Ohio workers’ compensation bureau manager quit amid ethical questions

A manager at Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers has resigned amid ethical questions about whether his private side business benefited from connections he made while on the state payroll. Documents provided to The Associated Press through a public records request show James Fograscher left Oct. 26 as interim director of self-insurance at the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, a position he held for nine months. The department he managed regulates 1,200 Ohio businesses -- many of them larger -- that carry their own workers’ comp insurance.