The Buckeye Institute commented on the newly released jobs report from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, saying, “The private sector added 12,600 jobs in January. However, most notable are the results of the annual revisions that statisticians undertake each year to ensure accuracy in the job numbers. The revisions show greater private-sector job growth in Ohio, with an additional 36,000 jobs added last year.”
The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Tyler v. Hennepin County, urging the court to protect people against governmental equity theft through property seizures. “In drafting the U.S. Constitution, our Founding Fathers embraced a principle that goes back more than 800 years to the Magna Carta, which enshrined into law the concept that the government can take property only when it provides ‘just compensation’ to the owner.”
The Buckeye Institute, along with the Cato Institute, filed an amicus brief in Dakota Finance v. Naturaland Trust, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case and protect the “principles of federalism embodied in the Clean Water Act.” Buckeye and Cato argue that the Fourth Circuit’s decision “fails to honor the principle of federalism upon which our country is built” and urges the court to hear the case.
Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, issued the following statement after presenting his oral argument before the Ohio Supreme Court in Schaad v. Alder (one of Buckeye’s six municipal income tax cases) on Wednesday. If you missed the live oral argument, you can watch the recording at OhioChannel.org. ;
The Buckeye Institute issued a statement after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Biden v. Nebraska and U.S. Department of Education v. Brown that challenge the Biden Administration’s student loan debt cancellation plan. “As The Buckeye Institute argued in its amicus brief and as several justices seemed to recognize, the Constitutional Appropriations clause would require Congress—not the Department of Education—to authorize this program.”
“Ohio feels the negative side effects of obesity more acutely than most states. With one-third of its workforce fighting obesity, Ohio ranks 15th in the nation.” In an op-ed published by RealClearPolicy, The Buckeye Institute marks Obesity Care Week by highlighting a forthcoming research paper that “estimates that obesity has sidelined more than 32,000 workers — more than enough to construct and fully staff Intel’s new semiconductor plant in central Ohio. And those missing workers have deprived the state of nearly $20 million in tax revenue.”;
The Buckeye Institute filed a lawsuit against the city of Columbus to protect the rights of Ohioans to keep and bear arms after the Columbus City Council passed Ordinance 3176-2022 outlawing certain firearms magazines in violation of Ohio law and the U.S. and Ohio constitutions. Doe v. Columbus was filed in the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, along with a request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction.
The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio Senate Primary and Secondary Education Committee on the policies in Ohio Senate Bill 1, which reform the State Board of Education and Ohio Department of Education to put students first and better prepare graduates to “earn a living, afford a house, [and] support a family.” “Senate Bill 1 will not solve all the problems facing our public schools, but it can help address them in several ways.”
The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Biden v. Nebraska and U.S. Department of Education v. Brown, with the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that the Biden Administration’s student debt cancellation program exceeds the legal authority of the secretary of education to forgive student loan debt without congressional approval, is arbitrary and capricious, and was adopted in a procedurally improper manner. “Before the U.S. Supreme Court is an opportunity to end this illegal program…”
The Buckeye Institute filed a lawsuit against Columbus City Schools for the release of public records that are subject to Ohio’s Public Records Act. “Access to public documents is fundamental to our system of government and is clearly spelled out in Ohio law. Despite their clear responsibility to produce these public records, Columbus City School officials have refused to comply with Ohio law…”
