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Report Shows Scandal-Plagued Ohio Utility Made $108 Million in Errors. It Wants Customers to Pay
FirstEnergy misclassified lobbying funds as it financed a massive bribery scandal
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Former FirstEnergy Executive Sheds Light on Ohio HB 6 Machinations, Denies Culpability
The former vice president also was asked about Tony George’s involvement in the scandal
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Ohio Regulators Begin House Bill 6 Hearings as Lawmakers Mull Anti-Corruption Legislation
The hearings, coming almost five years after the scandal came to light, will include testimony from FirstEnergy executives who previously refused to testify
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FirstEnergy Gave Heavily to Trump and Trump Worked for a Federal Bailout, Report Says
FirstEnergy spent lavishly on Trump-aligned dark money groups and at Trump hotels and golf courses, a new report said this week
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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Settles With FirstEnergy for $20 Million
Amount dwarfed by scale of epic utility ripoff that featured more than $61 million in bribes and a $1.3 billion bailout
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With Tens of Thousands Across Cleveland Still Without Power, Residents Scramble for Food, Places to Stay, Medical Help
FirstEnergy has told customers it could be the middle of next week before power is restored
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Consequences Continue as Bill at Center of Ohio Utility Corruption Scandal Marks Fifth Anniversary
Ratepayers are still paying coal plant subsidies and clean energy standards remain gutted five years after lawmakers passed HB 6, the bailout law at the heart of the largest corruption scandal in state history.
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Ohio Gov. DeWine Said He Didn’t Know of Millions in FirstEnergy Support. Is It Plausible?
“The notion that he was just this fumbling, naive grandpa who has no idea about seven-figure flows (supporting) his campaign is perhaps the single most far-fetched thing he’s ever said”
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DeWine Says Randazzo’s Ties to FirstEnergy Were Well Known, But the Evidence of This is Lacking
And there’s considerable evidence suggesting the opposite
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Ohio Lt. Gov. Husted Won’t Say If He Knew About $1M FirstEnergy Dark-Money Contribution
Donation came from utility behind massive bribery scandal
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FirstEnergy Gave $1 Million to Boost Ohio Lt. Gov Husted’s Campaign Before Scandal, Document Shows
Records show Jon Husted worked behind the scenes to bail out the company’s nuclear power plants. The million dollar donation was secret — until now.
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Further Questions About DeWine Administration’s Involvement in HB6 Bribery Scandal
New court filing gives new details about aide, husband