First Energy

Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges have been found guilty by a jury of corruption following a seven-week trial.

Jurors heard from the late lobbyist Neil Clark, who was charged in the House Bill 6 corruption case, but died by suicide in March 2021.

The lawyers for Larry Householder and Matt Borges had the chance to cross examine an FBI special agent after spending seven days answering questions for the prosecution.

Federal prosecutors showed an invoice from a private investigator firm that detailed the surveillance it conducted on signature gatherers who wanted to repeal the nuclear power plant bailout.

Federal prosecutors played phone calls and in-person meetings that were secretly recorded to act as evidence against Matt Borges in the $61 million bribery case.

The two defendants both said they are optimistic about the trial and “relieved” that the wait is over to make their case.

Federal prosecutors said Householder operated a dark money group that received millions of dollars from FirstEnergy.

Can the Ohio Redistricting Commission—with some outside help—finally come up with a state district map that the Ohio Supreme Court will approve? In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Steve Brown and Ann Fisher discuss the odds.

In a consolidated case, the Ohio attorney general’s office wants to move ahead on its civil racketeering case against FirstEnergy, Energy Harbor and others.

Lt. Gov. Jon Husted has been named in court filings related to a lawsuit against former FirstEnergy executives. Husted said he has no idea why he has been named as someone who would have discoverable information, and that so far no one has contacted him.