2014 August 13

The New PB Shirts Are Here!

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Plunderbund Sues Over Charter Scandal Records

After months of delays, Plunderbund has sued Kasich’s education department of public records

Voters Need A Voice On School Board

ECOT Lies About Enrollment Numbers

Ohio’s Largest Online Charter School, ECOT, Has Disturbingly Overstated Student Enrollment

Ohio Alliance For Public Charter Schools Going Out Of Business

The dismal reputation of Ohio’s charter industry may be the reason funders have withdrawn their support of OAPCS.

Help Fight Back Against Trump’s Agenda In Ohio

Here’s a quick list of some of the groups in Ohio that will be actively working against Trump’s backwards and divisive agenda.

From the daily archives: Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Your Utility Company Is Asking For A Bailout, And Guess Who They Expect To Pay For It?

On August 13, 2014 By Guest Post

FirstEnergy recently joined American Electric Power (AEP) and Duke Energy in filing a request before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) – the state agency in charge of keeping utilities in check.

What do these big electric utilities want? They want to increase customers’ bills to prop up their aging coal plants. AEP alone wants to charge customers an estimated $117 million to keep two dirty, expensive coal plants in operation. These plants, which hail from the 1950s, are uncompetitive in the wholesale energy market. But keeping them alive – by asking customers to subsidize this dirty energy […]

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