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Aerial photograph of the OVEC-operated Kyger Creek Power Plant in Cheshire. (Getty Images.)The Ohio Supreme Court upheld a decision last week that, according to its challengers, allowed utilities to overcharge customers to the tune of roughly $115 million. It brings an end to a narrow dispute that started in 2021 but has its roots in…

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is currently finalizing a rule that would allow public housing authorities and property owners who participate in federal housing voucher programs to impose work requirements and time limits on aid recipients. (Photo courtesy of HUD Office of Public Affairs) Dozens of public housing authorities, tribes, property owners and…

An election worker processes mail-in ballots. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Late last year, Gov. Mike DeWine “reluctantly” signed a bill passed by Ohio Republican lawmakers eliminating Ohio’s four-day grace period for absentee ballots. DeWine explained that a case from Mississippi, pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, weighed heavily on that decision. If the court held…