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The Ohio Attorney General's Office today certified the petition for a proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution that would add the Ohio Crime Victims Bill of Rights.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that he will host his second statewide meeting dealing with Ohio's opioid crisis. "Ideas in Motion -- Fighting Ohio's Drug Epidemic" will bring together community leaders and public officials to discuss methods to combat the problem.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today praised the joint resolution passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate disapproving the “Stream Protection Rule.” 

Today Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine sent a letter supporting the nomination by President Trump of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a multistate settlement with Western Union to establish a comprehensive anti-fraud program to help prevent consumers from sending money to con artists using Western Union products.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that he is awarding more than $2.6 million in grants to create five Trauma Recovery Centers in Ohio that will provide crisis intervention to hospitalized traumatic violent crime victims.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today warned that since Friday, several Ohioans have reported suspicious calls from callers asking “Can you hear me?”

Ahead of Data Privacy Day (January 28), Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today issued an update on his office’s Identity Theft Unit, which helps victims correct the effects of identity theft.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine joined Greene County Sheriff Gene Fischer today to announce the arrests of two Ohio brothers in connection with a recent double homicide in Miami Township (Greene County) near Yellow Springs.  Dustin Merrick, 25, of Xenia, has been charged with two counts of aggravated murder.  Bret Merrick, 24, of Miami Township (Montgomery County), has been charged with two counts of complicity to aggravated murder, two counts of complicity to aggravated burglary, and one count of felonious assault.

During today's meeting of the Ohio Attorney General's Human Trafficking Commission, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced two new efforts underway in the Ohio Attorney General's Office to assist human trafficking victims and prevent victimization of high-risk youth.