Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted

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With nonessential businesses closed and much of Ohio shut down due to COVID-19, a lot of people are out of work right now. Last week in Ohio, 226,000…

The state of Ohio is going high-tech to weed out overly burdensome red tape. An agency is using an artificial intelligence program to sift through…

Lt. Gov. Jon Husted said he’s tired of waiting for providers to come forward with ideas on how to expand broadband and high-speed internet in Ohio. So…

Gov. Mike DeWine has signed an executive order that sets up a new information sharing platform for state agencies. Lt. Gov. and InnovateOhio Director Jon…

The state has launched a new portal for its 320 opportunity zones, so those economically distressed communities can showcase projects to potential…

Ohio Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted says recent news about auto production at Ohio plants highlights the unpredictable nature of the automotive industry.…

Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted said the agency in charge of reducing regulatory red tape for businesses is seeing progress in cutting down its own backlog…

Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted was in Cleveland Monday on the first leg of what he's calling his week-long "Statewide Workforce Tour." The goal is to highlight vocational training programs that provide pathways to well-paying jobs. Speaking with executives and students at Tech Elevator, a computer coding school in Cleveland, Husted asked what the state can do to support programs like it. One suggestion: stop requiring bachelor's degrees for state government jobs that focus on computer programming. Husted was receptive to the idea.