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The Ohio bill HB 6 that was paid for with illegal bribery was only partially repealed. The nuclear industry in Ohio didn't get to keep their money, but other in
by justin66 5y ago
The Ohio bill HB 6 that was paid for with illegal bribery was only partially repealed. The nuclear industry in Ohio didn't get to keep their money, but other interests did. It was, no shit, actually controversial in the Ohio legislature whether or not they'd actually repeal it at all after the bribery was revealed.
https://energynews.us/2021/04/19/utility-and-fossil-fuel-interests-still-ahead-in-ohio-under-house-bill-6/ https://energynews.us/2021/04/19/utility-and-fossil-fuel-int...
https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/10/heres-why-ohio-lawmakers-havent-done-anything-about-scandal-tainted-house-bill-6-so-far.html https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/10/heres-why-ohio-lawmak...
https://www.cleveland.com/open/2021/03/ohio-senate-votes-to-repeal-nuclear-subsidies-in-house-bill-6.html https://www.cleveland.com/open/2021/03/ohio-senate-votes-to-...
Before the bribery scandal, there was an attempt to forward a referendum to repeal HB 6. The efforts made against getting it on the ballot were cartoonishly corrupt and evil, and ultimately successful.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23922302 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23922302
https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2019/09/end-the-damaging-and-precedent-setting-anti-hb-6-referendum-overkill.html https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2019/09/end-the-damaging-a...
https://www.cleveland.com/open/2019/10/ohio-house-bill-6-repeal-campaign-files-federal-lawsuit-challenging-states-referendum-rules.html https://www.cleveland.com/open/2019/10/ohio-house-bill-6-rep...
https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/01/house-bill-6-referendum-effort-is-dead-after-group-drops-lawsuit-appeal.html https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/01/house-bill-6-referend...