Five things to know for Friday, Jan. 16

Madison Sheahan, ICE deputy director, steps down to run for Congress

The deputy director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is abandoning her post amid immigration enforcement action nationwide that has spurred sometimes violent protests generally organized by liberal-leaning groups to run for Congress in Ohio’s 9th District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Madison Sheahan, 28, a graduate of The Ohio State University, is challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur in the hotly contested seat that represents the Toledo area. Kaptur has held the seat since 2003.

DeWine responds to ‘troubling’ college basketball points-shaving scheme news. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, who has raised concerns about micro prop-betting in sports, called news of a college basketball points-shaving scheme involving 39 players and 17 non-Ohio schools that led to the indictment of 20 people “is why Ohio and the NCAA worked to ban collegiate prop bets in Ohio almost two years ago.” “While I applaud law enforcement and prosecutors for taking today’s action, this disturbing news reinforces that states across the country need to follow Ohio’s lead and heed NCAA President Charlie Baker’s call to ban collegiate prop bets in their states as well,” the governor said.

Group says state benefiting from energy bill. The Buckeye Institute is taking a victory lap, saying the state is reaping the benefits of House Bill 15, a measure it championed. According to the Columbus-based think tank, Ohio has attracted more than $4 billion in private investment, with six projects expected to generate nearly 2,000 MW of energy already approved by the Ohio Power Siting Board or currently in the approval process.

Ohio sees uptick in unemployment claims the first week of January. Ohioans filed 78,638 unemployment claims for the week of Jan. 4 to Jan. 10. According to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, that tally included 11,492 initial unemployment claims, which were 3,028 more than the previous week, and 67,146 continued unemployment claims, which were 3,850 more than the previous week. Roughly 2,152 of the initial unemployment claims were flagged for confirmation that they are legit.

Republicans blast Kaptur for taking credit for funding from bills she opposed. Republicans are blasting Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur for taking credit for funding allocated by measures she voted against, citing a report by the Washington Reporter. Kaptur voted against funding that was included in the continuing resolutions that sent millions in federal tax dollars to her Toledo-area district.