JobsOhio

Yost Makes First Public Comments Since Legislature Blocked His Authority To Audit JobsOhio

Jim Letizia and Ohio Public Radio — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:16:06 +0000

State Auditor David Yost yesterday made his first public comments about the newly-passed measure that blocks his authority to audit JobsOhio.

Yost Gets Backing Of Senate Democrats

Jim Letizia and Ohio Public Radio — Fri, 31 May 2013 11:28:46 +0000

A day after a measure blocking the Republican State Auditor from auditing Governor John Kasich's private job creation entity JobsOhio passed the Ohio House, Auditor David Yost got some support from members of the opposition party in the Senate.

Committee Approves JobsOhio Clarification

Jim Letizia and Ohio Public Radio — Thu, 30 May 2013 11:13:33 +0000

An Ohio House committee has approved a bill seeking to clear up a controversy over Governor John Kasich's job creation entity JobsOhio.

Ohio House Dems Call For Reporting Reforms For JobsOhio

Associated Press — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:55:15 +0000

Democrats in the Ohio House are proposing a series of reforms they say will make Gov. John Kasich's private nonprofit job-creation office, JobsOhio, more accountable to the public.

Cupp's Job Raising Ethical Questions

Jim Letizia and Associated Press — Tue, 07 May 2013 10:28:56 +0000

Former Republican Ohio Supreme Court Justice Robert Cupp's new job is raising ethical issues in the legal battle over GOP Governor John Kasich's nonprofit job-creation agency JobsOhio.

Effort To Force JobsOhio Officials To Testify Fails

Jim Letizia and Ohio Public Radio — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:23:36 +0000

Ohio House Democrats failed yesterday in their attempt to force leaders of JobsOhio to appear before a state legislative panel amid questions over the nonprofit job creation entity's spending.

JobsOhio Complies With Subpoena

Jim Letizia and Associated Press — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:22:46 +0000

Ohio's private non-profit job creation agency says it complied with the subpoena issued by State Auditor David Yost to turn over its private financial records.

Still No Deal Between Gov. And Auditor Over Subpoena Of JobsOhio Records

Jim Letizia and Ohio Public Radio — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:01:32 +0000

The dispute over the State Auditor's authority to audit the financial records of the governor's public-private job creation entity JobsOhio continues, as the deadline to meet a subpoena looms.

Transparency At JobsOhio Complicated By Request To Get “Questions In Writing”

Jim Letizia and Ohio Public Radio — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:48:00 +0000

The continuing questions surrounding transparency at Governor John Kasich's job-creating entity JobsOhio came up again in a routine meeting Monday that ended with a statement that shocked many observers.

Yost Wants To Audit JobsOhio

Jim Letizia and Ohio Public Radio — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:47:48 +0000

Many Democrats in the state legislature have been raising questions about public money put into the state's private non profit jobs development corporation, JobsOhio.

JobsOhio Adding Staff

Jim Letizia and Associated Press — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:15:43 +0000

The private, nonprofit job-creation agency JobsOhio is doubling its staff and expanding its outreach efforts now that it's gone to market with a 1.5 billion dollar bond sale.

Kasich Denounces Critics of JobsOhio

Ohio Public Radio and Bill Cohen — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:22:01 +0000

Ohio’s Republican Governor John Kasich had harsh words Thursday for Democrats and other critics of the new privatized economic development agency called Jobs Ohio.

Ohio Supreme Court Will Hear Case Against JobsOhio

Ohio Public Radio and Jo Ingles — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:43:13 +0000

The Ohio Supreme Court will take up the case against Ohio’s non profit, private job creation corporation, JobsOhio. ProgressOhio, a liberal leaning advocacy group, has been trying to get the state’s highest court to accept the case.

Lawsuit challenging JobsOhio rejected

Alison Holm and Assocciated Press — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:23:18 +0000

A state appeals court has rejected a lawsuit aimed at halting the activities of Ohio Governor John Kasich's new private job-creation entity called JobsOhio.