Hagan introduces bill to make sure state tax money is used to create Ohio jobs

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Robert F. Hagan of Youngstown, D-60th, today introduced legislation to require corporations that receive state assistance to employ workers in the United States to make goods or deliver services.

Hagan says the legislation is designed to “encourage responsible and thoughtful economic development” in Ohio.

“Gov. [John R.] Kasich has made it clear that he and his Republican allies in the legislature are ready and willing to pass out unfettered tax dollars for any company promising to create or retain a job,” Hagan said in a statement. “Especially with the creation of ‘JobsOhio,’ we need to now, more than ever, ensure accountability in the way we pursue economic development as a state.

JobsOhio is Kasich’s privatized economic development agency.

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