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The State of Ohio announced it will immediately cancel three of its 11 contracts with foreign trade offices and evaluate the remaining contracts for their return on investment.  The state will end business relationships with South Africa, Chile and Brazil by October 31.

Gov. John Kasich appointed Lawrence J. Kidd to the ninth and final position on the JobsOhio board today. As reported in the Columbus Dispatch, Kidd is from Jackson County, serving as the only board member from Ohio’s Appalachian region. He is the president and chief executive officer of Reliable Staffing Services and RSS Professional, LLC.

David Mustine was named as general manager for JobsOhio — focused on the energy sector, according to an announcement made by Chief Investment Officer Mark Kvamme.

Mark Kvamme, Chief Investment Officer for Ohio's new economic development organization revealed that JobsOhio was setting aside the highly touted plan to use JobsOhio dollars to make equity investments directly in growing businesses to retain them in the state.

On August 30, 2011, Petitioners ProgressOhio.org, State Senator Michael Skindell (D–Lakewood), and State Representative Dennis Murray (D–Sandusky) re-filed, in Franklin County common pleas court, a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the JobsOhio legislation (House Bill 1 (H.B. 1)) enacted earlier this year by Gov. John ...

The constitutionality of the JobsOhio Act was once again challenged, this time in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas by State Senator Michael Skindell (D–Lakewood), State Representative Dennis Murray (D–Sandusky), and ProgressOhio.org. The Petitioners also intend to ask the court to issue a temporary restraining order to ...