Ohio Job News, Views and Analysis

SANDUSKY — Poverty and unemployment in northen Ohio and throughout the nation were central issues Saturday in the first debate for a contest to win the seat in the newly drawn 9th Congressional District.

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9th Congressional District candidates debate

Wardens in most of Ohio’s 26 prisons received raises of up to 23 percent on Jan. 1 under a reorganization plan that raised the bar on their duties.

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Most prison wardens in Ohio got a raise on Jan. 1

The Obama administration recently announced its plan to help create 250,000 summer jobs this year for underprivileged youths aged 16-24, in a response to record-high levels of unemployment in that age group.

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Obama launches Summer Jobs to raise youth employment rates

COMMENTARY | The Horseshoe Casino in Cleveland is begging for workers. A second call for untrained gaming table dealers, security guards, bakers, seamstresses and locksmiths went out this week, according to NewsNet 5

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Why Are Ohioans Turning Down Casino Jobs?

Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel has found another college job. The University of Akron announced Thursday that Tressel has been hired for the newly created position of vice president for strategic engagement.

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Sports in Brief: Tressel is given VP job at Akron

Job growth in northwest Ohio and the nation has just begun to accelerate, an economist told a Findlay audience Thursday.

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Regional job growth predicted

Tressel became a national figure during his coaching career at Ohio State, before the big news of his forced resignation last spring in the aftermath of the football program’s NCAA rules violations. Links to stories about Tressel going to Akron.

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Jim Tressel links: Former Ohio State coach again in the news by taking University of Akron administrative job

Despite Northeast Ohio’s relatively mild winter, comedian Kathleen Madigan can pretty much guarantee a snowstorm is on the way this weekend in Cleveland when she performs at PlayhouseSquare’s Ohio Theatre.

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Madigan will make you laugh even if it (Cleveland weather) kills her

Former Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel took an administration job with the University of Akron Thursday.

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Akron names former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel as vice president

Former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel is going back to college.

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Ex-Ohio State coach Tressel taking administrative job at Akron