Category: Ohio

Summit County Celebrates Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO—Earlier this week, Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro and County Council passed a resolution declaring March Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month and designating...

Individuals Responsible for 1974 Reynoldsburg Murder Identified

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Reynoldsburg Division of Police Chief Curtis Baker today announced that forensic testing has solved the...

Summit County Honors Women’s History Month

SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO—On March 1, 2021, Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro and County Council passed legislation declaring March Women’s History Month in the county....

AG Yost Applauds Prioritization of Peace Officers for COVID-19 Vaccine

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost applauded the addition of peace officers in Ohio’s prioritized list for the COVID-19 vaccine. “We have a...

Summit County Emergency Management Agency Announces New Smartphone App

SUMMIT COUNTY, OH—The Summit County Emergency Management Agency (Summit EMA) now has a smartphone application (app) available in both the Apple App Store and...

Attorney General Issues 2020 Conceal Carry Report

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today issued Ohio’s Law on Concealed Handguns annual report showing that 169,232 concealed carry licenses were...

Reps. West and Weinstein announce legislation dealing with false or racially motivated 911 calls

Bill creates a civil right of action for victim and requires bias training for caller COLUMBUS- State Reps. Thomas West (D-Canton) and Casey Weinstein (D-Hudson)...

Judge upholds AG Yost’s Motion to Ban Mass Polluters from Operating Waste Hauling Business

(CLERMONT COUNTY, Ohio) — A Clermont County couple has been banned from operating in the waste industry after a judge found them liable on Ohio...

AG Yost Reaches $24.7 Million Settlement with Consultant that Fueled Opioid Epidemic

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has agreed to a settlement with McKinsey & Co. that will pour more than $24 million...

Ohio Stolen Gun Portal Created to Increase Integrity of Firearm Sales

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today announced the creation of the Ohio Stolen Gun Portal, a searchable website designed to increase...

AG Yost Steps in to Save Ohioans Nearly $2 Billion as FirstEnergy Agrees to Not Adjust Rates for Profit

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — FirstEnergy is agreeing to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s demands that the company stop using a clause in House Bill 6...

Central Ohio Human Trafficking Operation Rescues 8

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and New Albany Police Chief Greg Jones today announced the results of a recent human trafficking...

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...

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...

Lt. Governor Tressel Celebrates Advanced Manufacturing Expansion at Polaris Career Center

(MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, Ohio)—Ohio Lt. Governor Jim Tressel today joined local leaders, educators, and students at Polaris Career Center in Middleburg Heights to celebrate the grand opening...