Workforce development

Biden helped announce new initiatives planned by Columbus State Community College, local unions and employers meant to quadruple the amount of trained technicians in the area.

The state is piloting a new police recruiting program at Cedarville and Central State Universities. The program's creator believes more diverse police departments can reduce fatal police shootings.

In January, Columbus launched a new career development program for recently incarcerated people. After months of work, and overcoming additional obstacles…

Columbus city leaders celebrated the inaugural class of a new career development program to help recently incarcerated individuals find jobs.At Alvis in…

Columbus State Community College has opened a new office meant to connect businesses with employees through a set of new training programs.The new Office…

Ohio is one of six states chosen for a program to increase the upward mobility of adult learners. The goal of the "Educate for Opportunity" project is to…

A job training effort hosted by tech giant Google held its first Ohio workshop in Columbus at the main downtown library Monday.Grow With Google workshops…

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.

Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) visited Dayton on Wednesday to meet with more than 20 local business leaders and state legislators about workforce development.…

The Business Roundtable brought together nearly 100 industry and education representatives Monday to develop a new workforce training program. The plan is…