June 22, 2023 | The Buckeye Institute

State-Based Visas for High-Skilled Immigration Needed to Reverse Population Loss

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Ohio is locked into an international fight to attract the world’s best and brightest. A recent report from The Buckeye Institute details how a well-designed system of state-based visas can attract more talent to Ohio, ease strains in industries critical to national security, keep semiconductor investments on track, complement efforts to train its existing workforce, and help reverse worrisome demographic trends. States across the country deserve more say in the fight to attract international talent. They should join the chorus of voices asking for commonsense state-based visas.

“Keep, Cut, Change: The Buckeye Institute’s Roadmap for Ohio’s Budget Conference Committee”

As the Conference Committee begins its work on Ohio’s biennial budget and analyzes some hotly-contested issues, The Buckeye Institute released its Keep, Cut, Change policy guidance memo with recommendations for which version of the budget—Executive, House, or Senate—lawmakers should adopt and what should be cut or changed. “To help guide lawmakers in their negotiations … The Buckeye Institute offers its Keep, Cut, Change roadmap to achieve effective policy outcomes that will benefit all Ohioans.”;