Category: Ohio Attorney General

AG Yost Opens Certification Process for Organizations Seeking to Take Part in Ohio’s Scholarship Tax-Credit Program

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has launched the online application process for organizations that grant scholarships to primary and secondary students...

Ohio Attorney General Honors Victoria Allen Through Award Name Change

(YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio) – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today that the Distinguished Civilian Leadership Award will be renamed the Victoria Allen Distinguished Civilian...

Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force Seizes 24 Pounds of Methamphetamine

(NEWARK, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Gov. Mike DeWine and Licking County Sheriff Randy Thorp today announced the completion of an investigation that...

AG Yost Joins States Demanding President Biden Drop Vaccine Mandate or Risk Legal Action

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 23 other attorneys general sent a letter to President Biden today, warning that litigation will...

Attorney General Yost Inks Agreement with StubHub to Issue Ohioans Refunds

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The ticket reseller StubHub is issuing refunds to thousands of Ohioans who purchased tickets to events that were later canceled due...

Former Cuyahoga County Jail Director Found Guilty

(CLEVELAND, Ohio) — In the most recent trial stemming from years-old allegations of widespread misconduct at the Cuyahoga County Regional Jail, former jail Director...

AGs Yost and Cameron Partner with Cincinnati Reds to Raise Awareness of Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking Awareness PSA Begins Running at Great American Ball Park to Kick Off Holiday Weekend (CINCINATTI, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and...

Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation Celebrates A Century of Excellence and Advancement

(LONDON, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today congratulated the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation on 100 years of excellence in service for...

States File Suit to Prevent Biden Administration from Overreaching by Unilaterally Changing Laws

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 17 other state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration for inventing...

AG Yost Seeks Court Order to Stop Polluter from Damaging Vinton County Waterway

(NEW PLYMOUTH, Ohio) – Ohio Attorney General Yost has filed a temporary restraining order to stop a sanitation company from further polluting Raccoon Creek...

Petition Certified for Proposed Statute to Expand Legal Marijuana in Ohio

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The Ohio Attorney General’s Office today certified a revised petition for a proposed statute that would add a chapter to the...

As Local Support Mounts, Ohio on Verge of $808 Million Deal with Opioid Distributors

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Thanks to the extraordinary cooperation and swift action from Ohio’s city, county, township and village partners, the OneOhio opioid settlement agreement...

Illegal Dumping Investigation Yields Three Indictments in Northeast Ohio

(AKRON, Ohio) — A Summit County grand jury this week indicted two men and a junk-removal business in connection with illegal dumping in Copley Township, Attorney...

Former FirstEnergy Executives Reindicted on Public Corruption Charges

(AKRON, Ohio) — Two former FirstEnergy executives have been reindicted for their alleged roles in the House Bill 6 scandal involving the Akron-based electric utility, Ohio Attorney...

Yost Sues Northeast Ohio Contractor Accused of Shoddy, Incomplete Home Improvements

(WARREN, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is suing a Mahoning Valley contractor who allegedly performed substandard home-improvement work or failed to complete...

Yost Sues Online Seller of Model Trains for Failure to Deliver Products

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is suing a Brecksville man accused of taking consumers’ money for collectible model trains that he...

Yost’s Office Defends EdChoice as Case Reaches Appeals Court

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s office today led the state’s defense of the EdChoice Scholarship Program during oral arguments before the...