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New Buckeye Institute Policy Brief Highlights the Problems with Government-Owned Broadband Networks

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In The Buckeye Institute’s most recent policy brief, Broadband “GON” Wrong: Remembering Why Government-Owned Broadband Networks Are Bad for Taxpayers, Buckeye looks at the problems with government-owned and run networks and their high cost to taxpayers. “While these GONs might seem alluring, they frequently fail to live up to the promises made by government officials, and have often led to taxpayer subsidization to maintain operations.”

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Hand-me-down unions don’t work for current workers

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Buckeye’s Robert Alt highlights the need for worker voting rights, writing in The Hill, “It is time for unions to embrace their democratic heritage and support their own members’ right to vote. It is time for all of us to join together to create more perfect unions. It is time for public employees to have a voice and a choice. It is time for worker voting rights.”

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The Buckeye Institute Calls for the Protection of Taxpayers and Free Speech

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The Buckeye Institute has joined a coalition of more than 100 organizations calling on Congress to protect taxpayers and their First Amendment rights to confidentially give to charitable organizations without the fear of intimidation. “Americans have a First Amendment right to join, support, and speak collectively through organizations without being put on a government list that is vulnerable to hackers and leaking to extremists who refuse to tolerate opposing views.”

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“As Capital Budget Season Begins, Buckeye Institute’s Newest Report Outlines Principles to Guide Government Spending”

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As the Ohio General Assembly prepares to consider the 2018 capital budget, The Buckeye Institute released Principled Spending: Using Ohio’s Capital Budget to Benefit Ohioans. The report outlines three principles policymakers should use in spending taxpayer dollars: constrain the growth of state government, eliminate corporate and special interest welfare, and focus spending on the core functions of state government. “By following these principles, Ohio policymakers will ensure they are wisely spending taxpayer dollars…”

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The Buckeye Institute: Past Time to End Ohio’s Byzantine Licensing Requirements

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The Buckeye Institute issued a statement on the need for occupational licensing reform in Ohio. The statement was issued as the Ohio House Government Accountability and Oversight Committee heard testimony on House Bill 289. “Every license requirement raises a red-tape hurdle for workers to clear before earning a living or starting a new career. Every hour of unpaid training needed to satisfy bureaucratic requirements is an hour not spent earning tips, serving a customer, or opening a business.”

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Recent Court Ruling Validates Buckeye’s Warning About Energy Mandates

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Earlier this week, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that FirstEnergy does not have to refund its customers $43 million that the company overcharged from 2009-2011 to comply with Ohio’s Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS). This ruling is further evidence of why it is critical for Ohio policymakers to repeal the RPS and allow retroactive refunds for improper charges, which is addressed in House Bill 247.

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The Buckeye Institute Testifies on the Need to Reform Ohio’s Failing Cash Bail System

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio House Criminal Justice Committee on Ohio’s failing cash bail system, which the polices in House Bill 439 would reform. “Pretrial decisions should be based on risk, not the size of the defendant’s wallet. As experience has shown, money deposited with the court or with a bail agent does not make a person less dangerous. Policies like those found in House Bill 439 would make our system fairer and our communities safer.”

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