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Texts, calendars, emails link DeWine to FirstEnergy’s bribery scandal

BY: - August 15, 2022

Gov. Mike DeWine and his administration played a hands-on role passing an allegedly pay-for-play nuclear bailout and appointing an industry-friendly regulator who has since been accused of taking a $4.3 million bribe, documents and messages show. Calendar records show DeWine, a Republican, met repeatedly to discuss energy policy with FirstEnergy Corp. officials and at least […]

Study: Ohio’s COVID-19 data undershot by thousands

BY: - October 2, 2020

The Ohio Department of Health released a study Thursday of July data showing — at that time, at least — its count of COVID-19 infections was thousands short, as evidenced by antibody and diagnostic testing. Between July 9 and July 28, ODH surveyed 727 randomly selected people from around Ohio to take different viral tests […]