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![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
![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)
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
![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)
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
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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
![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
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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
![FILE - This undated photo provided by the Ohio Governor's Office shows Sam Randazzo, of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AP20344744631430-e1607621699701-900x422.jpg)
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
![Sam Randazzo, now-former PUCO chair, testifies in the House Select Committee on Energy Policy and Oversight](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/screen_shot_2021-07-27_at_4.38.52_pm-e1627492585959-900x422.png)
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
![FILE - This undated photo provided by the Ohio Governor's Office shows Sam Randazzo, of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AP20344744631430-e1607621699701-900x422.jpg)
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
![FILE - This undated photo provided by the Ohio Governor's Office shows Sam Randazzo, of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AP20344744631430-e1607621699701-900x422.jpg)
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
![FILE - This undated photo provided by the Ohio Governor's Office shows Sam Randazzo, of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AP20344744631430-e1607621699701-900x422.jpg)
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, former PUCO Chair, on "The State of Ohio"](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/screen_shot_2020-11-20_at_10.00.33_am-e1606146727568-900x422.png)
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