Category: Ohio

As 2022 Winds Down, AG Yost Fires Up Multiple Consumer-Protection Lawsuits

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — In the final days of the year, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed eight consumer-protection lawsuits across the state against businesses...

Updated School District Income Tax Rates Effective January 1, 2023

The chart below lists the updates to school districts effective in 2023. The changes include a newly enacted school district, an expired school district,...

Governor DeWine Announces New Powder Formula Manufacturing Facility in Bowling Green

$536 million facility expected to generate 450 permanent new jobs in northwest Ohio (BOWLING GREEN, Ohio) -- Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted,...

Governor DeWine Announces Fifth Round of Wellness Support for First Responder Agencies

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced today that 72 local first responder agencies will receive a total of $28 million to help...

Yost to Serve as President of National Association of Attorneys General

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has been elected president of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) for 2023. The unanimous vote...

Governor DeWine Announces More than 400 New Jobs for Tuscarawas County

(NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio)— Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted joined Battle Motors, JobsOhio, Team Northeast Ohio (NEO), and the Tuscarawas County Economic...

Reps. Weinstein and Upchurch Give Sponsor Testimony on Recreational Marijuana Bill

COLUMBUS—State Reps. Casey Weinstein (D-Hudson) and Terrence Upchurch (D-Cleveland) today gave testimony before the Ohio House Finance Committee on House Bill 382. This legislation would...

AG Yost’s Google Lawsuit Trial Date Set for 2024

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The trial in Ohio’s lawsuit against Google Search is scheduled to begin on May 14, 2024, in Delaware County Common Pleas Court,...

AG Yost Sues Dollar General Over Deceptive Pricing

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — After receiving consumer complaints from multiple counties, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is taking Dollar General to court for allegedly advertising goods...

Husted Announces Launch of IMAP Grant Opportunity, TechCred Application Round for November

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Lt. Governor Jon Husted, who serves as Director of the Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation, announced that the application periods for both...

Governor DeWine Announces $100 Million for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Now Available

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted today announced that $100 million is now available to support the implementation of electric...

New Projects Expected to Create 3,000 New Jobs, More Than $4.7 Billion in Investments

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)— Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted today announced the approval of assistance for three projects set to create 3,104 new jobs...

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...