Jon Husted

Republican Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted has already squirreled away more than $5 million toward a bid for governor that's more than two years off, campaign finance reports filed Wednesday show.

The Upper Arlington School District Board of Education voted 3 to 2 Tuesday to join a statewide lawsuit against private school vouchers.

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.

Senate Bill 212 would only affect sites with one-third total material that is “harmful to juveniles” under the Ohio Revised Code, leaving platforms like X and Reddit alone.

Ohio’s governor and lieutenant governor have been drawn into a FirstEnergy Corp. investors lawsuit connected to the $60 million bribery scheme concocted by the energy giant and a now-incarcerated House speaker.

The proposal in the Ohio budget would require TikTok, YouTube and other social media to get and verify permission from parents for their kids under 16 to use those platforms.

Newly-released text messages show that Lt. Gov. Jon Husted worked diligently behind the scenes to pass HB6, the nuclear power plant bailout law. We discuss what this new information means in the ongoing saga of the $60 million bribery scandal that led to multiple arrests and indictments.

The Republican governor and lieutenant governor said they advocated for legislation to help Ohio's two nuclear power plants, but that was the extent of their involvement in the controversial bailout plan.

Newly-released text messages show just how closely Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted worked with Akron-based FirstEnergy to pass the consumer-funded powerplant bailout known as HB6.

The newly-disclosed messages show executives talking about the support they were getting from Ohio's Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to pass a 10-year nuclear bailout, despite Husted previously said he did not play a role in getting the legislation passed.