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The Buckeye Institute Offers Warnings on Government Spending During Financial Crisis Due to COVID-19

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Rea S. Hederman Jr., executive director of the Economic Research Center at The Buckeye Institute and vice president of policy, issued a statement on Senate Bill 310, which includes Ohio’s capital re-appropriation budget, authorizes a pay freeze for state employees, and expands the use of prevailing wage on transportation projects. Hederman said, “Rather than spending millions of additional tax dollars on special interest pork projects…, policymakers would be wise to rein in government spending to address Ohio’s looming budget shortfall.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Telehealth Can Improve Access to Health Care and Lower Costs

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The Buckeye Institute submitted written testimony to the Ohio House Insurance Committee on the policies in House Bill 679, which would improve access to health care and lower costs by permanently expanding telehealth. In the testimony, Buckeye urged policymakers to “expand telehealth access without hobbling its potential to improve outcomes, lower costs, and promote future innovations.”

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The Buckeye Institute Thanks U.S. Sen. Portman for Leadership in Extending a Second Chance to Small Business Owners

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Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, issued a statement praising United States Senator Rob Portman of Ohio for his leadership in introducing legislation that will fix the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program so that people who have a criminal record but have since turned their lives around and started small businesses can qualify.

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The Buckeye Institute: Lifting Unnecessary Regulations is a Lifeline to Many Small Businesses

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The Buckeye Institute submitted written testimony to the Ohio House Commerce and Labor Committee on the policies in House Bill 669, which would permanently allow restaurants and bars to offer alcohol on their carryout and delivery menus. Adopting these commonsense policies will “go a long way toward helping local bar and restaurant owners maintain a revenue stream so that they can continue providing steady, well-paying jobs in our communities.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Eliminating Government Burdens Will Help Fight COVID-19

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The Buckeye Institute submitted written testimony to the Ohio House State and Local Government Committee on the policies in House Bill 673, which would take “commonsense steps in the right direction” by paring back unnecessary occupational license restrictions and allow more trained medical professionals to help patients.

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The Buckeye Institute: Suspending the CAT Will Help Ohio’s Economy

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In Policy Solutions for the Pandemic: Suspending the CAT Will Help Ohio’s Economy, The Buckeye Institute urges policymakers to suspend collection Ohio’s commercial activities tax (CAT) for the next year to aid the state’s economic recovery, writing, “Ohio’s commercial activities tax makes it harder for struggling businesses to survive and grow…To help ensure their survival, the state should suspend collecting the CAT in the short-term, and consider replacing it with a broader, fairer consumption-based tax in the long-term.”

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The Buckeye Institute: COVID-19 Pandemic Devastates Ohio’s Workforce

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Rea S. Hederman Jr., executive director of the Economic Research Center at The Buckeye Institute and vice president of policy, commented on newly released employment data from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, saying, “In the first jobs report after Ohio shutdown due to the coronavirus, the state’s unemployment rate skyrocketed—as expected—from 5.8 percent in March to 16.8 percent in April, with the number of employed workers dropping by 823,700, the sharpest decline ever recorded.”

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“The Buckeye Institute: Policies in Senate Bill 3 Would Make Ohio’s Drug-Sentencing Laws More Effective, Flexible, and Just”

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In Evidence-Based Sentencing Reform: The Right Policy for Ohio, The Buckeye Institute outlines the significant strides the policies in Senate Bill 3 take in making Ohio’s drug-sentencing laws more effective, flexible, and just. “Patterned after the Recodification Committee’s recommendations…, Senate Bill 3 restores sentencing flexibility so that judges can secure just results for every defendant under the unique facts and circumstances of each case.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Targeted Assistance to Local Governments Should Prioritize Public Health and Safety

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In Policy Solutions for the Pandemic: Targeted State Assistance for Local Governments, The Buckeye Institute outlines how the state should target assistance to local governments to help communities respond to the COVID-19 pandemic by focusing state taxpayer dollars on meeting essential public health and safety demands created by the pandemic. “As Ohio’s local governments and municipalities struggle to survive the economic challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath, the state should provide communities with targeted, financial aid to spend on essential public health and safety services.” 

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The Buckeye Institute: Ohio Should Make Medical License Reciprocity Permanent

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In Policy Solutions for the Pandemic: Medical License Reciprocity Should be Permanent, The Buckeye Institute calls on Ohio to make permanent policies that recognize out-of-state medical licenses for doctors, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, and other medical professionals. “By making these new rules permanent, Ohio will be able to attract more highly trained care providers, which will benefit patients across the state.”

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