Governor of Ohio Jim Tressel made the announcement Thursday before a who's who of Northeast Ohio leaders, where Tressel called the work happening at MAGNET life-changing. But the very place named a regional job hub is now fighting to find its own stable ground after learning in December that millions of dollars in federal and state funding were frozen. Senators demand answers after MAGNET funding haltRELATED: Senators demand answers after MAGNET funding halt"They were extremely surprising when it came down, and we really didn't have any time to react," said MAGNET's President and CEO, Ethan Karp. So we asked Tressel about the lack of information a month and a half after the funding was cut. "I'm sure like everything else, we'll get it taken care of and MAGNET will continue to do good things," said Tressel.