Andy Chow
News EditorContact Andy at achow@statehousenews.org.
Andy Chow is a general assignment state government reporter who focuses on environmental, energy, agriculture, and education-related issues. He started his journalism career as an associate producer with ABC 6/FOX 28 in Columbus before becoming a producer with WBNS 10TV.
Andy gained his in-depth knowledge of ±¬ÁÏ³Ô¹Ï issues while working for Hannah News Service, an online-based news and research publication. He also participated in the Legislative Service Commission’s Fellowship program as a production assistant for “The Ohio Channel.â€
Andy earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcasting at Otterbein University and took part in the Washington Semester program through American University in Washington, D.C.
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After seven weeks, jurors returned verdicts in the federal racketeering trial of Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and ex-Ohio GOP chair Matt Borges.
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The trial of Larry Householder and Matt Borges is going into the fourth week and the prosecution is preparing to move on to other witnesses in the case.
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The lawyers for Larry Householder and Matt Borges had the chance to cross examine an FBI special agent after spending seven days answering questions for the prosecution.
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Federal prosecutors showed an invoice from a private investigator firm that detailed the surveillance it conducted on signature gatherers who wanted to repeal the nuclear power plant bailout.
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Federal prosecutors played phone calls and in-person meetings that were secretly recorded to act as evidence against Matt Borges in the $61 million bribery case.
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The trial of Larry Householder and Matt Borges revealed more details of how FirstEnergy campaigned for House Bill 6 and the role Borges played in their lobbying effort.
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The prosecution walked the jury through how Larry Householder became the Ohio House speaker and how House Bill 6 — a nuclear power plant bailout — passed through the Ohio General Assembly.
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U.S. prosecutors laid out several documents and recordings in their racketeering case against former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and former FirstEnergy lobbyist Matt Borges.
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Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) addressed the Ohio General Assembly for his first State of the State since winning re-election and beginning his second term in office.
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Court documents state the Ohio AFL-CIO received $1.4 million from a dark money group — allegedly operated by former House Speaker Larry Householder — to help fight against a repeal of a nuclear power plant bailout bill.