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An attorney general report says Ohio’s death penalty is “unworkable” as he backs a bill to change it
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s Republican attorney general says the state’s death penalty is “unworkable” as is, in his office’s latest report on capital crimes and punishment in… Read More
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A filing from the Ohio’s attorney general says the law banning nearly all abortions is now invalid after Issue 1 passed
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A 2019 law banning most abortions in Ohio is unconstitutional following an abortion referendum last year, the state’s Republican attorney general said in a… Read More
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Ohio’s attorney general again rejects a proposed amendment to end qualified immunity
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — For the eighth time, Ohio’s Republican attorney general has rejected language to ask voters to approve a constitutional amendment to eliminate qualified immunity for… Read More
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Ohio’s legislative leaders weigh in on guidance to scrub race-based criteria from scholarships
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Attorney General Dave Yost told Ohio public university leaders in January he sees race as unconstitutional criteria for scholarship awards, nearly eight months after the U.S. Supreme… Read More
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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost opposes speeding up the timeline for a lawsuit over the proposed voting rights amendment
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Attorney General Dave Yost told the Ohio Supreme Court on Monday that rushing a lawsuit filed against him by a coalition of civil rights organizations seeking to… Read More
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A filing suggests that Ohio’s AG believes at least part of the six-week abortion ban is still constitutional
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is asking a Hamilton County judge deciding the legality of the state’s ban on abortion after six weeks to… Read More
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A lawsuit has been filed against Ohio’s attorney general over his rejection of an amendment to change election laws
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A group that wants to change election laws —including repealing some of them— s suing Attorney General Dave Yost in the Ohio Supreme Court… Read More
![Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost at a press conference announcing the settlement with Centene.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/yost_at_pbm_lawsuit_press_conf_pic_1_0-e1623703617982-900x422.jpg)
Ohio’s attorney general rejects a voting-rights coalition’s ballot petition for a 2nd time
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A coalition of voting-rights groups is vowing to fight on after Ohio Republican Attorney General Dave Yost issued his second rejection Thursday of petition language it… Read More
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Ohio’s attorney general rejects language for the political mapmaking reform amendment a second time
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Attorney General’s Office again rejected petition language Thursday for a constitutional amendment aimed at remaking the state’s troubled system for political mapmaking, frustrating the… Read More
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Ohio’s Attorney General sues pharmacy benefits managers for conspiring to drive up costs
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s attorney general is suing pharmacy benefits managers, or PBMs, that work with health insurers and prescription drug makers to negotiate prices. AG Dave Yost… Read More
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Ohio sues Norfolk Southern over February’s toxic train derailment in East Palestine
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state of Ohio is suing Norfolk Southern over the toxic train derailment last month in East Palestine. It’s a move that was largely… Read More
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Ohio is one of 20 states warning major pharmacies against selling abortion pills
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Attorney General Dave Yost, a Republican, is one of 20 attorneys general nationwide putting pressure on two major pharmacies to not dispense abortion pills…. Read More
Dave Yost to receive public pension during second term as Ohio attorney general
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Attorney General Dave Yost is drawing from his retirement account with the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) while being paid as an active… Read More
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Ohio attorney general revisits comments on girl’s abortion
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s attorney general says he laments the pain that ensued after he suggested in a nationally televised interview that an account of a 10-year-old rape victim who sought… Read More
Ohio joins a lawsuit against the Biden administration over gender discrimination protections
By: WOSU News Staff
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost joined 21 other states Thursday suing the Biden Administration over policy updates to Title IX and food assistance programs for schools…. Read More
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Police verify case of a child rape victim who sought an abortion in Indiana
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State leaders and abortion rights activists are reacting to a highly-publicized case involving a 10-year-old girl who got an abortion in Indiana last month…. Read More
Ohio prepares to establish six-week abortion ban if U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio will almost certainly have strict limitations on abortion in short order if the U.S. Supreme Court does as a draft opinion published last… Read More
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The Ohio AG says stings rescue trafficking victims. Often that means they’re arrested.
By: Leila Goldstein | WYSO
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WESTERVILLE, Ohio (WYSO) — In April 2021, the Westerville Police encountered a possible sex trafficking victim at a hotel. They were conducting a human trafficking sting, part of a state-wide… Read More
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Yost Reviewing Biden’s Vaccine Mandate On Businesses
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Attorney General Dave Yost (R-Ohio) is looking into possible action against President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for businesses with more than 100 employees. Yost,… Read More
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Ohio AG Settles With Pharmacy Benefits Manager For $88.3 Million
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio has settled a lawsuit filed just three months ago with a pharmacy benefits manager it accused of using subcontractors to overcharge Ohio’s Medicaid program…. Read More
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Federal Judge Dismisses Ohio’s Lawsuit To Force Release Of Census Data
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A federal judge has dismissed Republican Attorney General Dave Yost’s lawsuit against the Biden administration to force the results of last year’s Census to be… Read More
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Guernsey Co. Woman Sentenced To 20 Years In Case Related To Son’s Death
By: WOUB News Team
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CAMBRIDGE, Ohio (WOUB) — A Guernsey County woman was sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in the 2018 death of her 6-year-old son. Tiera Mounts, 30, pleaded… Read More
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Ohio Attorney General Sues Census Bureau Over Delay Of Redistricting Data
By: Debbie Holmes | Gabe Rosenberg | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — The Ohio Attorney General’s Office is suing officials at the U.S. Commerce Department and Census Bureau for delaying the release of 2020 census data used to redraw state legislative… Read More
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FirstEnergy Agrees Not To Seek Subsidy In Agreement With AG
By: Associated Press
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has announced Ohio’s largest electric utility has agreed in a settlement to forgo collection of a guaranteed profit subsidy provision in a… Read More
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Republican AG To Seek Reelection, Not Portman’s Senate Seat
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost plans to run for reelection next year and said Monday he won’t seek the U.S. Senate seat that fellow Republican Rob… Read More