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The Buckeye Institute: Expand Ohio ACE & Adopt a “Students First” Approach to Education Funding

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In a new policy memo, Expand Ohio ACE & Adopt a “Students First” Approach to Education Funding, The Buckeye Institute urged Ohio lawmakers to transition to a “students first” approach to education funding and use a portion of the $2.6 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding to expand the Ohio Afterschool Child Enrichment program for students who lost classroom time during the pandemic. “To prevent further long-term damage, lawmakers should give families the financial resources needed to help close the educational gaps exposed by the pandemic.”

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The Buckeye Institute Files Amicus Brief to Protect Gulf Fishermen from Government Tracking

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The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Mexican Gulf Fishing Company v. U.S. Department of Commerce asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to strike down a rule that requires recreational charter fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico to submit to constant government GPS monitoring, regardless of whether they were engaged in fishing or not—a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment. “This Orwellian tracking of charter fisherman is right out of Nineteen Eighty-Four…”

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The Buckeye Institute: Let All Ohioans Reap Benefits of Online Property Rental

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio House State and Local Government Committee on the policies in House Bill 563, which would allow Ohio homeowners to take financial advantage of new online rental options such as Airbnb and Vrbo. In his testimony, Logan Kolas, an economic policy analyst at The Buckeye Institute, noted that efforts to regulate rental properties and online businesses such as Airbnb and Vrbo limits homeowners’ ability to “make business and financial decisions that are right for them and their families.”

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The Buckeye Institute’s Robert Alt Reacts New Bail Reform Ad Campaign

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Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, issued a statement reacting to a new ad campaign by Ohio Conservatives for Bail Reform, saying, “Changing Ohio’s constitution to expand cash bail will not prevent dangerous, violent offenders from buying their way out of jail and preying on our communities. As currently written, House Joint Resolution 2 simply does not provide the level of public safety Ohioans deserve, and we can do better.”

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The Buckeye Institute Urges Ohio’s Communities to Avoid Using Federal Tax Dollars to Build and Expand GONs

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In a new policy memo, Better Ways to Build & Expand Broadband Service in Ohio, The Buckeye Institute cautioned communities across the state to “resist the temptation to build or expand government-owned broadband networks (GON) with the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) tax dollars.” Instead, the memo urges community leaders to rely on “efficient, taxpayer-friendly partnerships with private broadband providers to build or expand broadband service or offer service vouchers to consumers in underserved areas of the state.”

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The Buckeye Institute Urges Ohio Supreme Court to Enforce Separation of Powers Doctrine

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The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Twism Enterprises v. State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors asking the Ohio Supreme Court to end the practice of judicial deference to government agencies’ interpretation of law. “The problem with granting this deference is that it allows administrative agencies to act as their own judge and jury in questions relating to their statutory authority, which is inconsistent with the principle of separation of powers enshrined in the U.S. and Ohio constitutions.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Improvements in Ohio’s Jobs Report Indicates Economy Continues to Strengthen

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The Buckeye Institute commented on the newly released jobs report from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, saying, “Ohio’s March jobs report saw the state’s unemployment rate drop to 4.1 percent—down from 4.2 percent and slightly higher than the national average of 3.6 percent…While [this] improvements [is] small, [it] indicate[s] that Ohio’s job market continues to strengthen with more people entering the workforce and finding jobs…Since the beginning of 2022, Ohio’s economy has added 45,000 private-sector jobs…”

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The Buckeye Institute: HJR2 Does Not Provide Meaningful Guarantee of Public Safety

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Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, testified before the Ohio House Criminal Justice Committee on House Joint Resolution 2, which “does not provide a meaningful guarantee of public safety.” In his testimony, Alt reminded lawmakers that “[c]hanging the state constitution to expand cash bail in the name of public safety would be an unfortunate and tragic mistake that distracts from the serious business of keeping Ohioans safe.”

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“The Buckeye Institute: Don’t Amend Ohio’s Constitution, Reform Cash Bail System to Ensure Public Safety”

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Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, issued a statement reacting to a proposal to amend Ohio’s constitution rather than reform the state’s cash bail system, saying, “Ohio would be far better served by reforming cash bail through the expansion of preventative detention for dangerous offenders rather than using cash bail as a proxy for safety, which pending legislative proposals—Senate Bill 182 and House Bill 315—would accomplish. The General Assembly should look to these legislative proposals to address the very serious challenge of ensuring public safety.”

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The Buckeye Institute Takes Cincinnati Tax Case to Ohio Supreme Court

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The Buckeye Institute filed its appeal in Schaad v. Alder with the Ohio Supreme Court asking the court to hear the case and recognize Ohio’s emergency-based local income tax system—where the state forced people to work from home during the pandemic, but deemed their work to have been performed in higher-taxed office locations—as unconstitutional. “Mr. Schaad is asking for nothing more than for the Ohio Supreme Court to apply its prior decisions and reaffirm the commonsense and constitutionally recognized limitations on local governments’ power to tax nonresidents.”