We're explaining what the former speaker's conviction means for Ohio, the takeaways from 2 Supreme Court decisions, and where budget negotiations stand.

We're explaining what the former speaker's conviction means for Ohio, the takeaways from 2 Supreme Court decisions, and where budget negotiations stand.

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

Householder gets 20 years

This week, we discuss chaos in Ohio's teacher pension system, a new challenge to Ohio abortion restrictions, why J.D. Vance ended up on Donald Trump's VP shortlist and how an obscure law could penalize student protesters.

This week, we discuss chaos in Ohio's teacher pension system, a new challenge to Ohio abortion restrictions, why J.D. Vance ended up on Donald Trump's VP shortlist and how an obscure law could penalize student protesters.

WTH is going on with Ohio pensions?

We discuss President Joe Biden's status on the November ballot, a bill to limit cell phone use in schools, how one lawmaker wants to combat antisemitism and why Ohio doesn't require dark money disclosures.

We discuss President Joe Biden's status on the November ballot, a bill to limit cell phone use in schools, how one lawmaker wants to combat antisemitism and why Ohio doesn't require dark money disclosures.

Biden ballot debacle boils over

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.

Householder gets 20 years

House Bill 6 Scandal

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