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The Buckeye Institute Urges Ohio Lawmakers to Provide Businesses with Flexibility to Build a Talented Workforce

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The Buckeye Institute submitted written testimony to the Ohio House Commerce and Labor Committee on the policies in House Bill 235, which would add unnecessary government regulations and labor quotas to oil refinery job requirements, preventing employers from “training and equipping their employees with the skills needed to do the job.” Buckeye urged lawmakers to “seek market-driven solutions to make on-the-job training more affordable and useful.” 

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Student loan forgiveness would take from ‘working poor’ give to ‘bookish rich’

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In The Columbus Dispatch, The Buckeye Institute outlines the “dangerous [and] unintended consequences” of the Biden Administration’s anticipated student loan forgiveness plan, writing, “Rightly pilloried as a bailout for rich kids, forgiving federal student loan debt rewards the risky behavior of those who promised to repay loans after going to college by taxing workers who have either been repaying college debts for years or never borrowed money for school in the first place.”

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“The Buckeye Institute: Ohio’s April Jobs Report Shows Continued Growth, National Signs Point to Slowdown”

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The Buckeye Institute commented on Ohio’s newly released jobs report, saying, “In the first four months of 2022, the labor market has added more than 50,000 jobs, reducing the jobs deficit to almost 90,000 when compared to February 2020. If Ohio maintains this pace of job growth, it will erase the pandemic jobs deficit this year. However, national signs, including a lackluster April jobs report and growing inflation, raise serious concerns as to whether Ohio will be able to maintain this pace of growth.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Smart Bail Reform Will Strengthen Public Safety in Ohio

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio House Criminal Justice Committee on the policies in House Bill 315, which would “help Ohio fix a broken cash bail system and take significant steps toward protecting the public from violent offenders.” Urging lawmakers to adopt “[r]esponsible bail reform,” The Buckeye Institute noted that House Bill 315 would “improve Ohio’s pretrial criminal justice system by retaining adequate protection for public safety, enhancing fairness across economic classes, and reducing unnecessary costs for taxpayers.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Expand Ohio ACE & Adopt a “Students First” Approach to Education Funding

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In a new policy memo, Expand Ohio ACE & Adopt a “Students First” Approach to Education Funding, The Buckeye Institute urged Ohio lawmakers to transition to a “students first” approach to education funding and use a portion of the $2.6 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding to expand the Ohio Afterschool Child Enrichment program for students who lost classroom time during the pandemic. “To prevent further long-term damage, lawmakers should give families the financial resources needed to help close the educational gaps exposed by the pandemic.” 

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The Buckeye Institute Files Amicus Brief to Protect Gulf Fishermen from Government Tracking

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The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Mexican Gulf Fishing Company v. U.S. Department of Commerce asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to strike down a rule that requires recreational charter fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico to submit to constant government GPS monitoring, regardless of whether they were engaged in fishing or not—a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment. “This Orwellian tracking of charter fisherman is right out of Nineteen Eighty-Four…”

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The Buckeye Institute: Let All Ohioans Reap Benefits of Online Property Rental

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio House State and Local Government Committee on the policies in House Bill 563, which would allow Ohio homeowners to take financial advantage of new online rental options such as Airbnb and Vrbo. In his testimony, Logan Kolas, an economic policy analyst at The Buckeye Institute, noted that efforts to regulate rental properties and online businesses such as Airbnb and Vrbo limits homeowners’ ability to “make business and financial decisions that are right for them and their families.”

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“House Bill 235 makes hiring, doing business in Ohio more expensive”

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In The Lima News, The Buckeye Institute looks at the harmful effects of Ohio House Bill 235—the High Hazard Training Certification Act. “With Ohio already lagging the rest of the country in dynamism, innovation and competitiveness, state policymakers should seek ways to make the workforce more flexible and more responsive to market changes, not less. The General Assembly’s pending proposal, however, does neither. Instead, it will only make hiring more expensive and risk higher consumer prices down the road.”

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It’s not free. Why Summit County should reconsider government-owned broadband

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In the Akron Beacon Journal, The Buckeye Institute cautions Summit County officials against “committing millions of dollars of temporary federal COVID-19 funds to build a permanent government-owned broadband network,” writing, “Communities that need better broadband service should…partner with private providers and pursue the state’s new residential broadband program or use the federal COVID-19 money to create vouchers for consumers to purchase broadband services from private providers. Either option is less risky for Summit County taxpayers than the county’s current plan.”;  

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The Buckeye Institute’s Robert Alt Reacts New Bail Reform Ad Campaign

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Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, issued a statement reacting to a new ad campaign by Ohio Conservatives for Bail Reform, saying, “Changing Ohio’s constitution to expand cash bail will not prevent dangerous, violent offenders from buying their way out of jail and preying on our communities. As currently written, House Joint Resolution 2 simply does not provide the level of public safety Ohioans deserve, and we can do better.”

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