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Mar. 9 COLUMBUS A House committee Tuesday set the stage for a full chamber vote to partly repeal provisions of a state law at the heart of a $61 million Ohio Statehouse bribery scandal.
The full Ohio House of Representatives is expected to vote Wednesday.
This would mark the House s first action to undo a $1 billion, consumer-financed bailout of the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant near Oak Harbor and the Perry plant east of Cleveland. That law has come to epitomize shady, backroom dealing hidden even to those lawmakers ultimately manipulated to get it passed.
Two players and a nonprofit, dark-money corporation have already pleaded guilty to federal racketeering charges carrying up 20 years in prison for the individuals. Three others including former House Speaker Larry Householder (R., Glenford) face similar charges.
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Riedel, Stein introduce bill to give voters a voice on wind and solar projects Riedel COLUMBUS – State Representatives Craig S. Riedel (R-Defiance) and
Dick Stein (R- Norwalk) recently introduced a bill that they say
protects the property rights of township residents by allowing a public
referendum for wind and solar projects.
“As a state legislator in
Northwest Ohio, I represent the counties with the most wind development
in the state,” said Riedel. “The beauty of this bill is that it gives
local control to township residents for them to decide whether wind or
solar development is welcome to move forward or stopped where it is not