JobsOhio

Kasich Credits JobsOhio, Wilmington Community For New Jobs In City

Emily McCord — Fri, 31 May 2013 13:57:05 +0000

Governor Kasich was in Wilmington Thursday to highlight new jobs coming to the city. As Emily McCord reports, the Governor was joined by local officials and business leaders to celebrate commitments by companies to create more than 500 jobs.

House Lawmakers: Liquor Money to JobsOhio Is Private, Can't Be Audited By State

Karen Kasler (Ohio Public Radio) — Thu, 30 May 2013 11:04:00 +0000

Lawmakers in the House say they've cleared up a controversy over Gov. Kasich’s job-creating program – whether the auditor can audit the operating funds in JobsOhio, as he says he can, or whether that money is private.

JobsOhio Must Answer Subpoena for Finance Records

Associated Press — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:35:00 +0000

The state's job creation nonprofit JobsOhio faces a Tuesday deadline to produce its private financial records for the state auditor - or explain why it won't.

Questions have mounted about how JobsOhio is spending its private dollars since Ohio Auditor Dave Yost issued a subpoena last week seeking access to the private side of its books. Yost said he was driven to issue the order after JobsOhio declined to volunteer the information.

PoliticsOhio: Lawmakers Push For More Transparency From JobsOhio

Emily McCord — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:03:00 +0000

Pressure is mounting at the Statehouse for more information on how money is being used by the public/private entity Governor

Kasich created called JobsOhio. Statehouse News Bureau Chief Karen Kasler joins Emily McCord for PoliticsOhio to reports on the controversy over transparency and what's at stake.

Still No Deal Over Subpoena for JobsOhio Financial Records

Karen Kasler (Ohio Public Radio) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:04:00 +0000

The flap over the state auditor’s authority to look over the financial records of the governor's public-private entity JobsOhio continues, as the deadline to meet a subpoena looms ahead.

Republican Auditor David Yost says he fully anticipates that the governor’s office will comply with the March 19 subpoena because he says he hasn’t formally heard otherwise, though Republican Gov. John Kasich has told reporters he doesn’t feel the auditor has the authority to audit JobsOhio’s private dollars.