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New Buckeye Institute Paper Outlines Urgency of Training Tomorrow’s Advanced Manufacturing Employees Today

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As America prepares to mark Manufacturing Day, The Buckeye Institute released a new policy brief, Training Tomorrow’s Advanced Manufacturing Employees Today, that outlines the urgency of equipping Ohio workers with the training and skills needed for the jobs of tomorrow. “Even as automation and technology once reduced manufacturing workforces in Ohio and across the country, new learning technologies are poised to help train those workforces for the manufacturing jobs of tomorrow.”

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The Buckeye Institute: “People’s Budget” Undermines Public Accountability & Oversight

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio House Government Oversight Committee on the policies in Senate Bill 158, which prohibits so-called “people’s budgets,” which undermine public accountability and oversight of government spending. Buckeye detailed several problems with Cleveland’s “People’s Budget” and why the state must act to protect taxpayers across the states from similar proposals.

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“In SCOTUS Brief, The Buckeye Institute Argues Employers & Unions Have Duty to Inform Workers of Constitutional Rights”

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The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Alaska v. Alaska State Employees Association urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case and allow states to adopt commonsense policies that inform public employees of their constitutionally protected Janus rights to quit government unions and stop paying union dues. “This case gives the court the opportunity to clarify its Janus decision and allow states to provide workers with the information they need to make well-informed decisions regarding union membership.”   

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The Buckeye Institute Secures Victory for School Bus Driver in Union Wage Theft Case

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The Buckeye Institute secured a victory for David Krizon, Buckeye’s client in Krizon v. Ohio Association of Public School Employees (OAPSE), who had money illegally taken out of his paycheck by his employer and given to a government union. In settling the case, OAPSE acknowledged that Mr. Krizon had quit the union and refunded all the money deducted from his paychecks. “This victory reaffirms the principle that public workers can’t be required to pay dues to unions after they quit the union.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Ohio Must Protect Public Dollars from Risky Spending

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio Senate General Government Committee on the policies in Senate Bill 158, which protects local taxpayers from unaccountable, unelected boards proposing risky spending projects. In his testimony, Greg R. Lawson, a research fellow at The Buckeye Institute, noted that the “so-called ‘People’s Budget’ proposal” on the November ballot in Cleveland would allow an unelected, unaccountable board of citizens to spend $14 million in taxpayer dollars “without public accountability or oversight.”

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The Buckeye Institute Takes D.C. Area ANC Commissioners to Court

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The Buckeye Institute filed a new lawsuit on behalf of Eric Flannery, the owner of The Big Board, a neighborhood bar and grill located in our nation’s capital, charging that members of the 6C Advisory Neighborhood Commission conspired to protest the renewal of The Big Board’s liquor license to punish Mr. Flannery because he spoke out against D.C.’s pandemic-era shutdown orders. Flannery v. Eckenwiler was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

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“The Buckeye Institute: Proposed Fed Rule Would Increase Energy Prices, Risk U.S. Energy Security”

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As Americans face ever higher prices at the gas pump, The Buckeye Institute filed public comments detailing how a proposed U.S. Bureau of Land Management rule would lead to higher energy prices and risk U.S. energy security. “Americans are already paying record prices at the pump, and the Biden administration’s proposed rule will only increase prices further, making it harder for struggling Americans to make ends meet.”

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The Buckeye Institute Joins Legal Brief Opposing Race-Based Discrimination in High School Admissions Case

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The Buckeye Institute joined Mountain States Legal Foundation in filing an amicus brief in Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case and find that the school board’s use of race to determine admissions to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ) violates the equal protect clause of the U.S. Constitution. “This case gives the high court the opportunity to make it clear that Students for Fair Admissions applies to all educational institutions, including TJ.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Ohio Should Eliminate the Tax Penalty for Marriage

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio House Ways and Means Committee on the policies in House Bill 199, which eliminates the marriage penalty tax in Ohio’s tax code. In his testimony, Greg R. Lawson, a research fellow at The Buckeye Institute, noted that although Ohio needs “comprehensive tax and spending reform,” House Bill 199 corrects a problem in Ohio’s tax code that results in married couples often paying “more in taxes than they would if they filed separately.”

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The Buckeye Institute Asks High Court to Protect Free Speech on College Campuses

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The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Speech First v. Sands and find that Virginia Tech’s use of a ‘bias response team’ violates students’ First Amendment rights. “Bias response teams have become ubiquitous on college campuses across the country. While ostensibly they exist to promote civility and inclusion, they are in fact a tool to silence debate and enforce conformity of thought.” 

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