CINCINNATI
An Ohio lab that lost its contract with the state for DNA testing wants Gov. Ted Strickland to review a state agency's decision to award the work to a North Carolina company.
DNA Diagnostics Center in Fairfield has complained in a letter to Strickland that awarding the 3-year contract to an out-of-state competitor will cost Ohio an additional $1 million and flies in the face of the governor's promise to buy products and services from Ohio companies whenever possible.
The Ohio lab says it has laid off 15 employees because it lost the state's business, which would have been worth about $3.5 million a year.
A spokeswoman for Strickland did not immediately return a call seeking comment from the governor.
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