The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief with the Ohio Supreme Court urging the court to accept Ohio’s appeal in Bowling v. DeWine and affirm that Governor Mike DeWine has the authority to withdraw Ohio from the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Program, something The Buckeye Institute recommended as part of its Policy Solutions for the Pandemic series.
Senator Steve Wilson (R-7) introduced legislation that includes a number of policy recommendations made by The Buckeye Institute that will help Ohio attract and keep financial technology employers in Ohio. “The policies in Senator Wilson’s bill…will ensure that Ohio’s regulatory process allows and encourages fintech companies to develop and offer new and better services to their customers. These changes will keep Ohio competitive in the innovation race and will keep jobs in Ohio.”
On RealClearPolicy, The Buckeye Institute outlines how the Democratic tax and spending plan being debated in Congress will hurt small businesses in Ohio and nationwide, writing, “Some states have worked hard in recent years to grow their economies and recover from the Great Recession by reducing the tax burdens faced by small businesses. Congress and the Biden Administration seem poised to negate those laudable efforts with one of the largest corporate tax hikes in American history…”
In Over-Regulation of Investment Managers Can Harm Ohioans, The Buckeye Institute analyzes the impacts and consequences of the Short Sale Transparency and Market Fairness Act, which “would impose new and unnecessary regulatory burdens” on investors. “Ohioans have $50 billion invested with financial institutions that would be impacted by these proposed inefficient rules, and all of them—from retirees to charities to schools and universities—could see smaller returns on their investments if this legislation is adopted by Congress…”
The Buckeye Institute issued a statement after Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Dick Ambrose denied the city of Cleveland’s motion to dismiss Morsy v. Dumas, allowing the case to move forward. “Today’s ruling allows The Buckeye Institute’s case to move forward and ensures that Dr. Manal Morsy will have her day in court to challenge the city of Cleveland’s unconstitutional attempt to impose an extraterritorial municipal income tax…"
In The Wall Street Journal, Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, and David B. Rivkin Jr., a lawyer practicing appellate and constitutional law in Washington, D.C., outline legal arguments against Biden's COVID-19 vaccination mandate. Alt and Rivkin write that the “mandate far exceeds the authority Congress granted the agency, and if the president can order private companies to dictate such terms of employment, his power to coerce citizens in the name of public health might as well be unlimited.”
In the second episode of Giving Ventures, host and DonorsTrust vice president Peter Lipsett talks taxes with a handful of experts, or “happy warriors,” fighting the good fight in the world of tax policy, including Rea S. Hederman Jr., The Buckeye Institute’s vice president of policy and executive director of the Economic Research Center.
Internet access is a key ingredient to make Ohio an emerging technology leader and to give Ohioans the opportunity to succeed in the 21st century economy. By increasing accountability and transparency, using reverse auctions, holding contractors accountable, and exploring new and innovative ways to bridge the digital divide, Ohio lawmakers will ensure that taxpayer dollars are being effectively used to connect Ohioans with life-improving, high-speed internet.
The Buckeye Institute commented on newly released employment data from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, saying, “Ohio remains where it was in July—with an unemployment rate of 5.4 percent and nearly 250,000 private-sector jobs below its pre-pandemic level—albeit with tens of thousands of Ohioans back in the labor force,” and urging policymakers to “implement systemic reforms to Ohio’s tax system and its regulatory scheme, and adopt innovative, pro-growth policy solutions” to make Ohio a more attractive place to live and work.
How did states alter the landscape of policing and broader criminal justice issues in 2020? Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute and author of a forthcoming Federalist Society report on criminal justice reform in the states, joins Caleb O. Brown, host of the Cato Daily Podcast, to discuss recent trends in state-level criminal justice reform.
