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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today announced aggressive enforcement measures to prevent a Jefferson County landfill from illegally dumping industrial wastewater into the environment.

The following statement may be attributed to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost regarding Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy filing.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Columbus Division of Police Interim Chief Thomas Quinlan and Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force Director Sgt. Mark Rapp today announced the culmination of a human trafficking operation.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today issued the following statement regarding U.S. District Judge Daniel Polster’s ruling allowing the negotiation class in the opioid litigation before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today announced that a Mahoning County businessman, Ray Briya, has pleaded guilty to five felony charges for bribing public officials from the city of Youngstown.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, along with attorneys general from 47 other states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, have announced a multistate investigation of tech giant Google’s business practices to determine whether those practices violate state and federal antitrust laws.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost applauds a bipartisan coalition of 14 attorneys general and also the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that filed amicus briefs with the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in support of his petition to halt or delay the October trial against opioid manufacturers in Cleveland until the state's complaint goes to trial.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today attended the presentation of the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor to six Dayton police officers.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today announced the indictment and arrest of a Hamilton County man who allegedly impersonated a nurse for almost four years using a stolen identity. Several patients under his care were children.

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