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The Buckeye Institute Urges Ohio’s Communities to Avoid Using Federal Tax Dollars to Build and Expand GONs

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In a new policy memo, Better Ways to Build & Expand Broadband Service in Ohio, The Buckeye Institute cautioned communities across the state to “resist the temptation to build or expand government-owned broadband networks (GON) with the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) tax dollars.” Instead, the memo urges community leaders to rely on “efficient, taxpayer-friendly partnerships with private broadband providers to build or expand broadband service or offer service vouchers to consumers in underserved areas of the state.”

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“Like the rest of the world, Buckeye is hiring!”

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Unlike the rest of the world, The Buckeye Institute offers the intangible psychic benefits of making a real difference and having the greatest colleagues around. Our teammates tend to stick around quite a bit longer than the average turnover rates for our industry, and we attribute that fact to hiring only the nicest and most capable folks (hey, we didn’t claim to be modest!). We are located downtown Columbus, Ohio, directly across from the state Capitol building and in the heart of the Buckeye State’s bustling policymaking scene.;  

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The Buckeye Institute Urges Ohio Supreme Court to Enforce Separation of Powers Doctrine

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The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Twism Enterprises v. State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors asking the Ohio Supreme Court to end the practice of judicial deference to government agencies’ interpretation of law. “The problem with granting this deference is that it allows administrative agencies to act as their own judge and jury in questions relating to their statutory authority, which is inconsistent with the principle of separation of powers enshrined in the U.S. and Ohio constitutions.”  

Press Releases

The Buckeye Institute: Improvements in Ohio’s Jobs Report Indicates Economy Continues to Strengthen

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The Buckeye Institute commented on the newly released jobs report from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, saying, “Ohio’s March jobs report saw the state’s unemployment rate drop to 4.1 percent—down from 4.2 percent and slightly higher than the national average of 3.6 percent…While [this] improvements [is] small, [it] indicate[s] that Ohio’s job market continues to strengthen with more people entering the workforce and finding jobs…Since the beginning of 2022, Ohio’s economy has added 45,000 private-sector jobs…”

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Buckeye Institute-Inspired ACE Program Launches

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The long-awaited Ohio Afterschool Child Enrichment (Ohio ACE) program has finally launched. The Buckeye Institute has promoted Ohio ACE and similar policy initiatives to help families better afford K-12 learning resources and improve their children’s education. Families have faced significant disruptions to schooling over the past two years, and Ohio’s first education savings account program has arrived just in time to help families pay for a variety of necessary educational services.

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The Buckeye Institute: HJR2 Does Not Provide Meaningful Guarantee of Public Safety

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Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, testified before the Ohio House Criminal Justice Committee on House Joint Resolution 2, which “does not provide a meaningful guarantee of public safety.” In his testimony, Alt reminded lawmakers that “[c]hanging the state constitution to expand cash bail in the name of public safety would be an unfortunate and tragic mistake that distracts from the serious business of keeping Ohioans safe.”

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Better policy today will create a brighter economy tomorrow

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Following Governor DeWine’s State of the State speech, The Buckeye Institute takes to The Cincinnati Enquirer to outline how Ohio can address past policy missteps and modernize the state’s economic system, writing, “Ohio is not yet where it needs to be, but Mr. DeWine has good reason for his buoyant optimism. And by correcting prior mistakes and making better economic policy choices, Ohio may soon be ‘coming for it all.’”

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“The Buckeye Institute: Don’t Amend Ohio’s Constitution, Reform Cash Bail System to Ensure Public Safety”

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Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, issued a statement reacting to a proposal to amend Ohio’s constitution rather than reform the state’s cash bail system, saying, “Ohio would be far better served by reforming cash bail through the expansion of preventative detention for dangerous offenders rather than using cash bail as a proxy for safety, which pending legislative proposals—Senate Bill 182 and House Bill 315—would accomplish. The General Assembly should look to these legislative proposals to address the very serious challenge of ensuring public safety.”

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The Buckeye Institute Takes Cincinnati Tax Case to Ohio Supreme Court

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The Buckeye Institute filed its appeal in Schaad v. Alder with the Ohio Supreme Court asking the court to hear the case and recognize Ohio’s emergency-based local income tax system—where the state forced people to work from home during the pandemic, but deemed their work to have been performed in higher-taxed office locations—as unconstitutional. “Mr. Schaad is asking for nothing more than for the Ohio Supreme Court to apply its prior decisions and reaffirm the commonsense and constitutionally recognized limitations on local governments’ power to tax nonresidents.”

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