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Expert: Ohio lags other states in stopping huge unemployment fraud Josh Sweigart Ohio — unlike other states — failed to put measures in place to detect and prevent massive unemployment fraud that’s part of a scheme that could total $100 billion nationally, an expert told the Dayton Daily News. The widespread fraud also has delayed payment to Ohioans with legitimate claims. State officials in December identified more than 56,000 claims totaling $330 million as fraudulent. But the number could be much larger. Of the roughly 1.4 million applicants for Pandemic Unemployment ...

31 applicants seek spot on PUCO after Randazzo resignation Print The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio attracted 31 applicants who are vying for a position on its board after Sam Randazzo, the organization's chair, resigned in the wake of the House Bill 6 scandal. Included in the list of applicants, who would serve for three years of the five-year term, are Northeast Ohioans including Jade Davis, vice president of external affairs for Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority; James Pawlik, a Cleveland State University adjunct instructor; and Andrew W. Smyser, director of energy services fo...

Outgoing Ohio Supreme Court justice, state rep among 31 applicants for utility regulator job Jackie Borchardt, Cincinnati Enquirer © Joshua A. Bickel, Joshua A. Bickel/Dispatch Ohio Supreme Court Justice Judith French, a Republican. COLUMBUS – Ohio Supreme Court Justice Judith French and state Sen. Sean O'Brien, who lost re-election bids in November, are among 31 applicants for a seat on a panel that regulates utilities in Ohio. French, O'Brien and others are vying for a spot vacated last month by Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Chairman Sam Randazzo. Randazzo resi...