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Legislature fails to bail out Ohio ratepayers on hook for bailing out coal plants: Thomas Suddes
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Like a ham peppered with cloves, the budget bill contains almost as many non-money items as money items. But there’s one thing House Bill 110 doesn’t include: It doesn’t free Ohio’s electricity consumers from the estimated $700 million in subsidies they’re now forced to pay to bail out two coal-fired power plants, one in Indiana. The plants’ owners include the American Electric Power Co.; Duke Energy Corp.; and AES Ohio (Day-ton Power & Light Co.).
The General Assembly only partially repealed House Bill 6 last month. That’s the scandal-pocked 2019 law that led a grand jury to indict then-House Speaker Larry Householder and four other politicos on federal corruption charges. Householder is presumed innocent unless convicted.
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Why did Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose limit ballot drop boxes for the 2021 elections? Capitol Letter
Updated Feb 24, 2021;
Posted Feb 24, 2021
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine received his second dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Feb. 23, 2020 from Dr. Kevin Sharrett at Kettering Health Network s Jamestown office. DeWine, along with wife, Fran, both became eligible when the state opened up coronavirus vaccinations for 70-year-olds. (Ohio Governor s Office)
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Box lunch: Andrew Tobias has more insight into why Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose is sticking to his decision to once again limit ballot drop boxes to one per county in elections this year, including the May primary. LaRose has said that he personally supports expanding drop boxes but doesn’t believe he has the legal authority to do so. But every court that’s ruled on the matter thus far has said otherwise.