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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio school board's order requiring a giant, now-defunct online charter school to repay the state $60 million over inflated enrollment figures is final and cannot be appealed, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
Republican Larry Householder projects strength and smarts. Behind the scenes, his world is crumbling. Laura A. Bischoff and Jessie Balmert, The Columbus Dispatch Published 2:04 am UTC Jul. 21, 2021 Moments after he was removed from the Ohio House of Representatives, indicted former Speaker Larry Householder held his head high, stepped in front of television cameras and told fellow Ohioans not to count him out. "I've never solicited a bribe," Householder said outside the House chamber. "I've never been bribed, and I've never sold legislation." Householder delivered his responses confidently...
Credit Karen Kasler For the first time in five years, Ohio will be looking for a new state schools superintendent, now that longtime Department of Education veteran Paolo DeMaria will be stepping down from that post this fall. DeMaria came ready to greet staffers at the Ohio Department of Education on his first day in June 2016. “I bought 300 donuts and we were down in the lobby starting at 7:30 just to welcome all the staff,” DeMaria said. DeMaria is a former state budget director who’s worked for two governors, the state Senate and in the Department of Education before being elevat...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Federal prosecutors subpoenaed nearly two decades’ worth of campaign contribution records connected to backers of a giant
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Seeking to address the multiple legal and ethics scandals that have plagued the Statehouse recently – as well as gain some political points in her run for governor – Democratic Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley released her policy proposal Tuesday to combat corruption in Ohio. In the past decade, political corruption to the tune of millions of dollars has been allowed to flourish in ...