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Governor Releases List Of Prisoners Eligible For Release Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

By Jim Letizia & Ohio Public Radio • Apr 8, 2020

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction says four more inmates have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total number to 14.

Kasich Won't Grant Clemency To Noe

By Jim Letizia • Jan 10, 2019

Outgoing Ohio Governor John Kasich apparently will not grant clemency to the key figure in the Coingate scandal over a decade ago.

Kasich Seeks Clemency Hearing For 'Coingate' Figure

By Associated Press • Jul 31, 2018

Republican Ohio Governor John Kasich has asked the state Parole Board to hold a hearing on a clemency request for a former GOP donor and Toledo-area coin dealer convicted in the state's 'Coingate' scandal.

Kasich Considering Another Clemency Request For "Coingate" Figure

By Associated Press • Jun 11, 2018

Ohio Governor John Kasich is weighing another recommendation opposing clemency for a former Toledo-area coin dealer who raised money for Ohio Republicans before being convicted in a state investment scandal that also ensnared former governor Bob Taft.

Kasich Denies Clemency For Coingate Investor

By Ohio Public Radio & Andy Chow • Oct 2, 2015

Gov. John Kasich denied clemency for the key figure in the so-called Coingate scandal in 2005.

Parole Board Rejects Clemency For "Coingate" Figure

By Jim Letizia & Associated Press • Aug 6, 2015

The Ohio Parole Board has rejected a clemency request from a former coin dealer who raised money for Ohio Republicans before being convicted in a state investment scandal.

Coingate's Noe Seeks Clemency

By Jim Letizia & Associated Press • Mar 14, 2015

A former Toledo area coin dealer who raised money for Ohio Republicans before being convicted in a state investment scandal is asking the state for clemency.

Coingate Figure Drops Attempt For New Trial

By Jim Letizia & Associated Press • Jan 9, 2015

A former Toledo area coin dealer and Republican Party fundraiser convicted in a state investment scandal is giving up his attempt for a new trial.

Judge Rejects "Coingate" Fundraiser's Request For A New Trial

By Associated Press • Sep 30, 2014

A federal judge has reject a request for a new trial for the former Toledo-area coin dealer and Republican party fundraiser at the center of a state investment scandal.

Political Documentary Starring Ohio Politics Opens in Columbus

By Alison Holm • Sep 26, 2014

A new documentary on the influence of money and corporations in American politics begins a week long run in Columbus today.

I.G. Releases Coingate Report

By Jim Letizia & Associated Press & Ohio Public Radio • Apr 25, 2014

The Ohio Inspector General has released the investigative report on the "Coingate" investment scandal of 2005 that resulted in the conviction of then-Governor Bob Taft and 18 other people.

BWC Investment Evokes Memories Of Coingate

By Jim Letizia & Associated Press • Apr 22, 2014

The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation has agreed to put 50 million dollars into a Wisconsin-based real-estate investment fund run by a major bundler of campaign contributions to Republican presidential candidates.

Newspaper Goes To Court Over Coingate Report

By Jim Letizia & Associated Press • Jan 31, 2014

The Toledo Blade is asking the Ohio Supreme Court to force the release of an investigative report on the Coingate investment scandal of 2005.

Magistrate: No New Trial For Noe

By Jim Letizia & Associated Press • Jun 21, 2013

A federal magistrate is recommending against a new trial for the former Toledo coin dealer and Republican party fundraiser at the center of an Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation investment scandal.