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WEBSep 13, 2024 · FirstEnergy to pay $100M in HB 6 settlement with SEC; ex-CEO to face civil fraud charges. Karen Kasler. , September 13, 2024. FirstEnergy has agreed to pay a $100 million fine to settle civil fraud charges from the SEC, but the federal agency will go ahead with civil fraud charges against the utility’s former top executive. Listen • 1:10.
First major ad dropped in campaign for redistricting amendment …
WEB5 days ago · First major ad dropped in campaign for redistricting amendment in Ohio. An aid to convince Ohioans to vote for a proposed change to the redistricting process in November 2024. In the hours leading up to Wednesday's Ohio Ballot Board meeting where contentious summary language for a redistricting amendment on the November ballot will be …
Final language for Issue 1 must be approved, as Ohio elections ...
WEB6 days ago · Monday's Ohio Supreme Court decision on ballot summary language for Issue 1 came as a relief to elections officials, who are facing a key deadline this week. But the work on that wording for the summary of the redistricting overhaul isn’t over, as the Ohio Ballot Board still needs to meet ...
Ohio Supreme Court lets stand most of Ballot Board language on …
WEBSep 16, 2024 · Most of the three-page summary that backers of this fall's Issue 1 say is biased and unfair will be what voters will see when they cast their ballots. The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled six of the eight provisions approved by Republicans on the Ohio Ballot Board that the group Citizens Not Politicians ...
Here are some new Ohio laws going into effect this fall, next year
WEBJul 29, 2024 · The larger law, Senate Bill 144, will soon allow pharmacy technicians to administer immunizations. Sarah Donaldson covers government, policy, politics and elections for the Ohio Public Radio and Television Statehouse News Bureau. Contact her at sdonaldson@statehousenews.org. With DeWine’s signature, more than 20 bills are now …
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WEB5 days ago · Government/Politics. LaRose wants action on possible voter fraud cases. County prosecutors say they haven’t for a reason. Jo Ingles. , September 13, 2024. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose wants to pursue other options to get possible voter fraud cases prosecuted. Government/Politics.
Starting today, Ohioans have a constitutional right to an abortion …
WEBDec 7, 2023 · A month after nearly 57% of voters approved Issue 1, the amendment guaranteeing abortion access and reproductive rights has taken effect in Ohio.
Ohio Budget Director Expects $3 Billion Surplus Over The Next …
WEBJun 17, 2021 · Gov. Mike DeWine’s budget director Kim Murnieks said she expects the state to have a surplus of $1.7 billion by the end of the fiscal year on June 30, and a $1.6 billion surplus in June 2022. That’s $3 billion more than the deficit the state had predicted. Murnieks had said last June that a major shortfall could be looming, and last summer ...
What is the independent state legislature theory and what does it …
WEBJul 12, 2022 · The U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to hear a redistricting case out of North Carolina where Republicans plan to invoke a little-known doctrine known as the independent state legislature theory — and it could have an …