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Indicted ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder introduces measures to override coronavirus, executive orders Updated Mar 05, 2021; Posted Mar 04, 2021 State Rep. Larry Householder, a Perry County Republican, speaks with reporters on the Ohio House floor in this file photo. Householder, a former speaker accused of overseeing the largest bribery scheme in state history, has introduced a resolution seeking to allow lawmakers to overrule executive orders from the governor, as well as a bill to allow county commissioners to strike down countywide health orders. (Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland.com) Facebook Share Householder, a Perry County Republican whom authorities claim oversaw the largest bribery scheme in state history to pass a controversial utility law, announced Thursday he has introduced a bill and a resolution. ....
FirstEnergy filing reveals dropped fee, more details in HB6 aftermath: Capitol Letter Updated Feb 17, 2021; Posted Feb 17, 2021 FirstEnergy Corp. is getting rid of a fee it had collected since 2011 as the company continues to try to restore its reputation in the aftermath of the House Bill 6 scandal. (cleveland.com file photo) Facebook Share Rotunda Rumblings Fee falling: FirstEnergy announced Tuesday it had axed a fee it had collected since 2011 as the company continues to try to restore its reputation in the aftermath of the House Bill 6 scandal. As Jeremy Pelzer and Andrew Tobias report, the company is eliminating the “lost distribution revenue” charge, similar to the decoupling fee the company previously agreed to forego. In a Tuesday regulatory filing, the company also used slightly more pointed terms to describe a previously disclosed $4 million payment it made to an unnamed person, believed to be former Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Chai ....
House Speaker’s office requests resolution be drafted to expel member By Tyler Buchanan - Ohio Capital Journal COLUMBUS The office of Ohio House Speaker Bob Cupp has sought a resolution be drafted to expel a member of the state legislature. Though the request does not identify the member in question, this may mark the first step taken to remove from office Rep. Larry Householder, R-Glenford, the former House speaker who was arrested last year on corruption charges for his alleged involvement in the nuclear bailout bill scandal. Sheila Willamowski Boehner, the deputy chief of staff and executive counsel for Speaker Cupp, sent an internal request to the Legislative Service Commission asking for two resolutions to be drafted. The request, made Thursday and obtained by the OCJ, asks for a floor resolution to expel a member and a separate floor resolution to “create a committee to investigate.” Both are asked to be drafted within the next week. ....