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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 Commission of Ohio, Sam Randazzo, listing around $11 million in payments made to his company between 2013 a...

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. Attorney David DeVillers described as the largest corruption scandal in Ohio history: ___ THE PLAYERS Ho...

Ohioans have plenty of reasons to hate the state's unemployment system. Here is one more: thousands who received non-fraudulent overpayments will be notified in the coming days that they'll have to go online to ask for a waiver so they don't 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 Damschroder during a press conference Thursday. Claimants will be asked to provide documentation ...

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 benefits. “If a waiver is approved, claimants will not have to pay back funds previously labeled as an o...

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 Constitution to remove him from the chamber for the remainder of the term.  Householder was indicted by a gran...