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Ohio Supreme Court stops collection of nuclear plant subsidy Follow Us Question of the Day By MARK GILLISPIE - Associated Press - Monday, December 28, 2020 CLEVELAND (AP) - The Ohio Supreme Court on Monday issued a temporary stay to stop collection of a fee from nearly every electric customer in the state starting Jan. 1 to subsidize two nuclear power plants, a provision included in a scandal-tainted bill approv...

The Franklin County Sheriffs SWAT deputy who shot and killed Casey Goodson Jr. on Dec. 4 is also a Baptist pastor and has used his faith to justify law enforcements use of force. Michael Jason Meade, a 17-year sheriffs department veteran who goes by Jason, described use of force as "righteous release" in a 2018 video interview posted on YouTube by the Franklin County Sheriffs office. “Every now and then you have to actually use force,” Meade said in the video, called “Connecting with...

Statehouse News Bureau 2020 has been an eventful year in state politics with the controversial energy law known as HB6 garnering much attention from lawmakers at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. The Ohio House finished the bulk of its work with the Republican speaker saying the chamber will not take any action on HB6. The sweeping energy law that bails out nuclear power plants has been linked to the biggest alleged scandal in Ohio politics.  In the course of seven years, HB6 sends $1 billion i...

Ohio Supreme Court orders temporary stop to nuclear bailout fees from House Bill 6 Mark Gillispie, Associated Press Replay Video UP NEXT The Ohio Supreme Court on Monday issued a temporary stay to stop collection of a fee from nearly every electric customer in the state starting Jan. 1 to subsidize two nuclear power plants, a provision included in a scandal-tainted bill approved by the state Legislature in July 2019. Common Pleas Judge Chris Brown in his ruling from the bench l...

What we know about the fatal shooting of Casey Goodson Jr. by a Franklin County deputy Staff reports, The Columbus Dispatch Video: Casey Goodsons mother speaks about sons death. Replay Video UP NEXT The shooting Friday, Dec. 4, of a 23-year-old Black man by a Franklin County deputy assigned to a U.S. Marshals task force in Columbus has drawn attention and criticism across Ohio and beyond. © Provided Casey Goodson Jr. , Provided photo The incident comes at the end of a year...

The Ohio Supreme Court on Monday issued a temporary stay to stop collection of a fee from nearly every electric customer in the state starting Jan. 1 to subsidize two nuclear power plants, a provision included in a scandal-tainted bill approved by the state Legislature in July 2019. Common Pleas Judge Chris Brown in his ruling from the bench last Monday said, “To not impose an injunction would be to allow certain parties to prevail. It would give the OK that bribery is allowed in the state of...

Moore, who has known Meade for 30 years, said he is a great man. “He has a love for people. It’s the reason he does what he does,” Moore said. “He has a desire to serve the community and make the world a better, safer place. ... He has a heart full of love.” Moore confirmed that protesters disrupted the Sunday service at Rosedale Free Will Baptist Church on Dec. 13, though Meade was not present. “I tried to handle it the best I could,” Moore said. “We love people. We love thos...

The Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Ohio Supreme Court on Monday issued a temporary stay to stop collection of a fee from nearly every electric customer in the state starting Jan. 1 to subsidize two nuclear power plants, a provision included in a scandal-tainted bill approved by the state Legislature in July 2019. The order signed by Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor comes a week after a judge in Franklin County issued a preliminary injunction to stop collection of the fees. Common Pleas Judg...

Mayor Andrew Ginther said he was disturbed to find out the officer did not turn on his camera until after the shooting.

Early Tuesday morning, Columbus police responded to a non-emergency disturbance call made by a neighbor on the 1000 block of Oberlin Drive on the citys Northwest Side about a man sitting for an extended period of time in an SUV that was running off and on.  A short time later, the man, identified Wednesday as 47-year-old Andre Maurice Hill, was dead after being shot by a responding officer.  The shooting comes at the end of a year that has seen protests across the nation against racial in...