A dark money group funded by FirstEnergy spent $2.5 million to support the GOP hopeful as the utility pushed bailout of ...

Jessie Balmert is a reporter for the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau, which serves the Columbus Dispatch, Cincinnati Enquirer, Akron Beacon Journal and other affiliated news organizations across Ohio.

The dispute stems from a ruling by a Louisiana judge that the agency’s application of race-based considerations exceeds its ...

The Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Lake County, Ohio, celebrates 30 years of commercial operation in 2017. The plant is at the center of a wide-ranging alleged bribery scheme by the plant’s former owner ...

Community member James Harris installs ambient air monitors to measure neighborhood air quality. Groundwork-Denver, a community organization in Denver, Colo., partnered with RTI International for a ...

For the first time, the lead consultant to Florida Senate Republicans has admitted to hiring a disgraced ex-senator and approving a dirty trick to recruit a third-party candidate to siphon votes from ...

The investigative climate newsroom doubles down on its collaborative mission by making stories free to republish. Floodlight is launching an expanded story-sharing model for journalists and news ...

Floodlight is in search of freelancers to produce watchdog stories about the Inflation Reduction Act and its climate-related programs. Floodlight is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom that ...

Welcome to the Floodlight community! We’re glad you’re here. Floodlight is the only newsroom with the specific mission of holding climate polluters accountable. If you're interested in keeping up with ...

The award honors a story tying power company money to efforts to secretly use the media to attack critics and boost the utilities’ agendas. David Folkenflik/NPR, Mario Alejandro Ariza/Floodlight, ...