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In the final episode of The Common Thread, Governing CEO Cathilea Robinett sits down with Andrew Ginther, Mayor of Columbus, Ohio and a 2025 Governing Public Official of the Year. Mayor Ginther shares how a deep-rooted commitment to service, regional collaboration, and intentional growth has helped transform one of the Midwest’s fastest-growing cities.
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Pennsylvania state Rep. Jim Prokopiak, explaining the motivation behind his bill that would require employers to list accurate hiring intentions and remove job postings within a set timeframe after a role is filled. About 19 percent of jobs advertised on digital job boards in the second quarter of 2026 were "ghost jobs," postings that received applications but led to no hiring activity. Legislators in New York have introduced similar bills, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opened an investigation last month into LinkedIn over fake job ads. Companies post phantom listings for a range of reasons, including building candidate pipelines, impressing investors or harvesting applicant data. (Wall Street Journal)
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