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 Statehouse 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.”
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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.
