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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
Former Ohio utilities panel chair Sam Randazzo, accused in a state bribery scheme, has died
By: Sarah Donaldson | Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Former Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Chair Sam Randazzo, accused of involvement in a more than $60 million bribery scheme involving state lawmakers and energy… Read More
A judge denies Sam Randazzo a change of venue request, so his trial will stay in Cincinnati
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The federal trial of former head of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Sam Randazzo is likely to be set for this summer. And… Read More
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
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
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
Sam Randazzo has been indicted in the nuclear bailout law scandal
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The former chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, the state entity charged with regulating utilities, is the latest to be indicted in… Read More
High court to weigh freezing ex-Ohio regulator’s $8M assets
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will take up a dispute over the freezing of $8 million in assets belonging to a former top… Read More
Lawmaker Disputes DeWine’s Claim That Randazzo’s FirstEnergy Ties Were Clear
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — FirstEnergy said it paid a bribe of more than $4 million dollars to Sam Randazzo before he became chair of the Public Utilities Commission of… Read More
DeWine Learned Of FirstEnergy Payment To Former PUCO Chair Before He Resigned
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine has made his first public comments since last week’s plea deal from FirstEnergy in the federal corruption case involving the nuclear power plant bailout… Read More
Group Asks Utilities Commission To Investigate Ex-Chairman
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Environmental advocacy groups have asked the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to expand an investigation into an alleged bribery scandal to include an examination of the… Read More
Governor Was Warned Of Would-be Regulator’s Ties To Utility
By: Mark Gillispie | Julie Carr Smith | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Mike DeWine disregarded cries of alarm in early 2019 from consumer and environmental advocates, concerns echoed in a previously undisclosed last-minute plea from GOP insiders,… Read More
Sam Randazzo Resigns As PUCO Chair To Avoid Being A ‘Distraction’
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s top utilities regulations official has resigned just days after FBI agents searched his home in an early morning raid. Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) announced… Read More