nuclear bailout

More than a dozen bills have been proposed to repeal all or the repeal of House Bill 6, which was stripped of its subsidies to Ohio’s nuclear plants in 2021.

Gov. Mike DeWine, who signed into law the nuclear power plant bailout at the center of the case involving former speaker Larry Householder and ex-Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges, said the subsidies for coal-fired plants in that law should be repealed.

After listening to seven weeks of testimony, jurors returned verdicts in the federal racketeering trial of Republican former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and ex-Ohio GOP Chair Matt Borges.

Former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and former FirstEnergy lobbyist and state party chair Matt Borges, both Republicans, are accused of playing roles in a $61 million bribery scheme to pass a billion-dollar bailout for two nuclear power plants.

Former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder is done on the stand, and ex-Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges's team said they would not mount a defense.

A Republican strategist who was friends with former Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges took the stand as the prosecution brought its case against Borges and Republican former House speaker Larry Householder to a close.

Former FirstEnergy Solutions lobbyist Juan Cespedes spent a second day on the stand in federal court, telling jurors of former Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges' involvement in the House Bill 6 corruption case.

The lawyers for Larry Householder and Matt Borges had the chance to cross examine an FBI special agent after spending seven days answering questions for the prosecution.

Federal prosecutors played phone calls and in-person meetings that were secretly recorded to act as evidence against Matt Borges in the $61 million bribery case.

The trial of Larry Householder and Matt Borges revealed more details of how FirstEnergy campaigned for House Bill 6 and the role Borges played in their lobbying effort.