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U.S. prosecutors laid out several documents and recordings in their racketeering case against former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and former FirstEnergy lobbyist Matt Borges.
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Federal prosecutors say Larry Householder and Matt Borges participated in a $61 million bribery scheme to get Householder elected speaker and pass a billion-dollar nuclear bailout law. On this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss the opening of the trial. Ohio Public Radio's Andy Chow joins the show.
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John Adams, who banged on a bass drum at Cleveland baseball games for nearly 50 years, died this week. Sports commentator Terry Pluto spent time with Adams at his nursing care facility this past fall. -
One of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder's lawyers questioned the fitness on Tuesday of U.S. District Judge Timothy Black to preside over the Republican's corruption trial.
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Now in control of the House, Republicans will hold hearings on border policy and pandemic relief spending.
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State lawmakers were mostly positive about to Gov. Mike DeWine’s (R-Ohio) State of the State address, even from Democrats.
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Rebecca Duran, the mother of Donovan Lewis, an unarmed 20-year-old man who was shot and killed by Columbus police officer Ricky Anderson in the Hilltop neighborhood last August, is criticizing how slowly Columbus officials are handling the case.
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Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) addressed the Ohio General Assembly for his first State of the State since winning re-election and beginning his second term in office.
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Court documents state the Ohio AFL-CIO received $1.4 million from a dark money group — allegedly operated by former House Speaker Larry Householder — to help fight against a repeal of a nuclear power plant bailout bill.
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The Ohio governor said there will not be many surprises in his proposal, but instead he will present an “acceleration” of existing priorities.
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During his early years in the House, Rep. Jordan pressured Republican leaders to move to the right. Now as Judiciary chairman, he is a key architect in Speaker McCarthy's oversight agenda this year.
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The Columbus Alternative High School graduate was critical of some of the district’s buildings during his time in school, and is now running for the Columbus Board of Education.
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