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CBS News
26-05-2025
- CBS News
13-year-old boy in Ohio dies after falling off trailer during Memorial Day parade
A 13-year-old boy in Green, Ohio, was fatally injured after falling off a trailer during the city's Memorial Day parade on Monday. In a post on Facebook, the City of Green Division of Fire said the boy was riding on a trailer being pulled by the driver of a pickup truck when he fell from the front of the trailer and was critically injured. Emergency personnel responded and transported the boy to Akron Children's Hospital, where he died. The 13-year-old boy, whose name was not immediately released, was a North Canton City Schools student, authorities said. The Summit County Sheriff's Office is investigating. Green's Memorial Day parade kicked off on Monday around 10 a.m. CBS affiliate WOIO reported that the city's Memorial Day ceremony following the parade went on as scheduled. In a post on Facebook, Ohio state Rep. Casey Weinstein released a statement, saying: "My heart goes out to the family of this child - and the entire Green community." No other information was released on Monday. Green, Ohio, is in southeastern Summit County and about 12 miles south of Akron.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Lawmakers pass energy bill ending Ohio ratepayer charges that subsidize two unprofitable coal plants
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After years of attempts, Ohio lawmakers voted Wednesday to end the subsidy for two unprofitable Cold War-era coal plants that had cost Ohio ratepayers nearly $400,000 a day, after they were tucked into the tainted energy bill at the center of the largest corruption scandal in state history. House Bill 15 would put an immediate end to the 'legacy generation rider' for the two Ohio Valley Electric Corp. plants contained in House Bill 6, which dates back to 2019. The provision was part of a larger overhaul intended to modernize Ohio energy policy. The Ohio Senate passed its version of the legislation in a rare unanimous vote Wednesday, before sending it back to the Ohio House. The lower chamber approved Senate changes to the House version 94-2. The bill goes next to Gov. Mike DeWine, whose office said he is reviewing the amended measure. State Rep. Casey Weinstein, a Hudson Democrat, praised the measure's passage, calling the end of the 'bailout' of the two coal two plants — one in southern Ohio, one in Madison, Indiana, southwest of Cincinnati — a huge win for consumers. 'It was an outrageous misuse of public funds — sending hundreds of thousands of dollars a day to an aging coal plant in Indiana," he said in a statement. "Putting an end to that is a victory for ratepayers across the state.' The bill also requires utilities to routinely come in for rate cases and justify how they spend ratepayer-collected money; creates a permissive school energy efficiency loan program to reduce energy costs for public schools; and codifies that consumers must receive refunds for improper charges. Ohio Manufacturing Association President Ryan Augsburger said repealing the uneconomical subsidies and other charges and creating energy 'heat maps' that visually depict energy usage patterns will allow manufacturers to operate more efficiently. 'Ohio has an abundance of natural resources, a strong workforce, world-class educational institutions and now the foundation for a nationally leading energy industry,' he said in a statement. "Now is the time for Ohio's energy system to pull ahead and attract new generation, bringing with it new economic investments.' The OVEC subsidy was a late addition to the measure passed Wednesday, which initially focused on a $1 billion bailout for two nuclear power plants owned by a then-subsidiary of Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. It was to have been collected through Ohioans' electric bills through 2030. The Legislature repealed the nuclear plant subsidy contained in the bill in 2021, months after then-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four others were indicted for their roles in a $60 million bribery scheme secretly funded by FirstEnergy to win passage of the bailout bill. But the coal plant subsidy has been tougher to eliminate. The two plants were built in the 1950s to provide power to a uranium enrichment facility in Pike County, but the contract with the U.S. Department of Energy ended in 2003 and OVEC began selling power to the regional power grid. The rise of cheaper and abundant natural gas helped make the plants unprofitable. The state's utility watchdog at one point said the coal plant subsidy was worse than the one for the nuclear plants, because it helped sustain plants whose electricity wasn't needed and that pollute the air.
Winnipeg Free Press
30-04-2025
- Business
- Winnipeg Free Press
Lawmakers pass energy bill ending Ohio ratepayer charges that subsidize two unprofitable coal plants
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After years of attempts, Ohio lawmakers voted Wednesday to end the subsidy for two unprofitable Cold War-era coal plants that had cost Ohio ratepayers nearly $400,000 a day, after they were tucked into the tainted energy bill at the center of the largest corruption scandal in state history. House Bill 15 would put an immediate end to the 'legacy generation rider' for the two Ohio Valley Electric Corp. plants contained in House Bill 6, which dates back to 2019. The provision was part of a larger overhaul intended to modernize Ohio energy policy. The Ohio Senate passed its version of the legislation in a rare unanimous vote Wednesday, before sending it back to the Ohio House. The lower chamber approved Senate changes to the House version 94-2. The bill goes next to Gov. Mike DeWine, whose office said he is reviewing the amended measure. State Rep. Casey Weinstein, a Hudson Democrat, praised the measure's passage, calling the end of the 'bailout' of the two coal two plants — one in southern Ohio, one in Madison, Indiana, southwest of Cincinnati — a huge win for consumers. 'It was an outrageous misuse of public funds — sending hundreds of thousands of dollars a day to an aging coal plant in Indiana,' he said in a statement. 'Putting an end to that is a victory for ratepayers across the state.' The bill also requires utilities to routinely come in for rate cases and justify how they spend ratepayer-collected money; creates a permissive school energy efficiency loan program to reduce energy costs for public schools; and codifies that consumers must receive refunds for improper charges. Ohio Manufacturing Association President Ryan Augsburger said repealing the uneconomical subsidies and other charges and creating energy 'heat maps' that visually depict energy usage patterns will allow manufacturers to operate more efficiently. 'Ohio has an abundance of natural resources, a strong workforce, world-class educational institutions and now the foundation for a nationally leading energy industry,' he said in a statement. 'Now is the time for Ohio's energy system to pull ahead and attract new generation, bringing with it new economic investments.' The OVEC subsidy was a late addition to the measure passed Wednesday, which initially focused on a $1 billion bailout for two nuclear power plants owned by a then-subsidiary of Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. It was to have been collected through Ohioans' electric bills through 2030. The Legislature repealed the nuclear plant subsidy contained in the bill in 2021, months after then-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four others were indicted for their roles in a $60 million bribery scheme secretly funded by FirstEnergy to win passage of the bailout bill. But the coal plant subsidy has been tougher to eliminate. The two plants were built in the 1950s to provide power to a uranium enrichment facility in Pike County, but the contract with the U.S. Department of Energy ended in 2003 and OVEC began selling power to the regional power grid. The rise of cheaper and abundant natural gas helped make the plants unprofitable. The state's utility watchdog at one point said the coal plant subsidy was worse than the one for the nuclear plants, because it helped sustain plants whose electricity wasn't needed and that pollute the air.
Associated Press
30-04-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Lawmakers pass energy bill ending Ohio ratepayer charges that subsidize two unprofitable coal plants
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After years of attempts, Ohio lawmakers voted Wednesday to end the subsidy for two unprofitable Cold War-era coal plants that had cost Ohio ratepayers nearly $400,000 a day, after they were tucked into the tainted energy bill at the center of the largest corruption scandal in state history. House Bill 15 would put an immediate end to the 'legacy generation rider' for the two Ohio Valley Electric Corp. plants contained in House Bill 6, which dates back to 2019. The provision was part of a larger overhaul intended to modernize Ohio energy policy. The Ohio Senate passed its version of the legislation in a rare unanimous vote Wednesday, before sending it back to the Ohio House. The lower chamber approved Senate changes to the House version 94-2. The bill goes next to Gov. Mike DeWine, whose office said he is reviewing the amended measure. State Rep. Casey Weinstein, a Hudson Democrat, praised the measure's passage, calling the end of the 'bailout' of the two coal two plants — one in southern Ohio, one in Madison, Indiana, southwest of Cincinnati — a huge win for consumers. 'It was an outrageous misuse of public funds — sending hundreds of thousands of dollars a day to an aging coal plant in Indiana,' he said in a statement. 'Putting an end to that is a victory for ratepayers across the state.' The bill also requires utilities to routinely come in for rate cases and justify how they spend ratepayer-collected money; creates a permissive school energy efficiency loan program to reduce energy costs for public schools; and codifies that consumers must receive refunds for improper charges. Ohio Manufacturing Association President Ryan Augsburger said repealing the uneconomical subsidies and other charges and creating energy 'heat maps' that visually depict energy usage patterns will allow manufacturers to operate more efficiently. 'Ohio has an abundance of natural resources, a strong workforce, world-class educational institutions and now the foundation for a nationally leading energy industry,' he said in a statement. 'Now is the time for Ohio's energy system to pull ahead and attract new generation, bringing with it new economic investments.' The OVEC subsidy was a late addition to the measure passed Wednesday, which initially focused on a $1 billion bailout for two nuclear power plants owned by a then-subsidiary of Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. It was to have been collected through Ohioans' electric bills through 2030. The Legislature repealed the nuclear plant subsidy contained in the bill in 2021, months after then-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four others were indicted for their roles in a $60 million bribery scheme secretly funded by FirstEnergy to win passage of the bailout bill. But the coal plant subsidy has been tougher to eliminate. The two plants were built in the 1950s to provide power to a uranium enrichment facility in Pike County, but the contract with the U.S. Department of Energy ended in 2003 and OVEC began selling power to the regional power grid. The rise of cheaper and abundant natural gas helped make the plants unprofitable. The state's utility watchdog at one point said the coal plant subsidy was worse than the one for the nuclear plants, because it helped sustain plants whose electricity wasn't needed and that pollute the air.
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Browns face questions from taxpayers on funding for dome: I-Team
HUDSON, Ohio (WJW) – Executives from the Cleveland Browns went to a town hall in Hudson on Thursday to explain to taxpayers why the team is asking for $600 million from the state to help build a dome in Brook Park. They faced a tough crowd. 'I like football, ' one woman said. 'I like the Browns, but how many games did they win last year?' State Senator Casey Weinstein, (D) District 28, held the town hall with state Representative Derrick Hall, (D) District 34, to focus on tax dollars for all kinds of needs. 'I wanted the Browns to hear the concerns I am hearing from my constituents and have the chance to explain their position,' Weinstein said. 'My job is to hear from both sides and try to make the best decision.' CLE fire rescue team preps for 'big risk for floods' The Browns explained they are asking the state for bond money and the team would pay that back and more. They stressed they are not taking tax money used for things like schools and libraries. They added the project would be beneficial for the entire state. But not everyone in the crowd was convinced. 'I think everyone in this room can agree that our veterans deserve better than our professional sports teams,' one woman said. While the Browns took heat at the meeting, some state representatives in Columbus are pushing a measure to get the Browns their money. The first big vote will likely be next week. See how we're leaving a lasting mark inside the St. Jude Dream Home Meanwhile, the Browns and the city of Cleveland are battling in federal and state court over the Modell law, which restricts sports teams from moving. This week, more legal arguments were filed, but no hearings have been held yet. The I-Team also asked the Browns: What if they don't get the state funding to help pay for a dome? Officials said they don't want to think of any other option. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
