The economy may be rebounding, but it probably won’t seem that way when the government releases its monthly employment report this morning.

New numbers out today by the federal government show significant job growth nationally. But here in Ohio its anything but good news.

China’s economy charged ahead in the third quarter, expanding by 8.9 percent thanks to lavish stimulus spending and a resulting boom in construction, share prices and consumer spending.

The federal economic stimulus package has saved or created more than 13,000 jobs in Ohio, according to a state report released Tuesday.

Ohio gasoline prices have fallen to the lowest levels in almost six months, to an average $2.30 for a gallon of regular fuel.

For the next few weeks, horses will be parading around the Ohio State Fairgrounds. 

A local financial analyst says the recent drop in stock value, plus the rise in unemployment, is not an indication that a recovery from the recession is over or even premature.

Ohio gasoline prices have fallen 10 cents in the last week as oil prices were pulled down by concerns about the U.S. economy.

The Ohio Lottery Commission has made concessions to the state’s horse racing track owners to increase the likelihood they will meet a key deadline for getting video slot machines running by May 2010. 

The state filed a $1.2 million dollar lawsuit Friday against the operators of a chain of day care centers in what the attorney general said is the largest minimum wage case in Ohio history. 

The unemployment rate jumped almost half a point to 9.7 percent in August, the highest since 1983.

The weak economy is especially hard on people with disabilities looking for work, which face unemployment rates many times higher than the state average. 

Organizers believe the struggling economy could mean another year for big attendance at the Ohio State Fair.

State Auditor Mary Taylor says Gov. Ted Strickland has handed over Ohio’s financial statements, which had become a source of political conflict.

The government says the number of people filing first-time claims for jobless benefits increased last week, partly due to layoffs related to the end of the school year.