Category: Ohio

Governor DeWine, Ohio State Highway Patrol Announce Statewide Rollout of Body Cameras for Troopers

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)— Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) Superintendent Col. Richard Fambro today announced plans to outfit every trooper in...

Governor DeWine Announces Launch of Ohio Office of First Responder Wellness

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced the creation of a new division within the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Office of...

Governor DeWine, Lt. Governor Husted Urge President Biden to Keep Enbridge Line 5 Open

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted have sent a letter to President Biden urging him to help keep open the...

Attorney General Yost Warns of Scammers Claiming to be Amazon or Other Big Companies

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — With the holiday shopping season upon us, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is warning consumers that illegal robocallers are trying to...

Attorney General Yost Sues to Stop Restrictions on ICE

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and two other state attorneys general are seeking to stop the implementation of a new federal...

Registration Open for Attorney General Dave Yost’s Human Trafficking Summit

Third Annual Summit to Be Held Virtually on Jan. 13, 2022 (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s Human Trafficking Initiative has opened registration...

Attorney General Yost Urges Feds to Block Robocallers’ Access to Legitimate Phone Numbers

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and his counterpart in every other state are trying to stop illegal robocallers who dupe the...

Attorney General Yost Sues Facebook for Securities Fraud After Misleading Disclosures, Allegations of Harm to Children

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed a lawsuit against the social-media giant Facebook for misleading the public on how it...

AG Yost Partners with Bowling Green State University for Justice Research

(Bowling Green, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Bowling Green State University President Rodney K. Rogers today announced a partnership focused on...

Governor DeWine Expands Expedited Pardon Project to Include Law Partners in Cleveland, Dayton, and Cincinnati

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) - Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced the expansion of the Ohio Governor’s Expedited Pardon Project, which eliminates administrative hurdles and provides...

Great Oaks Police Academy Earns Attorney General Yost’s STAR Certification

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The Great Oaks Police Academy has gone above and beyond in its training of police officers, meeting the standards of Ohio...

Governor DeWine Announces OneOhio Recovery Foundation Board Appointments

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced his five appointments to the OneOhio Recovery Foundation board and his two appointments to the Foundation’s expert...

Six Medicaid Providers Facing Fraud, Theft Charges

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Indictments filed this month by the office of Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson accuse six Medicaid providers of stealing a combined...

Stark County Man, Nonprofit Indicted in Theft of Charitable Donations

(CANTON, Ohio) — A Stark County man and his nonprofit organization have been indicted for allegedly stealing approximately $375,000 in charitable donations over three...

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...

Governor DeWine Announces Pause of Data Center Tax Exemption

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)— Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced today that he has directed the chair of the Ohio Tax Credit Authority to pause consideration of...