Nuclear Bailout

FirstEnergy executives say they're looking at entering an agreement with federal prosecutors that could avoid criminal charges related to the $61 million bribery investigation.

The former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio says he does not believe that the case against former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder will go forward this year.

In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss former Health Department director Amy Acton's decision not to run for Rob Portman's Senate seat. Democratic strategist Antoinette Wilson joins the show.

Last week, Gov. Mike DeWine signed a law ending the $1 billion in charges that Ohio electric ratepayers would have paid to prop up the state’s two nuclear power plants. This new law effectively takes the nuclear bailout out of the energy law known as House Bill 6, which passed in 2019.

Dark money has played a role in Ohio politics for years, including in the scandal involving the nuclear bailout law at the center of an alleged $60 million bribery scheme. There’s a bill under consideration at the Statehouse that attempts to shine light on political donors.

Gov. Mike DeWine has picked a former Franklin County judge to become the next chair of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.DeWine on Friday selected…

In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss the political legacy of Neil Clark,…

Former Ohio Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford) was back at work in the Ohio House on Wednesday, after his fellow Republicans to discuss whether he…

Ohio House Republicans met Tuesday to discuss what to do about indicted state Rep. Larry Householder, and they once again declined to make a decision.The…

Neil Clark, a longtime Ohio lobbyist indicted in a sweeping federal bribery investigation into the state's nuclear bailout law, has been found dead in…