Tag: Ohio Attoney General Dave Yost

Ohio Attorney General Yost Files Lawsuit Against Biden’s Vaccine Mandate

Brian Ball

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the authority of  the Biden administration to requiring all federal contractors to require staff COVID-19 vaccinations, calling the mandate a threat to public safety.

Yost filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court fin Frankfort, Ky., in conjunction with the attorneys  general of Kentucky and Tennessee; the sheriff’s office of Seneca County, Ohio; and the prosecuting attorney and sheriff’s office of Geauga County, Ohio even as the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced extension of  COVID vaccination and masking requirements for up to two-thirds of  the private-sector workforce.

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Ohio Attorney General Yost, 19 Other Attorney Generals Fire Off Letter Opposing Planned ‘Invasive’ IRS Bank Data Grab

Brian Ball
Dave Yost

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 19 other state attorneys general have asked President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to withdraw a plan to allow require banks, credit unions and other financial institutions to report massive amounts of personal financial data to the Internal Revenue Services in a stated effort to track down tax cheats.
The proposal within the $3.5 trillion Build Back Better budget reconciliation package would require financial institutions to supply data on accounts of $600 or more with $600 or more in annual transactions.

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Ohio AG Yost Announces $800 Million Settlement with Opioid Distributors

Cooper Moran
Dave Yost

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced on Friday that the state reached an $808 million agreement with the three largest distributors of opioids.

The mutual agreement is meant to provide monetary relief for communities throughout the state that were hit hard by the addiction crisis.

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Committee for a Better Ohio and Mercer County GOP Challenge State Party’s Support of DeWine

Brian Ball

A small Republican grassroots panel called the Committee for a Better Ohio has challenged the legality of the Ohio Republican Party (ORP)’s decision to support the re-election campaign of Gov. Mike DeWine without the affirmation of the state central committee.

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