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  • Charles JonesFinance

    2 former FirstEnergy executives indicted in $60 million bribery scandal

    By Julie Carr Smyth, Samantha Hendrickson, and others
  • Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder walks to the Potter Stewart Federal Courthouse for his sentencing hearing, Thursday, June 29, 2023, in Cincinnati. Householder was sentenced to 20 years in prison, plus one year of probation, for his role in the largest corruption scandal in state history. (Albert Cesare/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP)Politics

    Ex-Ohio House speaker sentenced to 20 years for role in $60m bribery scheme—the largest corruption scandal in state history

    By Julie Carr Smyth and The Associated Press
  • Evan Burroughs, who touts the virtues of an Oregon pilot program that charges motorists by the distance their vehicle travels rather than the gas it uses, displays a tracking device the program uses, in Salem, Ore., on Wednesday June 21, 2023. U.S. states are experimenting with road usage charging programs aimed at one day replacing motor fuel taxes, which are generating less each year, in part due to fuel efficiency and the rise of electric cars. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)Finance

    Gas tax revenues are shrinking because of fuel efficiency and EVs so states are turning to tracking how far people drive

    By Julie Carr Smyth and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, center, walks into Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse with his attorneys, Mark Marein, left, and Steven Bradley, right, before jury selection in his federal trial, Jan. 20, 2023, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Householder and former Ohio Republican Party Chair Matt Borges were convicted Thursday, March 9, 2023, in a $60 million bribery scheme that federal prosecutors have called the largest corruption case in state history. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)Politics

    A former politician was just convicted in a $60 million bribery scheme that officials say is the biggest corruption case in Ohio history

    By Julie Carr Smyth and The Associated Press
  • Sherrod BrownPolitics

    Toxic crash prompts Ohio senators to cross party lines with bill to ‘finally hold big railroad companies accountable’

    By Julie Carr Smyth, Josh Funk, and others