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FirstEnergy’s admissions feed critics’ call for big-picture regulatory oversight and review
The company’s revelations about Ohio’s largest corruption case raise questions about the integrity of the regulatory process and its piecemeal approach to reviewing utility spending. This story is from the Energy News Network in collaboration with Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Please join Eye on Ohio’s free mailing list or…
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Waivers now available for Pandemic Unemployment Overpayments
Officials say approvals will be ‘later this summer’; reaching a customer service rep still an exhaustive process This article provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Please join their free mailing list as this helps them provide more public service reporting. By Emily Crebs Maggie Rose applied for pandemic unemployment…
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Covid Correctional: behind Ohio’s campaign to get prisoners vaccinated
By Cid Standifer When James Burris was sent to quarantine in a solitary confinement cell, the doctor wouldn’t tell him who allegedly exposed him to the coronavirus, citing laws protecting personal medical information. Burris said he and the four other men sent off to quarantine with him deduced who might have exposed them by comparing…
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How one Ohio city lowered evictions and late rental payments
Early statistics from Cleveland’s Right to Counsel program show promising results – but what will happen when that moratorium ends? By Conor Morris East Side Cleveland resident Dennis Eads ran into some trouble paying rent last year. Eads, a father of five, said he was thankful to have kept his job at a warehouse in…
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Ohio bill to reform electric rates aims to preserve coal plant subsidies under attack in wake of corruption probe
A plan to end Ohio’s long-criticized Electric Security Plans comes from a primary sponsor of HB 6, the 2019 law at the heart of a $60 million corruption case. This story is from the Energy News Network in collaboration with Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Please join Eye on Ohio’s…
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Do you owe ODJFS because of a Pandemic Unemployment Assistance overpayment? You might be eligible for a waiver
State made $1.2 billion in accidental payments, which could be forgiven This article is from Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Please join their free mailing list, as this helps provide more public service reporting. By Cid Standifer When Matthew Bishop started getting Pandemic Unemployment Assistance a year ago, it pulled…
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Does freedom of the press extend to covering police?
Almost a year later police still won’t identify officer who attacked journalists; Reporters say they mostly work without incident but face an increase in online threats This article provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism in partnership with the nonprofit Matter News. Please join Eye on Ohio’s free mailing list…
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Sidebar— ‘Shut your Mouth’: Journalists Face a Rising Tide of Online Harassment
By Marisa Twigg and Lucia Walinchus Exacerbated by a polarized political climate, an increasing number of reporters in the U.S. are facing unrelenting threats of violence and harassment from people online. Here in Columbus, several reporters have experienced harassment directly. “It was maybe a week after we ran the piece,” recalled Andy Downing, editor at…
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Utility and fossil fuel influence in Ohio goes beyond passage of bailout
Dark money loopholes remain, while people linked to utilities and fossil fuels hold public office or enjoy ongoing access to government officials. This article provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism in partnership with the nonprofit Energy News Network. Please join our free mailing list or the mailing list for…
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FirstEnergy’s transparency pledge clashes with ongoing actions
The company’s broad view of its ongoing investigation for purposes of limiting public disclosures seems at odds with its narrow view and piecemeal approach to regulatory proceedings. This article provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism in partnership with the nonprofit Energy News Network. Please join our free mailing list…
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