News

A debate over the severity of the punishment FirstEnergy should get for corrupting Ohio government: Today in Ohio
How much should FirstEnergy have to pay as a punishment for improperly spending customer fees and bribing officials in the ...
School officials urge Ohio Senate against overriding DeWine’s veto on tax levies
As the Ohio Senate considers whether to override Governor Mike DeWine’s recent veto related to school district property tax ...
Ohio House tries to fix our “goofy, confusing” property tax names, which need radical transparency
Podcast hosts argue that property tax levies with misleading names like "replacement" and "emergency" obscure real costs from ...
5 years after Ohio's $60M bribery scandal, critics say more could be done to prevent a repeat
The former federal prosecutor who led the initial investigation says the use of dark money in campaigns has gotten worse and ...
Ohio’s budget bill has become a legislative Trojan horse. Here’s how to get rid of the secrecy
Reporter Anna Staver delivered a masterclass Sunday in how Ohio’s government has systematically corrupted its own ...
Ohio lawmakers are hiding controversial policies in the state budget and it’s perfectly legal
From abortion restrictions to library book placement rules, Ohio's 2025 budget has become a stealth vehicle for policy changes that would face intense scrutiny as standalone bills.
Epstein saga hangs over Congress’s sprint to summer recess
The controversy surrounding the Trump administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files is poised to dominate the conversation on Capitol Hill this week, as Congress sprints to its August ...