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Just days after his office sued Dollar General, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today filed suit against Virginia-based Family Dollar for also allegedly advertising goods at one price on shelves and charging another price, usually higher, at the checkout counter.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OPOTA) has received a $280,000 federal grant to fund law enforcement training on identifying impaired drivers and investigating traffic collisions, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today.
 

The owner of G L Tate & Associates, an outpatient treatment center for substance-use disorders in Mansfield, has been sentenced to 6 years in prison for defrauding the Ohio Department of Medicaid and will repay $1.57 million, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost addressed students in Canton City Schools today as the district ushered in another year of “Do the Write Thing,” a national program that asks middle-schoolers to explain how youth violence affects them and to share ideas about how to stop it.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced the kickoff of the ‘Do the Write Thing’ challenge today in the Youngstown City School District. The national program asks middle-schoolers to explain how youth violence affects them and to share ideas about how to stop it.

The Special Prosecutions Section of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s office secured justice in three felony cases since the weekend, reinforcing the breadth of expertise and assistance that the office provides local law enforcement agencies.

After receiving consumer complaints from multiple counties, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is taking Dollar General to court for allegedly advertising goods for one price on shelves and charging a higher price at the register.

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office today certified as fair and truthful summary of a petition seeking to amend Article II, Section 34a of the Ohio Constitution, which sets the minimum-wage rate.

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office has released the Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s (BCI) investigative file for a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred at Mount Carmel St. Ann’s Hospital on April 12, 2021.

Under an agreement announced today by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, OptumRx will repay the state $15 million in prescription-drug overcharges assessed to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC), raising the Yost administration’s total recoveries from pharmacy benefit managers to more than $100 million.