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AG Dave Yost appeals the ruling that Ohio’s six-week abortion ban is unconstitutional
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The fight over Ohio’s six-week abortion ban, one of the strictest in the country, continues in court. Republican Attorney General Dave Yost has appealed a judge’s decision… Read More
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is ordered to review another proposed amendment he rejected based on its title
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — For the second time in a month, a group that sued Republican Attorney General Dave Yost for rejecting their proposed amendment based on the… Read More
Ohio Supreme Court rules the attorney general can’t block an amendment effort based on its title
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — When the attorney general gets a proposed constitutional amendment to review before signatures can be gathered to get it to the ballot, he doesn’t… Read More
One of six Ohioans just indicted for illegal voting as a non-citizen has been dead nearly two years
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s Republican attorney general announced this week that six Ohioans have been indicted for illegal voting as non-citizens – a fourth-degree felony – between 2008… Read More
Six Ohioans have been charged with illegal voting between 2008 and 2020 out of hundreds of referred cases
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Grand juries throughout the state indicted six Ohioans with illegal voting in earlier elections, a fourth-degree felony. Attorney General Dave Yost, a Republican, announced… Read More
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost enters the Kroger-Albersons court merger fight
CINCINNATI (WVXU) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost wants a federal court to toss out an antitrust lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission that would block a planned merger… Read More
An attorney general report says Ohio’s death penalty is “unworkable” as he backs a bill to change it
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
A filing from the Ohio’s attorney general says the law banning nearly all abortions is now invalid after Issue 1 passed
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
Ohio’s attorney general again rejects a proposed amendment to end qualified immunity
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
Ohio’s legislative leaders weigh in on guidance to scrub race-based criteria from scholarships
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
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost opposes speeding up the timeline for a lawsuit over the proposed voting rights amendment
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
A filing suggests that Ohio’s AG believes at least part of the six-week abortion ban is still constitutional
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
A lawsuit has been filed against Ohio’s attorney general over his rejection of an amendment to change election laws
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’s attorney general rejects a voting-rights coalition’s ballot petition for a 2nd time
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
Ohio’s attorney general rejects language for the political mapmaking reform amendment a second time
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
Ohio’s Attorney General sues pharmacy benefits managers for conspiring to drive up costs
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
Ohio sues Norfolk Southern over February’s toxic train derailment in East Palestine
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
Ohio is one of 20 states warning major pharmacies against selling abortion pills
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
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
Ohio attorney general revisits comments on girl’s abortion
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
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
Police verify case of a child rape victim who sought an abortion in Indiana
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
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
The Ohio AG says stings rescue trafficking victims. Often that means they’re arrested.
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
Yost Reviewing Biden’s Vaccine Mandate On Businesses
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