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Sussex County says it needs two weeks to provide copy of county’s recusal policy for its supervisors

2026-06-25

But online searches suggest no such policy exists Shilton Ricks-Butts, the clerk for the Sussex County Board of Supervisors, has informed Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) it will take two weeks for the county to respond to C&BP’s request for a copy of the county’s recusal policy, along with any records of commissioners recusing themselves… Read more »

Checks & Balances Project files FOIA request seeking Sussex County EMS records

2026-06-23

Acting on a tip from a reader, Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with Sussex County. It seeks all communications and records from 2022 to the present regarding the county emergency medical services department and the Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad. Tuesday’s request is the second from C&BP… Read more »

Checks & Balances Project seeks more tips from Sussex County residents

2026-06-22

As Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) awaits a reply to its public records request seeking the recusal policy for Sussex County, Virginia, supervisors, it asks for county residents to send more tips such as the one that led to the initial public records request. On June 18, C&BP also asked for the records of any… Read more »

Checks & Balances Project seeks Sussex County’s recusal policy

2026-06-18

Prompted by a new reader’s tip, Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) has filed a public information request with the Sussex County, Virginia, board of supervisors seeking the county’s recusal policy. It also has asked for the records of any supervisors who have declared a conflict of interest in the last 25 years. C&BP has asked… Read more »

Ohio Power Siting Board recommends against Grange Solar project

2025-02-25

The staff of the Ohio Power Siting Board has recommended denying the application to build the Grange Solar Grazing Center, a 500MW solar project proposed for Logan County, Ohio. The recommendation follows months of opposition led by Bud Christman, the owner of a marina on Indian Lake in northwestern. Christman created the Indian Lake Advocacy… Read more »

Anti-solar effort led by group that apparently violated its tax-exempt status

2025-02-18

The Indian Lake Advocacy Group, which apparently violated its tax-exempt nonprofit status by openly advocating for the election of an Ohio representative who’s now the group’s lobbyist, is seeking people to oppose the construction of a solar project in Logan County. The group wants potential opponents who live near the proposed Grange Solar project to… Read more »

Former Ohio legislator now lobbying for the nonprofit that touted his reelection

2025-01-28

Just days after leaving the Ohio legislature, Republican former Rep. Jon Cross has resurfaced as a lobbyist representing the nonprofit group that apparently violated federal law by openly advocating for Cross’ reelection last year. Ohio lobbying records show the Indian Lake Advocacy Group, a tax-exempt nonprofit run by marina owner Bud Christman, is one of… Read more »

New York county declines to back attempted solar and battery storage moratorium

2025-01-27

The Allegany County, N.Y., Planning Board declined to adopt an attempt from a solitary landowner to place a one-year moratorium on the development of solar and battery power projects in the county that has already approved several renewable energy projects. During its deliberations Jan. 15, the board sent the issue back to the Town of… Read more »

Grant to Ohio nonprofit that backed candidate now on hold

2025-01-17

In his farewell note to constituents, Ohio Rep. Jon Cross, R-Findlay, touted the money he brought to his district, including $5 million for dredging and weed removal in Indian Lake in northwest Ohio. But that money is on hold after a Checks & Balances Project report on Aug. 21, 2024, that the group intended to… Read more »

Bond rating agency says OVEC plants will be uneconomical “for the foreseeable future”

2024-12-12

Despite a surge in the number of electricity-hungry data centers opening in central Ohio, the coal-fired power plants owned by Ohio Valley Electric Corp. (OVEC) are no closer to profitability, according to a report from the bond rating agency Fitch. “While regional demand growth (especially from data centers) may tighten energy markets, Fitch expects OVEC’s… Read more »

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