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The Biden Administration Is Coercing the States. Ohio Is Fighting Back
National Review | By Dave Yost | March 24, 2021 As Ohio’s attorney general, I will not let Biden violate the Constitution while forcing our state to bend to his will. Nudge, but don’t push, the Supreme Court tells the federal government about the states. The new Congress this month moved straight to shoving with all
Read moreRead moreThe Tax Cut Ban and the Constitution
Ohio sues to overturn Congress’s takeover of the states’ fiscal policy. Wall Street Journal | The Editorial Board Democrats didn’t flip a single state legislative chamber or governor’s mansion in the 2020 election, while Republicans flipped three. Yet through their Covid bill Democrats are trying to partially nullify these election results by mandating that state
Read moreRead moreOhio attorney general sues Biden administration over $1.9 trillion stimulus
The Washington Post | Tony Romm Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost sued the Biden administration Wednesday over its $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, alleging the federal government sought to impose “unconstitutional” limits on states’ ability to access some of the aid. The lawsuit from Yost, a Republican, follows a day after 21 other GOP attorneys general issued
Read moreRead moreYost sues health-care giant Centene, saying it charged Ohio taxpayers millions for duplicate Medicaid pharmacy benefits services
The Columbus Dispatch | Darrel Rowland Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is going after a $101 billion corporation that used $20 million in taxpayer money to hire a pharmacy benefits manager to provide services for Medicaid recipients that essentially already were covered by another PBM paid by the state. In a deal reported by The Dispatch in October 2018 as part of
Read moreRead moreForensic evidence helps investigators solve 1974 murder of 15-year-old girl in Reynoldsburg
The Columbus Dispatch | Eric Lagatta Investigators say they have solved a 47-year-old cold case after new forensic evidence led them to the identification of two men they believe murdered a 15-year-old girl on the west side of Reynoldsburg. Lori Nesson’s nude body was found Sept. 28, 1974 in a roadside ditch on Rose Hill Road in Reynoldsburg. Nesson, a sophomore at
Read moreRead moreLegal action taken by Ohio after alleged child abuse at Ashland-area treatment facility
ABC6 | Chris White A lawsuit has been filed against the owners of the Mohican Young Star Academy after child abuse claims. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed the suit on behalf of the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS). It alleges the facility improperly restrained children being treated for mental health
Read moreRead moreOhio AG helps shut down illegal robocalls
NBC4 Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has joined 38 other states to shut down an illegal robocall operation that solicited $110 million in donations.. According to a release, the “massive operation” made 1.3 billion fundraising calls to 67 million consumers nationwide. It’s alleged that the defendants kept as much as 90 cents of every dollar
Read moreRead moreOhio AG Dave Yost asks U.S. Supreme Court to defend ban on abortion providers receiving family-planning funds
Cleveland.com | Jeremy Pelzer Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and his fellow Republican counterparts in 18 other states are seeking to intervene in a U.S. Supreme Court case over whether federal family-planning money can go to clinics that perform abortions or make abortion referrals. In a joint motion filed Monday with the nation’s high court,
Read moreRead moreOhio Attorney General Dave Yost sues Biden Administration over U.S. Census delays
Cleveland.com | Andrew J. Tobias Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said Thursday he is suing the U.S. Census Bureau over an expected six-month delay in the release of 2020 census data. Yost, a Republican, said in a federal lawsuit that the delay would “irreparably harm” the state, forcing it to miss state constitutional deadlines for
Read moreRead moreSupport the Police, Oppose Misconduct
Wall Street Journal | Opinion | Dave Yost Columbus, Ohio America is divided over supporting the police or the communities they serve. But it isn’t an either-or choice. As Ohio’s attorney general, I support police. I’ve spoken at police memorials and Back the Blue rallies, been on too many crime scenes, and seen firsthand their
Read moreRead moreOhio, other states reach $573 million settlement with McKinsey over role in opioid epidemic
The Columbus Dispatch | Marc Kovac Ohio will receive $24.7 million as part of a $573 million settlement against a firm that promoted the sales of prescription painkillers, helping to fuel an opioid epidemic in Ohio and nationally that’s led to rising overdose deaths and increasing government costs to address addiction issues. Ohio Attorney General
Read moreRead moreAG Yost saves ratepayers almost $2 billion in settlement with FirstEnergy
WDTN | Madeline Ashley FirstEnergy has agreed to the demands of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, by stopping the use of a clause within House Bill 6, which would’ve cost customers an additional $102 million in 2021. The settlement was handled out of court, resulting in a guaranteed profit rider adding to a $150 million
Read moreRead moreBuying a gun? Ohioans can now search state database of stolen firearms
The Columbus Dispatch | Anna Staver People who buy and sell firearms in Ohio can now search through a statewide database to see whether the gun for sale was stolen. The Ohio Stolen Guns Database contains the serial numbers of stolen guns “as reported to the Law Enforcement Automated Data System (LEADS) by law enforcement agencies throughout
Read moreRead moreAG Dave Yost seeks congressional help so victims of unemployment benefits scams can avoid tax hit
Cleveland.com | Jeremy Pelzer As state officials report widespread fraud among coronavirus unemployment benefits claims, Attorney General Dave Yost has asked Ohio’s congressional delegation to sponsor legislation ensuring victims don’t have to pay income taxes on claims falsely filed in their name. Yost’s request, sent Thursday via letter to Ohio’s members of Congress, comes as Lt.
Read moreRead moreYost is right to continue HB6 battle
The Vindicator | Opinion Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost continues to fight the damaging effects of House Bill 6, which is at the center of a $60 million federal bribery investigation, and was intended to bail out FirstEnergy Corp. subsidiary Energy Harbor. This time he has asked the Franklin County Common Pleas Court to block
Read moreRead more8 women rescued from human-trafficking ring in central Ohio
Cleveland.com | Cliff Pinckard A law-enforcement sting targeting a human-trafficking ring in central Ohio has resulted in the rescue of eight women, the Ohio Attorney General’s Office announced Thursday. Attorney General Dave Yost says in a news release that the women were working as prostitutes in the New Albany area. The women were arrested as
Read moreRead moreYost moves to block another $102 million in FirstEnergy fees
10TV | Associated Press Ohio’s top lawyer asked a court on Thursday to block FirstEnergy Corp. from collecting special fees from customers that were set up under a now-tainted nuclear bailout bill to allow the company to maintain record-high profits even if electricity sales dip. Republican Attorney General Dave Yost filed his motion in Franklin
Read moreRead moreOhio attorney general joins lawsuit demanding religious schools be allowed to re-open
The Columbus Dispatch | Anna Staver Ohio’s attorney general thinks religious schools in the state can’t be forced to close their doors even if a county health department bans all in-person instruction. “This order violates the Free Exercise Clause,” Dave Yost wrote in a brief filed with the United States Court of Appeals for the
Read moreRead moreOhio joins national lawsuit alleging illegal monopoly by social media giant Facebook
The Columbus Dispatch | Marc Kovac Ohio joined 45 other states, the District of Columbia and Guam Wednesday in a national lawsuit against Facebook Inc., alleging an illegal monopoly on the country’s social networking market. Republican Attorney General Dave Yost said in an emailed statement that Facebook’s “unchecked power has grabbed an alarming level of control over what we see, say,
Read moreRead moreAG Yost launches unit dedicated to unsolved crimes: ‘Either everybody counts or nobody counts’
Cincinnati Enquirer | Amber Hunt When an Arizona man was arrested last year and charged in a 1997 Ohio rape, it wasn’t his own DNA that had triggered his arrest. It was his father’s. The pending case against Samuel W. Legg III illustrates just how far technology has evolved when it comes to cold cases: Legg’s DNA was
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