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The Buckeye Institute Files New Tax Lawsuit Representing Three Ohioans Against Cities of Oregon and Toledo

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The Buckeye Institute filed a new lawsuit on behalf of three Ohioans—Joel Curcio and Summer Curcio of Springfield Township, Ohio, and Chris Ackerman of Walbridge, Ohio—which calls for the court to declare unconstitutional an Ohio law that allows the cities of Oregon, Ohio and Toledo, Ohio to tax the income of workers who do not live in, and have not been working within, the respective municipalities.

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“For remote workers, taxation without representation”

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In The Sun, Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, and Andrew Cline, president of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy in Concord, NH, look at the issue at the center of New Hampshire v. Massachusetts—the unconstitutional income taxes that remote Granite State workers are required to continue paying to Massachusetts—a state where they do not live, cannot vote, and no longer work.

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The Buckeye Institute: Ohio Can Improve Access to Health Care Through Telehealth

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The Buckeye Institute submitted written testimony to the Ohio House Insurance Committee on the policies in House Bill 122, which would permanently expand access to telehealth for all Ohioans. In his testimony, Rea S. Hederman Jr., vice president for policy at The Buckeye Institute, pointed out that “[p]atients have experienced firsthand the value that telehealth provides and will be reluctant to see telehealth access restricted again.” 

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Don’t bail out ships that aren’t sinking

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In Crain’s Cleveland Business, The Buckeye Institute’s Rea S. Hederman Jr. looks at the $350 billion earmarked for bailing out state and local governments included in the newest COVID package that the Biden administration and Democrats in Congress are about to finalize, writing, “[T]he state bailouts, however well-intended, are flawed — giving far too much money to states that don't need it and rewarding other states that have mismanaged their own finances. The price tag, earmark formulas and disincentives are all wrong.”

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“Buckeye Institute Analysis Finds Nearly 18,000 West Virginians Would Lose Jobs Under D.C. Imposed $15 Minimum Wage”

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The Buckeye Institute released an analysis using data from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to estimate the impact of a $15 an hour minimum wage proposal included in the Raise the Wage Act of 2021. The analysis found that nearly 18,000 West Virginia workers would lose their jobs if the federal wage hike is imposed.

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“Buckeye Institute Analysis Finds Nearly 116,000 Ohioans Would Lose Jobs Under D.C. Imposed $15 Minimum Wage”

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The Buckeye Institute released an analysis using data from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to estimate the impact of a $15 an hour minimum wage proposal included in the Raise the Wage Act of 2021. The analysis found that nearly 116,000 Ohio workers would lose their jobs if the federal wage hike is imposed. 

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39 Renowned Policy Groups Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Buckeye’s Case to End Forced Union Exclusive Representation

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Thirty-nine renowned public policy organizations have filed amicus briefs with the United States Supreme Court in support of The Buckeye Institute’s case, Thompson v. Marietta Education Association, which calls for an immediate end to laws that force public-sector employees to accept a union’s exclusive representation. Robert Alt, president and CEO of The Buckeye Institute and one of Mrs. Thompson’s attorneys noted, “The sheer number of groups asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear this case demonstrates the depth and breadth of the constitutional problem of forced exclusive representation.” 

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The Buckeye Institute Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Protect First Amendment Rights of People Making Charitable Donations

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The Buckeye Institute filed its amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of itself and 34 other public policy organizations in the combined cases of Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Becerra and Thomas More Society v. Becerra. The brief calls upon the Supreme Court to protect the privacy and First Amendment rights of individuals who donate to charities and other nonprofit organizations.

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The Buckeye Institute Joins Panel Discussion on the Future of Drug Sentencing Reform in Ohio

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On February 24, The Buckeye Institute joined the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center for a panel discussion on the future of criminal justice reform and drug sentencing reform in Ohio. In addition to Andrew J. Geisler, a legal fellow at The Buckeye Institute’s Legal Center, panelists included Sara Andrews, executive director of the Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission; Gary Daniels, chief lobbyist at the ACLU of Ohio; Micah Derry, state director for the Ohio chapter of Americans for Prosperity; and Kyle Strickland, deputy director of race and democracy at the Roosevelt Institute and senior legal analyst at Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity.

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New Buckeye Institute Research Finds New Hampshire’s Economic Recovery is Better Than Expected

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The Buckeye Institute released a new policy report, New Hampshire’s Economic Recovery: Better Than Expected, by its Economic Research Center in partnership with the Josiah Bartlett Center. The new report found that “[c]oming out of 2020, New Hampshire is in better financial shape than many other states thanks to a sound revenue structure, relatively restrained spending, a strong economy, and good management.”

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