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Regulatory reform needed in Ohio

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In the Akron Beacon Journal, Buckeye’s Greg Lawson responds to a July 3 editorial “Cut state regulations? Not in this way,” writing, “Ohio desperately needs regulatory reform that eliminates unnecessary regulations that strangle private industry and enterprise as part of the state’s broader reform efforts to boost economic growth. If Ohio does not focus its regulations and rules on protecting the public from genuine harm, the state will continue to see slower growth and lower prosperity compared to many other states.”

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The Buckeye Institute’s Legal Fight for Public Workers Will Protect the First Amendment Rights of Millions

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Immediately following the Supreme Court’s landmark Janus decision, The Buckeye Institute launched its comprehensive and multi-pronged Workers Choose campaign to notify hundreds of thousands of public employees in Ohio of their newly-recognized Janus rights through direct mail and targeted online ads. The Buckeye Institute was not satisfied to stop there, but insisted upon asking the next big question in labor law, namely, “if it violates the First Amendment to compel financial support for union advocacy, how on earth can states require these same public employees to speak through unions that many of them choose not to join?”

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“The Buckeye Institute: Buckeye Recommendations Improve House Bill 6, but Taxpayer-Funded Bailout Remains Bad Policy”

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Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, issued the following statement on the Senate version of House Bill 6, saying, “Lest there be any misunderstanding, though, The Buckeye Institute strongly opposes any government (i.e. taxpayer) bailout for any company in any industry at any time for any reason.”

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Bottom line of Ohio’s spending is elusive in shadow budget

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In The Columbus Dispatch, Buckeye’s Greg Lawson shines a light on Ohio’s “shadow budget,” writing, “Finding the bottom line on Ohio’s budget is not as simple as most of us might think it should be. And too often it looks nothing like what we have been told. Recent headlines, for example, trumpeted: ‘Tax cuts, money for schools, children highlight House-passed $69 billion budget,’ when the real budget will see Columbus spend more than $140 billion of Ohio taxpayer money.”

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“Keep, Cut, Change: The Buckeye Institute’s Recommendations for Ohio’s Budget Conference Committee”

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As the Conference Committee begins its work on Ohio’s biennial budget, The Buckeye Institute issued its Keep, Cut, Change list to offer recommendations for which version of the budget—House or Senate—should be adopted by the Conference Committee, or whether the policy should be cut or changed. The list assesses tax cuts, spending, tax loopholes, health care reform, school choice, graduation requirements, and school district accountability.

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The Buckeye Institute: Presidential Executive Order will Increase Price Transparency and Competition in Health Care

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Rea S. Hederman Jr., executive director of the Economic Research Center and vice president of policy at The Buckeye Institute, issued the following statement on the executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Monday, which will increase health care price transparency and will allow health savings accounts to cover more medical services.

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The Buckeye Institute: Job Growth in Ohio is Taking a Summer Break

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Andrew J. Kidd, Ph.D., an economist with The Buckeye Institute’s Economic Research Center, commented on newly released employment data from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, saying, “Job growth in Ohio appears to be taking a summer break, with 3,100 fewer private sector jobs compared to last month’s revised report—the fourth straight month of sluggish or negative growth that Ohio has experienced.”

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“The Buckeye Institute: Senate’s Tax Cuts Will Help Ohio Economy Grow, But Increased Spending Is Problematic”

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Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, issued the following statement reacting to the state budget passed by the Ohio Senate on Thursday, saying, “The budget passed by the Ohio Senate includes a tax cut for hardworking Ohioans that is both fair to taxpayers and sound policy for the state’s long-term economic growth, but the same budget also increases spending by more than $318 million over the already bloated House budget.”

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“The Buckeye Institute: Taxpayer Funded Subsidies Lead to Higher Costs, Fewer Jobs”

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Greg R. Lawson, a research fellow at The Buckeye Institute, testified Wednesday before the Ohio Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee on the policies in House Bill 6, which creates a taxpayer funded subsidy to prop-up failing businesses, saying, “The Buckeye Institute opposes government subsidies, pure and simple…using the power of government to disadvantage market competitors makes for bad public policy.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Removing Restrictions on Nurses Will Improve Access to Health Care and Reduce Costs

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Rea S. Hederman Jr., executive director of the Economic Research Center and vice president of policy at The Buckeye Institute, testified Tuesday before the Ohio House Health Committee on the policies in House Bill 177, which would lift unnecessary restrictions placed on nurses that drive up health care costs and limit access to care for Ohioans.

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