Buckeye’s Rea Hederman Jr. and the Mackinac Center’s Lindsay Boyd Killen look at the need for states to reform Medicaid, writing in The Hill, “It is now time for states like Michigan and Ohio to move forward on Medicaid reform, and for them to embrace the new opportunities coming out of Washington.”
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.”
In a piece for The Columbus Dispatch, Buckeye's Daniel J. Dew calls out suspect polling being used by the American Bail Coalition to claim that people oppose bail reform. Reputable polling, conducted and released using professional industry standards, shows 85 percent of people favor replacing cash bail with supervised release.
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.
On Cleveland.com, Buckeye’s Greg R. Lawson writes, “This market system gives renewable energy companies an incentive to innovate, compete, and create sustainable jobs. Government mandates just give renewable energy companies an incentive to lobby government officials. Mandates in effect subsidize special interests at the expense of all Ohioans.”
Hard to believe but 2018 is already here and it is time to once again celebrate Ohio’s students! Next week will be the eighth National School Choice Week. It is the largest celebration of the many opportunities and choices that are now available for students, and their families, to find an education that works best for them – not the education bureaucracy.
When President Bill Clinton signed welfare reform into law, many critics warned of impending calamity for welfare recipients. Individuals on welfare would be unable to comply with work requirements and would face dire poverty. These critics underestimated the ability of welfare recipients to find work and stay employed. Today, the debate is over the amount of gains welfare recipients who returned to work made, not whether or not they fell into dire poverty. Many recipients, particularly women, made large strides in the work force and increased their family income by work. It appears, this debate is going to be repeated, this time over Medicaid work requirements.
According to United Van Lines 2017 National Movers Study, Ohio ranked number 7 nationally for the most out of state moves. And an Atlas report shows that for the 10th consecutive year more people are moving out of Ohio than into Ohio. Ohio is literally moving in the wrong direction!
In The Columbus Dispatch, Buckeye’s Greg R. Lawson writes, “Ohio should look to models that utilize the innovations of the private sector to expand broadband internet service and not rely on taxpayer dollars to build, fund and own inefficient networks.”
