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Agreement shows Ohio utility paid regulator for future help August 2, 2021 at 1:28 pm CLEVELAND (AP) — Documents released Monday show that FirstEnergy Corp. paid Sam Randazzo tens of millions for years, including $4.3 million he received to help the utility shortly before he was nominated as Ohio’s top utility regulator. The office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel released consulting contracts between FirstEnergy Corp. and the future chair of the Public Utilities Commiss...

A year out, $60M bribery scandal felt in business, politics By MARK GILLISPIE and JULIE CARR SMYTHJuly 19, 2021 GMT COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The arrests one year ago Wednesday of then-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four associates in connection with an alleged $60 million bribery scheme have rocked business and politics across the state, and events over the last year suggest a federal probe’s tentacles only continue to grow. Here is a look at where things stand in what then-U.S. Atto...

Ohioans have plenty of reasons to hate the states unemployment system. Here is one more: thousands who received non-fraudulent overpayments will be notified in the coming days that theyll have to go online to ask for a waiver so they dont have to pay back the money. "We are in the final stages of testing a web-based application that will allow legitimate claimants with overpayments due to no fault of their own to request a wavier," said Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Director Matt ...

Ohioans who received overpayment of unemployment benefits can request waiver The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services noted customers will be notified about how to apply for a waiver. Processing of waivers could begin later this summer. Author: Kevin Landers Updated: 5:58 PM EDT July 8, 2021 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohioans who received an overpayment of unemployment benefits caused by a state error or from their employer can apply for a waiver to keep the benefi...

This Oct. 30, 2019 file photo shows Ohio State Representative Larry Householder (R), of District 72, stands at the head of a legislative session as Speaker of the House, in Columbus. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) COLUMBUS, Ohio (CN) — After months of refusing to resign and a successful re-election campaign, Larry Householder was expelled from the Ohio House of Representatives Wednesday.  Householder’s fellow legislators voted to oust the former leader, using a provision in the Ohio Constitutio...

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-OH, wont say who he is recommending for two key federal prosecutor slots in Ohio.

What went wrong with Ohios unemployment system? Part of the problem was, 10 Investigates found, the antiquated computer system was not ready for the large influx of claims when the pandemic shut down businesses. Author: Bennett Haeberle Updated: 10:35 PM EDT May 20, 2021 The announcement this week that Ohio overpaid more than $2.1 billion in unemployment benefits serves as a reminder that COVID’s costly legacy extends beyond people who got sick or died. The vir...

In February, Ohio officials estimated $332 million had been paid out in 2020 in fraudulent unemployment checks. That figure was updated to $2.1 billion.

Ohio Public Radio House Speaker Larry Householder draws up the details of his plan to overhaul energy policy in Ohio. Former Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford) remains in the Ohio House as he awaits trial on federal bribery charges related to the 2019 passage of House Bill 6, the sweeping energy law. House Bill 6 is at the center of the scheme that federal prosecutors say involved $60 million in bribes paid to Householder and four others by a utility widely believed to FirstEnergy through a...

1:10 House Bill 6 is at the center of the scheme that federal prosecutors say involved $60 million in bribes paid to Householder and four others by a utility widely believed to FirstEnergy through a dark money group called Generation Now. The nuclear power plant subsidies in the law have been repealed, and investigations into the case continue. Bob Cupp (R-Lima), who replaced Householder as speaker, had said last year Householder might be expelled if he were re-elected to his seat, since a repr...