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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Who was behind Ohio redefining methane-based fuel as “green energy?”

Months before it was introduced and passed in a 36-hour legislative sprint, a dark money nonprofit linked to the natural gas industry pushed for legislation. We’re talking about it on Today in Ohio.

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Here are the questions we’re answering today:

We finally know who came up with the Orwellian idea to label natural gas as green energy in Ohio, and surprise, surprise, dark money once again controls Ohio politicians. Who did it?

Who’s the first person to stand up as a challenger to Sherrod Brown in his bid to be re-elected to the U.S. Senate in 2024?

What’s at stake before the Ohio Supreme Court as it consider’s attorney general Dave Yost’s bit to freeze the assets of Charles Randazzo, who is not charged with any crimes but whom FirstEnergy has admitted bribing?

Ohio has more or less declared war on the Bradford pear tree. Why?

What are Ohio’s most populated cities with high proportions of people with access to cars?

Why has autism been a line in the sand for the Ohio State Medical Board when it comes to medical marijuana, and what are the chances that might change?

A recent COVID study out of Case Western Reserve University has some distressing news for users of some kinds of illegal drugs. Why should they be concerned?

Hepatitis C has been wrecking peoples’ livers for ages, but health reporter Gretchen Cuda Kroen reports on a cure. What do we learn from her story?

Tower City has gone through a long era of neglect, so it’s news when four new businesses open there. What’s coming to the Terminal Tower shopping area?

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