December 4, 2018

The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio House Government Accountability and Oversight Committee on the policies in House Bill 189, which would make Ohio more competitive, more prosperous, and more attractive to entrepreneurs and their employees. “[N]early every Ohio license that requires training can be earned in less time in another state. The state certainly needs to require appropriate training and licensing for jobs with health and safety concerns…However, such concern fades dramatically when applied, for example, to auctioneers, travel guides, and hairdressers.”