The Buckeye Institute

August 19, 2022

Press Releases

The Buckeye Institute: Ohio’s Job Market Sees Tepid Growth

The Buckeye Institute commented on Ohio’s newly released jobs report, saying, “July’s report is positive, if not overwhelming. Ohio added jobs for the first time since the spring, but job growth continues to disappoint, with the state lagging behind the nation. Like many other states, Ohio has not seen workers re-enter the labor force since the start of the pandemic, and some policies…discouraged workers from returning to their jobs. To reverse this trend, state lawmakers need to adopt policies that encourage Ohioans to return to the workforce…”

Commentary & In the News

Ohio’s Computer Science Plan Can Be Improved

In a new blog, The Buckeye Institute outlines how Ohio’s draft Computer Science Plan can be improved. Logan Kolas, an economic policy analyst with Buckeye’s Economic Research Center, writes, “If Ohio adopts these changes and further pursues reforms in worker retraining and education, occupational regulation, and globalization, it will put Ohio on a path to correct policy mistakes and meet the economic challenges of an increasingly digitalized world.”

Legal, Press Releases

The Buckeye Institute: Fifth Amendment Means What It Says

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Ariyan, Inc. v.  Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, urging the high court to protect private-property rights as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. “The Framers of the U.S. Constitution were clear when they drafted the Fifth Amendment, private property shall not be taken ‘without just compensation.’ And ‘just compensation’ means payment when the taking occurs, not when the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board feels like paying.”

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