State political reporter Laura Bischoff speaks with guest Todd Snitchler on this special edition of the Ohio Politics Explained podcast. During this episode we provide insight into energy policy, discuss what exactly House Bill 6 is, and explain what FirstEnergy and Energy Harbor are and how the two fit together.

State political reporter Laura Bischoff speaks with guest Todd Snitchler on this special edition of the Ohio Politics Explained podcast. During this episode we provide insight into energy policy, discuss what exactly House Bill 6 is, and explain what FirstEnergy and Energy Harbor are and how the two fit together.

You give us 15 minutes a week, and we will give you all the Ohio politics news you need to sound smart and impress your friends.

Show Host: Haley BeMiller, Ohio politics reporter for USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau

You give us 15 minutes a week, and we will give you all the Ohio politics news you need to sound smart and impress your friends.
Show Host: Haley BeMiller, Ohio politics reporter for USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau

Ohio Politics Explained

Ohio is in the middle of the biggest public corruption case in state history. The HB 6 scandal involves a web of dark money, an Ohio based Fortune 500 company, 4.5 million consumers, and some top politicos. The case has already taken some dramatic turns, arrests, guilty pleas, FBI searches, executive firings, and the suicide of one defendant. It’s a lot! 

These special editions of the Ohio Politics Explained podcast are dedicated to covering the House Bill 6 corruption case and is produced by the USA TODAY GANNETT NETWORK Ohio bureau.

Ohio is in the middle of the biggest public corruption case in state history. The HB 6 scandal involves a web of dark money, an Ohio based Fortune 500 company, 4.5 million consumers, and some top politicos. The case has already taken some dramatic turns, arrests, guilty pleas, FBI searches, executive firings, and the suicide of one defendant. It’s a lot! These special editions of the Ohio Politics Explained podcast are dedicated to covering the House Bill 6 corruption case and is produced by the USA TODAY GANNETT NETWORK Ohio bureau.

HB 6: Ohio’s Biggest Public Corruption Case

House Bill 6 Scandal

You give us 15 minutes a week, and we will give you all the Ohio politics news you need to sound smart and impress your friends.

Show Host: Anna Staver, Ohio politics reporter for USA TODAY GANNETT NETWORK

You give us 15 minutes a week, and we will give you all the Ohio politics news you need to sound smart and impress your friends.
Show Host:&nbsp;Anna Staver, Ohio politics reporter for USA TODAY GANNETT NETWORK

Energy policy 101: One former PUCO chair explains the basics

We discuss the politics of campus protests, a new proposal to raise the minimum wage, what marijuana rescheduling means for Ohio and how lawmakers changed a controversial parents' rights bill.

We discuss the politics of campus protests, a new proposal to raise the minimum wage, what marijuana rescheduling means for Ohio and how lawmakers changed a controversial parents' rights bill.

Campus unrest gets political

We discuss the latest in the Biden ballot debacle, a key ruling in the lawsuit over Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, how Gov. Mike DeWine wants to solve the child care crisis and why marijuana sales could start sooner than expected.

We discuss the latest in the Biden ballot debacle, a key ruling in the lawsuit over Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, how Gov. Mike DeWine wants to solve the child care crisis and why marijuana sales could start sooner than expected.

Ohio judge blocks House Bill 68 - for now

This week we discuss how former PUCO chairman Sam Randazzo has died by suspected suicide, how FirstEnergy gave $1 M in donations through dark money groups to back Jon Husted, and how Ohio House GOP votes to take control of House campaign funds. Finally, we talk about how President Joe Biden won’t make it on the November Ohio ballot unless state law is changed and recap the key takeaways from Gov. Mike DeWine’s State of the State address.

This week we discuss how former PUCO chairman Sam Randazzo has died by suspected suicide, how FirstEnergy gave $1 M in donations through dark money groups to back Jon Husted, and how Ohio House GOP votes to take control of House campaign funds. Finally, we talk about how President Joe Biden won’t make it on the November Ohio ballot unless state law is changed and recap the key takeaways from Gov. Mike DeWine’s State of the State address.

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Energy policy 101: One former PUCO chair explains the basics

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