Recent news in Ohio includes FirstEnergy’s payments to dark money nonprofits supporting Governor Mike DeWine and Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted, an audit highlighting financial concerns at Lakeland Community College, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s request to narrow a lower court’s block on gender-affirming healthcare restrictions, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan’s inquiry into a fatal ATF raid, the Social Security Administration office in Warrensville Heights closing for 90 days due to staff shortages, the Ohio Turnpike’s new tolling system, and upcoming legislative sessions in the Ohio House and Senate.
