Dave Yost

Now former Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost sued in April, essentially seeking to prevent the school from relocating local assets to its other campuses or closing the Cincinnati campus all together. In its response, Hebrew Union College calls the lawsuit unconstitutional.

The College for Contemporary Judaism, founded and led by many former HUC faculty, is seeking to be party to Ohio's lawsuit against HUC, arguing CCJ should receive the college's Cincinnati assets.

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Attorney General Dave Yost is in his final two weeks in office, after resigning earlier this month to work for the conservative Christian Alliance Defending Freedom.

Wilson will lead the attorney general's office till January following the departure of Dave Yost on June 7.

Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has confirmed that he's resigning, eight months before his term ends in January.

There could be a big shake up coming among Republicans in Ohio government, as one of the five term-limited statewide executive officeholders is set to suddenly resign from that post.

In a lawsuit, the attorney general alleges the college intends to sell its land and assets in Cincinnati, and is breaching its duty to maintain them in the city.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost approved petition paperwork this week that could put Senate Bill 56 on the November ballot.

Ohio's attorney general filed suit against Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 2024 after news reports that the school was considering selling off rare books from the Klau Library collections.