Ohio's Republican secretary of state and attorney general sought to reassure voters before the November election that the state's elections were being vigorously protected against the possibility of immigrants voting illegally.

A judge has permanently blocked enforcement of Ohio's ban on virtually all abortions.

Republican Attorney General Dave Yost has advised Ohio's public universities that a law written to deter Ku Klux Klan demonstrations could be used to impose felony charges on students who wear face coverings during pro-Palestinian protests.

The Ohio Supreme Court has given Republican Attorney General Dave Yost until Monday to respond to the legal claims of the coalition of civil rights organizations that is challenging his rejection of a package of proposed voter protections they are working to place on November’s ballot.

Ohio’s Republican attorney general is backing a legislative effort that would bring nitrogen gas executions to the state to end a yearslong unofficial moratorium on the death penalty.

The Ohio Supreme Court has dismissed the state’s challenge to a judge’s order that’s blocked enforcement of Ohio's near-ban on abortions for the past 14 months.

Abortion clinics in Ohio are pushing for a court to strike down abortion restrictions now that voters have enshrined abortion rights into the state Constitution.

The Ohio Attorney General's Office has once again rejected petition language for a constitutional amendment aimed at remaking Ohio’s troubled system for drawing political maps.

Ohio has filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern to make sure it pays for the cleanup and environmental damage caused by a fiery train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month.

The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to review a judge’s order that is blocking enforcement of Ohio's so-called heartbeat abortion ban, and to consider whether the clinics that have sued have standing to challenge the law.

The lawyer for an Indiana doctor who has found herself at the center of a political firestorm after speaking out about a 10-year-old child abuse victim who traveled from Ohio for an abortion says her client provided proper treatment.

A man has been charged in Ohio with raping a 10-year-old girl whose case had been questioned by Ohio's Republican attorney general and a congressman as dubious.

A court has allowed federally funded family planning clinics to continue to make abortion referrals for now.

The former Columbus Police officer was charged with murder Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in the latest fallout following the December shooting death of 47-year-old Andre Hill, a Black man, the state's attorney general said. The alleged details had not been disclosed in the information Columbus police and the Ohio Attorney General's office have put out since the Dec. 22 shooting. There were two more interactions between the two men before Coy can be seen on bodycam footage shooting Hill. Coy was indicted by a grand jury Wednesday following a monthlong investigation by the Ohio Attorney General's Office into the fatal shooting. Franklin County Court Magistrate Elizabeta Saken set the bond after Collins unsuccessfully argued for a bond between $25,000 and $250,000.

WASHINGTON A group of 15 Republican state attorneys general filed an amicus brief Monday supporting the Justice Departments motion to drop its case against former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn. The attorneys general also argue that Sullivan should drop the case without commentary because such punditry disrobes the judiciary of its cloak of impartiality, according to the filing. Sullivan has signaled resistance to swiftly accepting the Justice Departments motion and appointed a retired jurist last week to act as a friend of the court and evaluate whether Flynn should be held in criminal contempt. The former judge, John Gleeson, has asked to file his first brief in June. There was no reason to issue these orders because this Court has no say in the federal governments decision not to prosecute, the state attorneys general argue.

Copyright 2019 CNN(CNN) - Authorities have seized 20 kilograms of suspected fentanyl in a huge drug bust in Dayton, Ohio. That is enough of the synthetic opioid "to kill the entire population of Ohio, many times over," said Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Vance Callender. "The quantity of fentanyl in this case amounts to chemical warfare and a weapon of mass destruction," Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said in a statement. Agents also seized 1,500 grams of suspected methamphetamine, 500 grams of suspected heroin, three firearms and over $30,000 during last week's operation. They are facing charges of possession with intent to distribute 400 or more grams of fentanyl and felon in possession of a firearm.

CNN(CNN) - A federal judge has temporarily blocked Ohio's "heartbeat" bill banning abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy from going into effect. Judge Michael Barrett on Wednesday barred Senate Bill 23 while he considers the lawsuit challenging the measure filed by Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union in May. The ACLU and Planned Parenthood sued Alabama in May and Arkansas and Georgia last week, while the American Medical Association sued North Dakota on Tuesday. Should the Ohio law have gone into force, "one could characterize the obstacle Ohio women will face as not merely 'substantial,' but, rather, 'insurmountable,'" Barrett wrote. "The Court concludes, based on current United States Supreme Court precedent, that Plaintiffs are certain to succeed on the merits of their claim that S.B.