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A federal prosecutor said former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder “sold the statehouse,” ripped off the people he was elected to serve and made a backroom deal to exchange his power for money.

The Perry County Republican, once one of Ohio's most powerful politicians, is on trial in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati alongside lobbyist Matt Borges, a former chair of the Ohio Republican Party, in what prosecutors have described as the largest corruption case in state history.

At trial, prosecutors portrayed Larry Householder as an unprincipled official who pulled together a criminal scheme in a lust for power and to line his pockets. Householder's attorneys said he was a normal politician trying to save jobs.

Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and state GOP Chair Matt Borges are accused of taking part in a $60 million scheme.

The two defendants both said they are optimistic about the trial and “relieved” that the wait is over to make their case.

Skyline tenants, neighbors give City Hall an earful: ‘It’s very dangerous in there’ Updated May 10, 5:43 PM; Posted May 10, 4:18 PM Syracuse, N.Y. — Ann Marie McCheyne is fed up with drug dealing at her apartment on the fifth floor of the Skyline Apartments. She uses a wheelchair, lives alone and has to keep her wits about her each time she leaves. “It’s very dangerous in there,” the 71-year-old testified in a packed nuisance abatement hearing Monday morning. “You can very eas...

City Hall wants to keep Skyline under its thumb for at least a year Posted May 11, 2021 Syracuse, N.Y. — City officials hope to keep the owners of the Skyline Apartments complex under a microscope for at least another year, saying owner Green National has not demonstrated it can provide safe, clean housing there weeks after a 93-year-old woman was found murdered. Security and maintenance issues persist at the 365-unit Skyline complex, tenants and neighbors said in a four-hour nuisance abatem...