Category: Ohio

Rep. Weinstein proud to announce $37.5 million investment in House District 37

TCA approval of American DeRosa Lamparts LLC and Athersys Inc projects will create 442 jobs COLUMBUS – State Representatives Casey Weinstein (D-Hudson) today announced the approval...

AG Yost Fights for Restitution Owed to Victims of Payday Lending Fraud

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today joined a bipartisan coalition of 30 attorneys general urging the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm...

County Executive and Council Provide $1 Million for Affordable Housing

SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO—On Monday, December 7, 2020, Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro and Summit County Council passed legislation to provide a two phase program...

AG Yost Agrees to $86.3 Million Settlement with Nationstar After Improper Handling of Home Loans

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has joined with the attorneys general from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia and other...

Rep. Weinstein applauds House passage of bipartisan Fair School Funding Plan

Bill would transform broken school funding formula, invest in Ohio’s future COLUMBUS—Rep. Casey Weinstein (D-Hudson) today voted in favor of the Fair School Funding Plan,...

Reps. Smith and Weinstein announce legislation to create an electric vehicle infrastructure study passes out of House Committee, call for floor vote

Say action now will create good paying jobs for future generations of Ohioans   COLUMBUS – State Reps. Kent Smith (D-Euclid) and Casey Weinstein (D-Hudson) today...

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

Second Annual Summit to Be Held Virtually on January 14, 2021 (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s Human Trafficking Initiative has opened registration for...

Attorneys General Urge Congress to Pass Extension for CARES Act Funding as Pandemic Impacts Economy

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has joined a coalition of attorneys general representing 43 states, the District of Columbia and five...

AG Yost Files Lawsuit Against Car Dealership For Selling Vehicles Without Titles

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed a consumer protection lawsuit against a Cincinnati-area used car dealership after receiving about 80 complaints...

ORDC Approves Grant Awards to Four Federal Railroad Administration CRISI Grant Recipients

On November 18, 2020, the Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) approved grants providing the state share of the matching funds for four Federal Railroad...

AG Yost Announces $113 Million Settlement with Apple Over iPhone Throttling

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, along with a coalition of over 30 other attorneys general, announced a $113 million settlement with...

AG Yost Files Second Suit to Stop Collection of $150 Million From Ohioans as a Result of HB6

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost laid the next brick in the wall to block the annual collection of $150 million from...

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...