Articles by Marty Schladen

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Ohio’s electric bills are high — and so are utility CEO salaries

As Ohio electric bills climbed 22% in February — the sharpest increase of any state but one — the CEOs of the state's four electric utilities collectively took home $81 million in 2025, including a $37 million payday for AEP's top executive.

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Ohio AG joins call to protect state drug-pricing transparency laws

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is among 45 state attorneys general urging the federal government to strengthen oversight of pharmacy benefit managers — and to ensure a proposed federal transparency rule doesn't override state laws already on the books.