search warrant in the Statehouse office of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder. The search for Householder’s personal belongings took place… Read More
![House Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford) speaks to reporters after session on Wednesday, March 25, 2020.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/larry_householder_032520-e1585667682246-900x422.jpeg)
Ohio House Votes To Remove Larry Householder As Speaker
By: Gabe Rosenberg | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — The Ohio House voted unanimously to remove Larry Householder as Ohio House Speaker, just minutes after a federal grand jury indicted Householder and four others in a $60 million… Read More
![Rep. Larry Householder (R-Glenford) is congratulated after his election as Speaker of the Ohio House in January 2019.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/DSC_0142-e1596078834640-900x422.jpeg)
AG Says House Needs Law To Remove Speaker, Not Just Majority Vote
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With a vote set to remove House Speaker Larry Householder tomorrow morning, there’s apparently a disagreement among Republicans on how that can happen. House… Read More
![Gov. Mike DeWine](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dewine_pic_from_soo-e1580915727141-900x422.png)
DeWine Joins Call For Dark Money Transparency
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The effort to shed more light on campaign contributions is gaining momentum with the support of Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio). He says these so-called dark money groups that donate… Read More
![In this July 18, 2016 file photo, Speaker of the Ohio House Larry Householder speaks during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18354638463728-e1545328525593-900x422.jpg)
Ohio GOP Sets Course To Remove Speaker Accused Of Bribery
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican state representatives in Ohio signaled their intent Tuesday to remove the disgraced House speaker arrested last week in connection with a $60 million federal bribery… Read More
![Then-Sen. Bill Seitz (R-Cincinnati) walks journalists through the latest changes to a bill that rolled back clean energy mandates in 2016.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bill_seitz_explains_energy_policies_2016_-_chow-e1595962183376-900x422.jpg)
Lawmaker Says HB6 Benefits Ratepayers With ‘Lower Electric Costs’
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As the calls for a repeal of the state’s nuclear power plant bailout grow louder, there are legislators who are standing by the law that made sweeping changes to… Read More
![Petitioner gathering signatures for HB6 referendum](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/hb6_referendum_petition_signature_clipboard_091619_-_chow-e1579801417761-900x422.jpg)
Lawmakers Set Sights On Dark Money Transparency
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Lawmakers are introducing bills that require more transparency when it comes to dark money groups in political campaigns. The bills are in reaction to an… 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
![Perry Nuclear Power Plant](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/perry_nuclear_power_plant_032919_-_chow-e1565703265966-900x422.jpg)
Calls For Dark Money Reform Amid Political Bribery Case
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The criminal activities Ohio’s House speaker and some other political operatives are accused of doing couldn’t have happened without one thing – dark money. … Read More
![Larry Householder](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/larry_householder_cu_headon_clean_air_program_041219_-_chow-e1555439724779-900x422.jpg)
State Leaders Considering Next Steps After Householder’s Arrest
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican lawmakers say they’re working on how to move forward given the recent arrest of House Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford), who now faces federal… 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)
Ohio Governor Reverses Course, Calls To Repeal Energy Law
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has reversed course and called for a nuclear bailout energy law to be repealed in the wake of the state’s $60 million… Read More
![Senate President Larry Obhof (R-Medina, left) stands alongside Gov. Mike DeWine during DeWine's first State of the State speech in March.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dewine_sos_obhof_householder_cu_credit_ogt_pic-e1554133176948-900x422.jpg)
DeWine Says He’ll Call Special House Session To Replace Speaker If Necessary
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After Larry Householder’s arrest on racketeering charges, his future as Ohio House Speaker may be cloudy – though he hasn’t said clearly if he… Read More
![Perry Nuclear Power Plant](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/perry_nuclear_power_plant_032919_-_chow-e1565703265966-900x422.jpg)
Lawmakers Crafting Legislation To Repeal HB6
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State lawmakers are quickly putting a proposal together that would repeal the energy laws created through House Bill 6. It’s a sweeping energy bill… Read More