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The Buckeye Institute Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Overturn PruneYard and Protect Property Rights

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The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid arguing that the court should overturn PruneYard v. Robins, and protect the rights of property owners against trespassers. In filing the brief, Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, said, “It is far past time for the U.S. Supreme Court to dispense with the anomaly that is PruneYard, and to properly protect private property rights as the Constitution requires.”

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The Buckeye Institute Releases Economic Freedom of North America 2020

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Ohio ranks an unimpressive 35th out of all 50 states in this year’s Economic Freedom of North America report, released by the Economic Research Center at The Buckeye Institute in partnership with Canada’s Fraser Institute. The report ranks every state and province in North America based on economic freedom, as measured by government spending, taxation, and labor market restrictions. 

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The Buckeye Institute: Ohio House Should Adopt Senate’s Occupational License Reform Policy

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Greg R. Lawson, a research fellow at The Buckeye Institute, issued a statement praising the Ohio Senate for eliminating the requirement for a number of occupational licenses and reducing the training requirements for others. Lawson urged the Ohio House to concur with the Senate’s proposal, saying, “While  more can be done to eliminate employment barriers…the policies in House Bill 442 are a small, but important step in the right direction to end Ohio’s permission-slip policies.”

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In Brief to U.S. Supreme Court The Buckeye Institute Supports New Hampshire’s Fight Against Taxation Without Representation

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The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in New Hampshire v. Massachusetts calling on the court to protect Granite Staters from unconstitutional taxation by its neighbor—Massachusetts. This unconstitutional taxation is one Buckeye has challenged in Buckeye v. Kilgore, where an Ohio law allowed municipalities to tax income from workers who do not live in, and were prohibited from working within, the city’s jurisdiction during Ohio’s stay-at-home order.

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The Buckeye Institute: November Jobs Report is a Mixed Bag

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Rea S. Hederman Jr., executive director of the Economic Research Center at The Buckeye Institute and vice president of policy, commented on newly released employment data from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, saying, “Although Ohio’s unemployment rate continued to fall in November—down from 6.1 percent in October to 5.7 percent—a driving force behind the drop was many Ohioans stopped looking for work.”

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A More Just Way of Dealing with Drugs and Those They Harm

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In a piece for Cleveland‑Marshall College of Law’s Your Witness forum, The Buckeye Institute’s Robert Alt urges that the reform of Ohio’s drug laws in Senate Bill 3 will give hope to those suffering from addiction and punish those who are truly responsible. Alt writes, “These welcome reforms address an ongoing crisis that Ohio has neglected for too long… We have already lost too many Ohioans. We can do better.”

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The Buckeye Institute’s Robert Alt to Ohio House Committee on Senate Bill 3: Join the Side of Second Chances and Sleigh Bells

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Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, provided expert testimony before the Ohio House Criminal Justice Committee in favor of Senate Bill 3, saying, “Ladies and gentlemen of the Ohio General Assembly, let this be your legacy… If you are unsure which way to go on SB 3, let me strongly suggest you vote the right way: Take the side of second chances and sleigh bells. They both ring out with the sound of hope this holiday season.”

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The Buckeye Institute’s Robert Alt on Senate Bill 3: Conservatives Support Senate Bill 3

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Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, issued the following statement is support of Ohio Senate Bill 3, saying, “The Buckeye Institute as well as conservatives across the state and country strongly urge Governor DeWine to join the cause of fiscal responsibility and to support this important bill and what it does to redeem the 6,238 families who have lost loved ones to overdose deaths since 2019 alone.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Ohio’s Fiscal Prudence Example for Other States During Economic Downturns

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The Buckeye Institute released a new policy brief, A Case Study from the Heartland: Ohio’s Tax Collections Reveal Danger from Big Government Bailout, which demonstrates that higher than expected tax collections are good news for Ohio’s next budget and that a future federal COVID-19 relief package should avoid creating disincentives for fiscal prudence or punishing states that wisely prepared their budgets for economic downturns.

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The Buckeye Institute’s Trailblazing Ohio Government Salary Database Updated Through 2019

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The Buckeye Institute announced that its trailblazing public salary database was updated with information on government salaries through 2019. The database includes salary information for public employees in Ohio’s K-12 public schools, state employees, Ohio’s public universities, and local governments in Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, and Youngstown. With more than 17 million visits to its government salary database, Buckeye is a pioneer in increasing government transparency.

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