NEW #OHIO STORIES:

Ohio pursues legal action against #oil and #gas waste company due to allegedly storing illegal excess quantities of #brine and #drilling waste at local facility

Imprisoned ex-#OhioSpeaker #Householder indicted on 10 new charges

Former $Democrat #DennisKucinich running for #Congress as an #independent

Ohio has been a bellwether and a battleground: What is it telling us now?

Why Ohio #communities are turning down #dollarstores

https://flipboard.com/@dustcircle/ohio-rights-and-reports-0a0eth61y

"The rogues gallery of high-ranking government officials with questionable ties to #FirstEnergy and #HB 6 is filled with some very recognizable names. There’s of course #Randazzo, former Republican House Speaker Larry #Householder and former chair of the #Ohio #GOP Matt Borges.

One name not so recognizable but with an equally questionable past that has raised red flags before is Dan McCarthy, a current #DeWine appointee to the Ohio State Racing Commission."

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/opinion/columns/2024/03/10/ohioans-deserve-to-know-truth-in-firstenergy-scandal-casey-weinstein-writes/72850120007/

We honor Larry Householder today
For the crimes he's had to pay
A 20-year sentence is hard to bear
But it's his due for what he did there
For while ruling as Ohio's house speaker
He was corrupt and tried to seek her
But justice caught up with him at last
And he must pay for his misdeeds in the past

#ohio #householder #corruption #justice #ode #poetry

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/convicted-ohio-house-speaker-moved-oklahoma-prison-begin-102623506

Former #Ohio House Speaker Larry #Householder sentenced to 20 years in prison for state’s largest bribery scheme

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/politics/ohio-politics/former-ohio-house-speaker-householder-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-for-states-largest-bribery-scheme

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/04/18/householder-and-borges-plan-to-ask-judge-to-reverse-guilty-verdicts-and-allow-a-new-trial/

#Householder and #Borges plan to ask judge to reverse guilty verdicts and allow a new trial #Ohio

A guilty verdict reached yesterday for fmr #OhioHouse Spkr Larry #Householder & state Repub Chair Matt Borges on “felony racketeering charges” may have “far-reaching implications for the use of #darkmoney funds paid into 501(c)(4) organizations that don’t have to reveal the sources of their funding,” based on a 2010 #SCOTUS ruling on a case involving #CitizensUnited
#Ohio

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/03/10/former-ohio-speaker-gop-chair-found-guilty-of-racketeering/