In October 2018, polls showed a tight governor’s race between Republican Mike DeWine and Democrat Rich Cordray. DeWine worried he might lose, dashing his lifelong dream to be Ohio governor. With Election Day looming, DeWine sent a text message to then-FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones: “Chuck. Can u call me?” In another text message, DeWine told […]
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine gives his 2024 State of the State address in the Ohio House chambers at the Ohio Statehouse. (Pool photo by Barbara J. Perenic, Columbus Dispatch.) Versions of this story are being published by the USA Today Network, Floodlight, Energy News Network, and the Ohio Capital Journal. In 2018, Akron-based FirstEnergy donated […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Akron-based energy company at the center of a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio gave a secret $1 million contribution to a dark money group backing Republican Lt. Gov. Jon Husted in his 2018 bid for governor, cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer reported Wednesday. The contribution from FirstEnergy Corp. to Freedom Frontier, […]
Facing criminal charges for a sweeping bribery scandal, two former FirstEnergy executives were given permission to travel. On Monday, Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Susan Baker Ross granted former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones’s to visit his property in Naples, Florida. And ex-Senior Vice President of External Affairs Michael Dowling was approved to take an […]
The first criminal charges have been filed against two former FirstEnergy executives, nearly four years after the initial arrests of former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and others in Ohio’s ongoing House Bill 6 corruption scandal. The company says it has tadken significant steps to move forward. Yet issues related to HB 6 continue to […]