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Review Finds Mentally Incompetent Ohioans Have Current Gun Licenses
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohioans who have been deemed by a court to be mentally incompetent are not allowed to possess firearms or have concealed carry licenses. Yet a… Read More
Bill Would Allow Attorney General To Prosecute Those Who Damage State Buildings
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Recent vandalism to the Ohio Statehouse and other high- profile government buildings has prompted an outcry from some of the state’s top leaders. Now,… Read More
Court Dismisses Charges Against Restaurant Over Reopening After COVID19 Shutdown
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A court in eastern Ohio has dismissed a case that brought criminal charges against the owner of a diner in Cambridge for failing to comply with rules set forth in… Read More
Lawsuit Filed Against Ohio Man Accused Of Price Gouging For N95 Masks
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state has filed a lawsuit against a Cleveland-area man for hoarding personal protective equipment that is sorely needed by health care workers fighting… Read More
Creditors Cannot Seize Stimulus Checks From Ohioans
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Most Ohioans will soon be getting a stimulus check as part of a federal aid bill signed into law last month. Banks and creditors might see this as an… Read More
Ohio’s Attorney General Explains His Definition of an Essential Business
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Hobby Lobby stores in Ohio are closed now after Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost sent the company a cease and desist letter. The company had… Read More
Controversy Over Whether Order Stopping Elective Surgery Applies to Abortion Clinics
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is ordering abortion clinics to stop all non-essential procedures. Those facilities are fighting back, saying their services are essential. Yost sent letters to Planned Parenthood of… Read More
Ohio AG Says Jury Trials can be Suspended Because of Coronavirus Concerns
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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The attorney general is advising Ohio’s courts that they can suspend jury trials to stop the spread of coronavirus. Attorney General Dave Yost’s opinion said courts may suspend jury trials for up… Read More
AG Wants More Time to Get Communities to Join Opioid Settlement Plan
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Friday is the deadline for Ohio communities suing drug makers and distributors to decide to continue with their lawsuits or join the state’s effort to reach what’s likely to be a massive… Read More
AG Wants Changes To How State Awards Tax Credits And Other Incentives
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Attorney General Dave Yost says he doesn’t like some of what he found in a review of state incentives for economic development projects in the final year of former Gov. John Kasich’s… Read More
Ohio Attorney General OKs Next Step of Minimum Wage Issue
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio’s attorney general has approved the next step of a proposal to amend the state constitution to raise the minimum wage. The amendment calls for annual… Read More
Ohio to get $40M in US Settlement with Ex-opioid Distributor
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state Attorney General’s Office says Ohio will receive nearly $40 million as part of a nationwide settlement with a British company that once distributed a… Read More
Appeals Court Rejects Ohio AG’s Attempt To Delay Opioid Trial
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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A federal appeals court in Cincinnati has rejected Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s request to delay the October 21 start for the huge opioid trial in federal court in Cleveland. Three… Read More
Ohio Putting $1.6M Toward Genetic Study Of Addiction
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is backing a study to take an in-depth look at the genetic factors behind substance use disorder. Yost believes this will be a critical step… Read More
Yost’s Fight To Pause Opioid Lawsuit Continues Despite Latest Settlement
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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Although Cuyahoga County and Summit County just reached another lawsuit with an opioids manufacturer, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost says there’s still time for the court to hear his argument to… Read More
Yost: Purdue Settlement Money Should be Spent Locally
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost says any money the state receives from a settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma should be spent at the local level…. Read More
Ohio Attorney General Backs Release of Gunman School Records
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Attorney General is siding with media organizations suing for the school records of the gunman who killed nine people earlier this month. Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local… Read More
New Hemp Law Doesn’t Make Marijuana Possession Legal But It Is Harder To Prosecute Now
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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There continue to be concerns by cities and police agencies that they can no longer easily prosecute people who are carrying small amounts of marijuana because of the state’s new… Read More
Yost Rejects Language For Energy Law Referendum
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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Opponents of Ohio’s new energy law are rewriting language that they were going to take to voters to reject a nuclear power bailout. This comes after Attorney General Dave Yost denied their… Read More
Montana Joins Ohio Attorney General in Support of Health Law
By: Associated Press
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) – Montana’s attorney general has joined his Ohio counterpart in opposing a Texas judge’s ruling to strike down the Affordable Care Act. The court filing Monday by… Read More
Yost Jumps Into Obamacare Suit, Saying People With Pre-existing Conditions Should Be Protected
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Ohio’s Republican attorney general is asking a federal court not to strike down the Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional. He’s filed a brief in a lawsuit over the ACA, or… Read More
Yost Joins Two Federal Court Cases Dealing With Gun Regulations
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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The state has joined two briefings filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on cases dealing with gun ownership and regulations. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost says one of the legal… Read More