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FirstEnergy◐ 9The Akron-based utility whose ~$60M bribery scheme drove Ohio's largest public-corruption case.AEP Ohio◐ 7Ohio's other big utility — American Electric Power's local arm, with its own dark-money history and the grid-cost fight now hitting household bills.Generation Now◐ 6The 501(c)(4) dark-money conduit that laundered ~$60M of FirstEnergy money into the HB 6 scheme.ECOT (Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow)◐ 5The online charter school state auditors called Ohio's biggest-ever taxpayer ripoff — a ~$1 billion, 17-year public-fund diversion built on a political donor loop.JobsOhio◐ 5Ohio's private economic-development corporation — funded by the state liquor lease, exempt from public records, and a 2026 conflict-of-interest flashpoint.Signal Ohio◐ 5A nonprofit local-news network — Signal Cleveland, Akron, and the Documenters program — rebuilding watchdog coverage as legacy dailies collapse.Metric Media◐ 4The largest U.S. "pink slime" network — 1,200-plus algorithmically generated sites styled as local news, with opaque funding.Sinclair Broadcast Group◐ 4The largest U.S. owner of local TV affiliates, whose Ohio stations air centrally scripted "must-run" segments.