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The subsidies mean that ratepayers are paying for inefficient coal plants, the residential utilities advocate says.

PUCO sets out to take a closer look into the finances of the plants that are subsidized by Ohio customers.

Visitations at Ohio's nursing homes and assisted living facilities will now be required; Ohio is the seventh state to reach 1 million coronavirus cases; a mass vaccination site at The Kent State University Field House begins today for Portage County residents; and more stories.

David DeVillers talks about his work on the high-profile cases before he resigned at President Joe Biden's request.

A mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Wolstein Center in downtown Cleveland is up and running smoothly; high school students will have the ability to earn a diploma in Ohio based on course grades rather than final exams, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Mike DeWine; Akron-based FirstEnergy said in a regulatory filing it shouldn't have to refund customers $30 million; and more stories.

Amid a bribery investigation, the utility makes a deal with New York-based shareholders.

An ally of former President Donald Trump who recently stepped down as chair of the Ohio Republican Party is joining the race for the U.S. Senate seat that the GOP’s Rob Portman is vacating; Ohio death penalty opponents are announcing a new effort to end capital punishment that includes several GOP supporters of a ban; Ohio’s current COVID-19 hospitalizations and average new case numbers continued a downward slide on Thursday as more people receive vaccinations; and more stories.

Changes in U.S. attorney posts are typical with any new incoming president, Sherrod Brown says.

The post remains unfilled after former Chair Sam Radazzo resigned last fall.

The ruling prevents the new charges that are a result of the controversial energy bill from being added to electricity bills.