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The Solicitor General of Ohio is the top appellate lawyer in the attorney general's office. In November 2014, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine secured a $22 million settlement from the credit score company ScoreSense, which is owned by the company One Technologies. DeWine had filed civil charges against the company along with the Illinois ...
The daily administration of the state’s laws are carried out by six elected statewide officials; the chief executive the Governor, and their second in command the Lieutenant Governor, the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, the State Auditor, and by the staff and employees of the executive branch agencies.
In 2012, Cargill, along with Morton, its only competitor in the state, [14] were the target of a antitrust lawsuit filed by the Ohio Attorney General. [9] The suit alleged price fixing in rock salt sold to state and local governments. [15] In 2015, the case settled for $11.5 million. [16] [14] [17]
(The Center Square) – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost plans to spend $1 million in taxpayer funds to help local communities clean up illegal dump sites around the state. The money expands Yost ...
He was elected Ohio's 32nd state auditor in November 2010, after earlier vying for the Republican nomination for Ohio attorney general against Mike DeWine. [8] In January 2017, Yost announced he was running for Ohio Attorney General in 2018.
Before Ohio became a state, John Armstrong was Treasurer-General of the Northwest Territory from 1796 to 1803. [2] He was appointed to the post by the United States Congress. Under the first constitution of Ohio, 1803 to 1851, the state legislature appointed a treasurer. [2] Since the second constitution in 1852, the office has been elective. [2]
A number of individuals have achieved the rare distinction of serving in all three branches of the state government of one of the U.S. states: . in the executive branch (in an elected position, such as governor or state attorney general), or in a high-level state appointed position (such as a member of the governor's cabinet, head of a state agency, or member of a state executive board or ...
The position was created in 1993 by Ohio Attorney General Lee Fisher and was first filled by Richard Cordray. It is a similar position to Solicitors in many states and is modeled after the United States Solicitor General. [1] By 2003, twenty-nine states had Solicitors General, although only eight had them fifteen years earlier. [2]