Cleveland.com | Jeremy Pelzer For years, law-enforcement officials, victims’ advocates and others have been working to address Ohio’s status as one of the worst states in the nation when it comes to human trafficking – the transporting of people for forced prostitution or labor. But for the first time, Attorney General Dave Yost has convened

NBC 4 | Tony Mirones Giving Tuesday is upon us. The day, usually held the day after Cyber Monday, is when charities hope you will reach deep into the budget and let money flow to parts of the community where you want people to be helped. Face it, there is a lot of help getting

Cincinnati Enquirer | James Pilcher New bills to be introduced in the Ohio General Assembly Monday would make it easier to prosecute “johns” and those who get money from prostitutes and even publicly shame those who buy sex. The new legislation, initially proposed by Ohio Attorney General David Yost, would create new crimes for buying

WLWT Three men were arrested in Dayton last week after authorities seized over 40 pounds of fentanyl, which state officials said is enough to “kill the entire population of Ohio, many times over.” Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Montgomery County Sheriff Rob Streck, Federal Bureau of Investigations Acting Special Agent in Charge Joseph Deters and

The Associated Press Ohio schools can now apply for their share of $10 million in school safety grants for the 2019-20 school year. Public schools, chartered nonpublic schools and schools operated by county boards of developmental disabilities are eligible to receive either $2,500 or $4.49 per student, whichever amount is greater. Funding for the grants

Toledo Blade | Editorial Board Ohio could be at the forefront of research on opioid abuse with a newly announced study to determine which genetic markers make people susceptible to opioid addiction. It could produce monumental results to help curb future addiction problems. The two-pronged, $1.6 million study, funded from litigation settlements from Ohio Attorney

Cleveland.com | John Benson For nearly two years, one success story at a time is all the Parma Police Department wanted regarding its community outreach program, which provides avenues of treatment for drug addicts. The department recently received good news in the form of a $50,000 Ohio Attorney General grant to fund the program for

Associated Press | Julie Carr Smyth Any money Ohio might receive from a settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and other drugmakers should be spent at the local level, the state’s top lawyer said Wednesday. Republican Attorney General Dave Yost told reporters that so many of the agencies that are responding to the opioid crisis are not

The Columbus Dispatch | Bethany Bruner More than 100 people were arrested in central Ohio as part of a three-day operation targeting what state Attorney General Dave Yost said was “modern-day slavery.” The operation, called “Fourth and Goal,” involved more than 30 law enforcement agencies across the state and social service agencies who focused on

Cleveland.com | Jeremy Pelzer Attorney General Dave Yost has joined a bipartisan coalition of AGs from other states to investigate Facebook for “potential anti-competitive conduct” stemming from the social-media giant’s dominance in the industry, according to New York Attorney General Letitia James. “We will use every investigative tool at our disposal to determine whether Facebook’s