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Incoming and returning members of the Ohio House GOP caucus on Wednesday evening unanimously nominated outgoing Senate President and Rep.-elect Matt Huffman (R-Lima).

The race for Ohio House speaker changed completely Monday, with incumbent Jason Stephens announcing he won’t run and a freshman lawmaker from western Ohio jumping in.

Stephens will not run for his present post this next legislative session, changing the field ahead of a long-awaited Republican caucus vote Wednesday.

On Wednesday the newly elected and re-elected Republicans in the Ohio House will vote for their next leader.

Former Ohio Speaker Larry Householder is serving 20 years in federal prison for orchestrating a $61 million bribery scheme that launched his return to political power in exchange for bailing out two nuclear power plants owned by FirstEnergy.

Former Republican Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder will be arraigned from federal prison on the 10 new felony counts recently brought against him by the state, as revelations mount surrounding the scandal that landed him there.

The outcome of some of Tuesday's Ohio House primary races raises questions about the re-election of Rep. Jason Stephens (Kitts Hill) as speaker next year, as Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) is being more open about his plans when he’s in the House.

At the end of some years, lawmaking stretches into the early morning hours as legislators race to get bills to the finish line—the governor’s desk—before their terms end.

Householder, the main defendant in the largest public corruption trial in Ohio history, could end up regretting taking the stand.

Former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder is done testifying on the stand, and ex-Ohio GOP chair Matt Borges's team said they would not mount a defense.