Most elected state officials opting out of DeWine’s $1,000 employee vaccine incentive program
Most state agencies run by independently elected officials aren’t participating in Gov. Mike DeWine’s enhanced coronavirus vaccination incentive program through which state workers can get up to $1,000 for getting the shot.
Spokespeople for Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman, House Speaker Bob Cupp, Secretary of State Frank LaRose, Auditor Keith Faber, Treasurer Robert Sprague and Attorney General Dave Yost all said they are not planning to opt into the program, announced by DeWine last month. All, like DeWine, are Republicans.
However, the Supreme Court of Ohio is participating, as is the Ohio Court of Claims, said Melissa Vince, a spokeswoman for the Department of Administrative Services, the governor’s office’s human-resources arm.
According to the most recent DAS figures, about 39,000 of the state’s roughly 50,000 employees work for agencies overseen by the governor’s office, with the rest a mix of independent boards, commissions and agencies, including those run by independently elected officials.
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