Timing key in consulting deal between FirstEnergy, regulator
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Shortly before a utility lawyer and lobbyist was appointed Ohio’s top regulator of electric and power generating companies, he received $4.3 million from top executives at one of the companies whose fortunes would soon be in his hands.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Timing key in consulting deal between FirstEnergy, regulator
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Shortly before a utility lawyer and lobbyist was appointed Ohio’s top regulator of electric and power generating companies, he received $4.3 million from top executives at one of the companies whose fortunes would soon be in his hands.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Timing key in consulting deal between FirstEnergy, regulator
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Shortly before a utility lawyer and lobbyist was appointed Ohio’s top regulator of electric and power generating companies, he received $4.3 million from top executives at one of the companies whose fortunes would soon be in his hands.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Scandal-battered utility now faces specter of pricy lawsuits
CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio’s largest electric utility, its reputation battered by scandal, has been besieged by more than a dozen lawsuits filed by angry shareholders who include some of the country’s biggest institutional investors.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Scandal-battered utility now faces specter of pricy lawsuits
CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio’s largest electric utility, its reputation battered by scandal, has been besieged by more than a dozen lawsuits filed by angry shareholders who include some of the country’s biggest institutional investors.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Ohio Supreme Court stops collection of nuclear plant subsidy
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court on Monday issued a temporary stay to stop collection of a fee from nearly every electric customer in the state starting Jan. 1 to subsidize two nuclear power plants, a provision included in a scandal-tainted bill approved by the state Legislature in July …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Ohio Supreme Court stops collection of nuclear plant subsidy
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court on Monday issued a temporary stay to stop collection of a fee from nearly every electric customer in the state starting Jan. 1 to subsidize two nuclear power plants, a provision included in a scandal-tainted bill approved by the state Legislature in July …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Ohio lawmakers fail to deal with tainted energy bill
CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio lawmakers ended their 2020 legislative session late Tuesday without repealing or replacing a scandal-tainted bill that provides a $1 billion bailout for two aging Ohio nuclear power plants, among other provisions.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Video released in police killing of Black man holding phone
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Body camera footage released Wednesday shows Andre Hill, a 47-year-old Black man, emerging from a garage and holding up a cellphone in his left hand seconds before he is fatally shot by a Columbus police officer.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Video released in police shooting of Black man holding phone
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Body camera footage released Wednesday shows Andre Hill, a 47-year-old Black man, emerging from a garage and holding up a cellphone in his left hand seconds before he is fatally shot by a Columbus police officer.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Ohio lawmakers fail to deal with tainted energy bill
CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio lawmakers ended their 2020 legislative session late Tuesday without repealing or replacing a scandal-tainted bill that provides a $1 billion bailout for two aging Ohio nuclear power plants, among other provisions.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Ohio lawmakers fail to deal with with tainted energy bill
CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio lawmakers ended their 2020 legislative session late Tuesday without repealing or replacing a scandal-tainted bill that provides a $1 billion bailout for two aging Ohio nuclear power plants, among other provisions.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Judge blocks fees set by tainted Ohio nuclear bailout law
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A central Ohio judge on Monday blocked the subsidies from a $1 billion nuclear bailout law at the center of a $60 million bribery probe, as state lawmakers scrambled to decide the fate of a repeal effort and nominees were chosen to succeed a utility regulator …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Judge blocks fees set by tainted Ohio nuclear bailout law
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A central Ohio judge on Monday blocked the subsidies from a $1 billion nuclear bailout law at the center of a $60 million bribery probe, as state lawmakers scrambled to decide the fate of a repeal effort and nominees were chosen to succeed a utility regulator …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Panel sends names of Ohio utility commission picks to DeWine
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A nominating council on Monday forwarded four names to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to fill a seat on the powerful Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to replace its chairman, who resigned days after the FBI searched his Columbus townhome.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Ex-PUCO members want FirstEnergy rates, actions revisited
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Three ex-commissioners spanning eras and political affiliations appealed to Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday to support bold steps to protect the integrity of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio after a former chairman hand-picked by DeWine resigned amid a $60 million federal bribery scandal.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Governor was warned of would-be regulator's ties to utility
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Mike DeWine disregarded cries of alarm in early 2019 from consumer and environmental advocates, concerns echoed in a previously undisclosed last-minute plea from GOP insiders, when he was selecting the state's top utility regulator — a man now under scrutiny as a wide-ranging bribery and …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
FirstEnergy: Ohio regulator's firm got $4M consulting fee
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Fired former FirstEnergy executives improperly paid a firm tied to a future Ohio utility regulator about $4 million early last year to terminate “a purported consulting agreement” that had been in place since 2013, one of the nation's largest electric utilities told federal regulators on Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Utility regulator targeted by FBI saw a whirlwind rise
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Sam Randazzo told Ohio state senators last year that he had been poised to retire at the end of 2018 when he was recruited to help the incoming administration of Republican Gov. Mike DeWine review looming big-picture energy and utility issues.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
FirstEnergy: Ohio regulator's firm got $4M consulting fee
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Fired former FirstEnergy executives improperly paid a firm tied to a future Ohio utility regulator about $4 million early last year to terminate “a purported consulting agreement” that had been in place since 2013, one of the nation's largest electric utilities told federal regulators on Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Top utility regulator resigns; FBI recently searched home
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's top utility regulator, Samuel Randazzo, resigned Friday morning, a day after the state's largest electric utility reported to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that former executives had improperly directed a $4 million payment to the consulting firm of an official who fits Randazzo's description.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
FirstEnergy: Ohio regulator's firm got $4M consulting fee
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Fired former FirstEnergy executives improperly paid a firm tied to a future Ohio utility regulator about $4 million early last year to terminate “a purported consulting agreement” that had been in place since 2013, one of the nation's largest electric utilities told federal regulators on Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
FirstEnergy: Ohio regulator's firm got $4M consulting fee
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Fired former FirstEnergy executives improperly paid a firm tied to a future Ohio utility regulator about $4 million early last year to terminate “a purported consulting agreement” that had been in place since 2013, one of the nation's largest electric utilities told federal regulators on Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Ohio governor deflects questions on public utility official
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Mike DeWine at a news briefing to discuss the latest measures in the state's effort to control the coronavirus epidemic on Tuesday deflected questions about
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
FBI searches home of Ohio public utility commission chairman
CLEVELAND (AP) — An FBI spokesperson confirmed Monday that agents conducted a search of a Columbus home owned by the chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio earlier in the day.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
FirstEnergy Corp sets goal to become carbon free by 2050
CLEVELAND (AP) — Amid intense scrutiny of the roles company officials played in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme to obtain a $1 billion bailout for two aging nuclear power plants, Ohio's largest electric utility has announced a goal to become “carbon neutral” by 2050 while reducing greenhouse gas emissions …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
FirstEnergy Corp sets goal to become carbon free by 2050
CLEVELAND (AP) — Amid intense scrutiny of the roles company officials played in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme to obtain a $1 billion bailout for two aging nuclear power plants, Ohio's largest electric utility has announced a goal to become “carbon neutral” by 2050 while reducing greenhouse gas emissions …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
FirstEnergy Corp sets goal to become carbon free by 2050
CLEVELAND (AP) — Amid intense scrutiny of the roles company officials played in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme to obtain a $1 billion bailout for two aging nuclear power plants, Ohio's largest electric utility has announced a goal to become “carbon neutral” by 2050 while reducing greenhouse gas emissions …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
FirstEnergy Corp sets goal to become carbon free by 2050
CLEVELAND (AP) — Amid intense scrutiny of the roles company officials played in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme to obtain a $1 billion bailout for two aging nuclear power plants, Ohio's largest electric utility has announced a goal to become “carbon neutral” by 2050 while reducing greenhouse gas emissions …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ohio Supreme Court denies county party's election complaint
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court denied a complaint on Tuesday from a county Democratic Party that argued its party chairman was denied a vacant seat on the county elections board by Secretary of State Frank LaRose, who cited unproven vote fraud allegations from 2016.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
2 conservative hoaxers charged in Ohio for robocalls
CLEVELAND (AP) — Two conservative operatives facing criminal charges in Michigan were indicted in Cleveland on Tuesday for organizing tens of thousands of hoax robocalls — made to predominantly Black Midwestern cities — that falsely warned people information gleaned from their mail-in ballots could lead to their arrest or forced …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ohio Supreme Court denies county party's election complaint
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court denied a complaint on Tuesday from a county Democratic Party that argued its party chairman was denied a vacant seat on the county elections board by Secretary of State Frank LaRose, who cited unproven vote fraud allegations from 2016.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
2 conservative hoaxers charged in Ohio for robocalls
CLEVELAND (AP) — Two conservative operatives facing criminal charges in Michigan were indicted in Cleveland on Tuesday for organizing tens of thousands of hoax robocalls — made to predominantly Black Midwestern cities — that falsely warned people information gleaned from their mail-in ballots could lead to their arrest or forced …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ohio files complaint on ex-House speaker's campaign spending
CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a complaint Friday with the state Elections Commission over the former Ohio House speaker's use of more than $900,000 in campaign contributions to pay attorneys defending him in a federal racketeering case.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ohio files complaint on ex-House speaker's campaign spending
CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a complaint Friday with the state Elections Commission over the former Ohio House speaker's use of more than $900,000 in campaign contributions to pay attorneys defending him in a federal racketeering case.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ohio AG to file complaint on Householder campaign spending
CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said his office will file a complaint Friday with the state Elections Commission over the former Ohio House speaker paying more than $900,000 in campaign contributions to attorneys to defend him in a federal racketeering case.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Democrats ask Supreme Court to rule on elections board seat
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court will consider whether Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose was justified in refusing to appoint a Democratic Party official to a county elections board seat, citing a voter fraud accusation from four years ago.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ohio GOP lawmakers favor remake of tainted energy bill
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — There has been limited progress made by Ohio lawmakers who lined up to repeal and possibly replace a tainted $1 billion bailout for two nuclear plants more than two months ago, increasing the likelihood that around 90% of electric customers in the state will see charges …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Suspect in Facebook video killing shoots himself to death
CLEVELAND (AP) — The man who randomly killed a Cleveland retiree and posted video of the crime on Facebook shot himself to death in his car Tuesday during a police chase in Pennsylvania, ending a multistate manhunt less than 48 hours after it began.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Suspect in Facebook video killing shoots himself to death
CLEVELAND (AP) — The man who randomly killed a Cleveland retiree and posted video of the crime on Facebook shot himself to death in his car Tuesday during a police chase in Pennsylvania, ending a multistate manhunt less than 48 hours after it began.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
No charges in police shooting of Cleveland boy
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Thousands attend pro-police rally
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
James Traficant, convicted ex-congressman, dies
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