UPDATED: This story was updated at 3:51 p.m. with a comment from OhioHealth. COLUMBUS — An antitrust lawsuit alleging that OhioHealth limits competition and drives up health-care costs for patients and employers was filed Friday, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced. “When competition is blocked, consumers end up being the biggest losers,” Yost said. […]
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Audit aims to improve Richland County Jail inmate intake, medical procedures
MANSFIELD — The Richland County Jail will undergo a policies and procedures audit through the Legal and Liability Management Institute, a $28,000 analysis county commissioners approved Tuesday. The company, based in Indiana, will spend about two weeks looking at operations in the 266-bed jail that opened in 2008, with a particular focus on intake and […]
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Jordan: Committees open inquiry into efforts to smear & prosecute IRS whistleblowers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding information about any attempts by Hunter Biden’s legal team to pressure the Department of Justice (DOJ) to prosecute IRS agents Gary […]
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OPINION: Vance calls for antitrust inquiries into higher education institutions, uncovers evidence of coordinated behavior
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator JD Vance (R-OH) sent a letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Jonathan Kanter, Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division requesting antitrust inquiries into collusive behavior in the higher education system. In his letter, Senator Vance also expresses concerns over allegations […]