Dave Yost

CLEVELAND, Ohio – State Attorney General Dave Yost, a Republican, may have little room for recourse against local prosecutors who refuse to investigate or prosecute abortion-related cases following Ohio’s outlawing of abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley, Franklin County Prosecutor Gary Tyack and...

AKRON, Ohio — Editor's Note: The video above is from a Sunday afternoon press conference from Akron Police Chief Steve Mylett providing updates on the Jayland Walker shooting death. As protests continue in Akron as body cam footage was released today in the officer-involved shooting death of Jayland Walker,...

Constitutional matters: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost wrote in a court filing that the Ohio Constitution doesn’t mention abortion. Nor can anyone look at other rights it guarantees and assume abortion is protected. Yost was responding to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by abortion providers who asked the Ohio Supreme Court to toss the “heartbeat” abortion ban as unconstitutional, Laura Hancock reports.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost argues that the Ohio Constitution never mentions abortion, nor can anyone look at other rights it guarantees and assume abortion is protected, in defense of a lawsuit asking the Ohio Supreme Court to block the state’s heartbeat ban. We’re talking about...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Constitution never mentions abortion, nor can anyone look at other rights it guarantees and assume abortion is protected, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost wrote in a legal filing Thursday morning. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled abortion is not protected in the U.S....

The following article was originally published on News5Cleveland.com and is published in the Ohio Capital Journal under a content-sharing agreement. Unlike other OCJ articles, it is not available for free republication by other news outlets as it is owned by WEWS in Cleveland. Shortly after Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court […] The post Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has six-week abortion ban put into effect appeared first on Ohio Capital Journal.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- While Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, a Republican, has led the fight in limiting abortion rights in the state, his son and daughter-in-law feel differently -- posting publicly on Facebook that they believe abortion should remain a woman’s choice. On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned...

Ohio’s Republican attorney general has asked a federal court to lift a legal hold on the state’s six-week abortion ban — passed and signed in 2019 — to put that so-called “heartbeat” law into effect immediately. Attorney General Dave Yost said in the two-page...

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost joined a coalition of 26 state attorney generals opposing new federal guidance on sex discrimination that he said could result in some kids going hungry. The U.S Department of Agriculture announced in May that K-12 schools or organizations such as food pantries that receive federal...

As of Monday, June 13, 2022, it is legal for "qualifying adults" to carry a concealed handgun in Ohio without a license. Attorney General Dave Yost has issued an updated manual summarizing Ohio's concealed carry laws and explaining the two ways you may now carry in the state, with or without a license.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — In a pointed letter sent today to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and his counterparts in 18 other states urged Garland to take swift action in response to recent terrorist acts against anti-abortion organizations, calling the lack of action intolerable, politically motivated and in violation of his oath of office.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The issue of elder abuse affects us all, which is why Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is encouraging Ohioans to register for a free webinar focused on empowering and protecting those 60 and older. “A Strong and Just Ohio: Reframing the Elder Abuse Discussion” – to...

(SPRINGFIELD, Ohio) — A Clark County grand jury declined to indict a Springfield police officer in the death of Eric Cole, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today. “The grand jury determined that the incident surrounding Mr. Cole’s death was tragic, but not criminal,” Yost said. “Anytime a person dies following a law enforcement interaction, it is critical that information be publicly available so that our communities can trust the process. For complete transparency, the entire investigative file is now on our website for anyone to see.”

COLUMBUS, Ohio — EDITOR'S NOTE: The video above is from a previous story that aired on 3News on Nov. 11, 2021. Each year, Ohio releases its annual Ohio Missing Children Clearinghouse Report as a part of its recognition of National Missing Children’s Day. According to the clearinghouse document...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cuyahoga County grand jury declined to indict law enforcement officers in the death of Kevin Giesel, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced this week. “The grand jury determined that the officers involved in this shooting should not face any criminal charges,” Yost said. “In full transparency, BCI’s case files have now been proactively published for anyone to review the investigation.”