Nick Evans has spent the past seven years reporting for NPR member stations in Florida and Ohio. He got his start in Tallahassee, covering issues like redistricting, same sex marriage and medical marijuana. Since arriving in Columbus in 2018, he has covered everything from city council to football. His work on Ohio politics and local policing have been featured numerous times on NPR.
Ohio’s race for governor this November is set. The Associated Press projects Republican Vivek Ramaswamy will face Democrat Amy Acton in November according to unofficial results. Results will remain unofficial…
The Ohio Supreme Court reversed a state regulators' decision, ruling that third-party submetering companies supplying electricity to apartment tenants must be treated as utilities — sending the case back to the Public Utilities Commission and intensifying a legislative battle over consumer protections.
Amy Acton has raised $10 million since entering Ohio's gubernatorial race — a Democratic record — but faces a steep financial gap as Vivek Ramaswamy self-funds $25 million and his Super PAC stockpiles another $29.5 million.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments April 29 on the Trump administration's move to strip temporary protected status from Haitian immigrants — a decision that could uproot more than 14,000 Ohioans and $160 million in state economic activity.
Utilities across the country are planning massive grid investments over the next five years, with Ohio utilities like Duke Energy and AEP planning billions in spending that could drive rate increases for consumers.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy holds investments in venture firm 8VC, which has funded every round of Anduril's fundraising. The defense contractor received nearly $1 billion in Ohio state incentives to build its Arsenal-1 production facility near Columbus, raising ethics questions about potential conflicts of interest.
Ohio senators heard testimony Tuesday on two bills aimed at easing the state's power supply crunch — a community power pilot program that has already passed the House, and a virtual net metering bill allowing businesses to buy power from off-site generators.
U.S. Rep. Greg Landsman's No Harm Data Center Act would require large data center operators to cover power grid upgrades, ban NDAs with public officials and protect ratepayers from cost shifts. Ohio's consumer watchdog backs the goals but raises concerns about federal overreach on rate-setting.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is promising to roll Ohio property taxes back to pre-pandemic levels — but a new Innovation Ohio analysis warns the plan would gut $6.6 billion from schools, fire departments, libraries, and public health agencies.
Reps. McClain, Click, and Newman want to ban mobile sports betting, limit wagers, end prop and parlay bets, and prohibit college sports wagering — citing addiction, suicide risk, and game integrity concerns.
