Ohio considering fund to protect opioid settlement money
COLUMBUS (AP) - The Ohio Attorney General's Office is floating the idea of changing the state constitution to create a fund to ensure future settlement money from government lawsuits over the opioid...
View ArticleLatest Ohio opioid deal aims to appease cities, counties
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Local governments would get more authority over how Ohio's share of a national opioid settlement is spent - but their guaranteed percentage would remain at 30% - under an updated...
View ArticleAttorney General says half of state loans not in compliance
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Only half of the entities receiving state economic development loans substantially complied with the terms of the loan, according to a review by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost of...
View ArticleOhio officials agree on plan to split any opioid settlements
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Local officials representing nearly 85% of Ohio's residents have agreed to a plan to share any money brought in from settlements with companies over the toll of opioids.Gov. Mike...
View ArticleOhio extends stay-at-home order; logs record jobless claims
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Health Director Dr. Amy Acton will extend the state's stay-at-home order until May 1, and the state human services agency reported more than 272,000 jobless claims for last week.A...
View ArticleRepublican state attorneys general tell Michael Flynn's judge to dismiss case
A group of 15 Republican state attorneys general late Monday filed a motion calling for a federal judge to drop the case against President Trump's former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.The...
View ArticleOhio eliminates jobs at state police training academy
CLEVELAND (AP) - The Ohio attorney general has eliminated 39 jobs at the state's police officer training academy outside Columbus as it revamps how advance training of police officers is...
View ArticleUS police registry would fail without changes in states
HOUSTON (AP) - Without major changes in almost every state, a national police misconduct database like what the White House and Congress have proposed after George Floyd's death would fail to account...
View ArticleReview finds 42 people ineligible for conceal carry permit
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A new cross-check system between separate state law enforcement agencies turned up 42 ineligible holders of Ohio concealed-carry permits deemed ineligible for a permit, Attorney...
View ArticleOhio files complaint on ex-House speaker's campaign spending
CLEVELAND (AP) - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a complaint Friday with the state Elections Commission over the former Ohio House speaker's use of more than $900,000 in campaign contributions to...
View ArticleColumbus, Dayton sue to force fix of gun background checks
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Incomplete reporting by counties of people with criminal backgrounds who are prohibited from owning guns is putting public safety at risk, according to a lawsuit filed Monday by...
View ArticleGOP-led Ohio asks Supreme Court to take Trump election case
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio on Thursday weighed in to ask the Supreme Court to take the case that seeks to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election won by Democrat Joe Biden.In an amicus...
View ArticleOhio AG moves to block another $102M in FirstEnergy fees
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's top lawyer asked a court Thursday to block FirstEnergy Corp. from collecting special fees from customers that were set up under a now-tainted nuclear bailout bill to allow...
View ArticleFirstEnergy agrees not to seek subsidy in agreement with AG
CLEVELAND (AP) - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Monday that his office had reached an agreement with FirstEnergy Corp. to stop the collection of a guaranteed profit subsidy included in a...
View ArticleDave Yost: Report on abortion seeking 10-year-old rape victim in question
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has seen no indication that a 10-year-old girl from his state traveled to Indiana for an abortion, fueling questions about the veracity of a report President Biden cited...
View ArticleDollar General facing allegations of deceptive pricing and lawsuit from Ohio...
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a suit Tuesday against Dollar General over allegations that the chain violated the state's Consumer Sales Practices Act through deceptive pricing.Rules established...
View ArticleOhio sues Norfolk Southern over East Palestine train derailment
Ohio filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern to make sure it pays for the cleanup and environmental damage caused by a fiery train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month, the...
View ArticleAmendment aimed at reforming Ohio's troubled political mapmaking system edges...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A proposed amendment that would remake Ohio’s troubled political mapmaking system, which repeatedly failed last year to produce maps that could pass constitutional muster, edged closer...
View ArticleParental rights take center stage in Ohio's ballot battle over abortion
The pitched battle over Ohio Issue 1 is looking less about abortion and more about parents' rights as opponents warn that the measure to enshrine "reproductive freedom" in the state Constitution goes...
View ArticleCrime down in Ohio after state OKs permitless gun carry, but officials clash...
A new study shows Ohio's permitless carry law coincided with a statewide drop in crime, but officials disagree on whether there is a correlation.Ohio’s largest cities saw firearm-related crimes fall in...
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