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New Buckeye Institute Research Finds Electric Car Subsidies in Arizona Benefit Wealthier Citizens at the Expense of Lower-Income Families

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The Economic Research Center at The Buckeye Institute, in partnership with the Arizona Free Enterprise Club, released new research that found, in an effort to encourage the purchase of electric cars, low- and middle-income Arizonans are subsidizing wealthier Arizonans who can afford new and more expensive electric cars. The report, It Ain’t Easy Being Green: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Electric Vehicles in Arizona, revealed that the subsidies lead to bad outcomes for many Arizonans.

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The Buckeye Institute: Clarifying Regulations on Debt Settlement Companies Can Help Ohioans Facing Debt

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio House Financial Institutions Committee on House Bill 131, which clarifies restrictions on debt settlement companies that could make it more difficult for Ohioans to get help resolving their debt, saying, “Ohio’s arbitrary fee caps and poorly tailored law makes it harder for some debt settlement firms to operate here, which, in turn, makes it harder for many [Ohioans] to reduce and settle their outstanding debts.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Text of Laws Should Determine Legislative Intent in Court Cases

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio House Civil Justice Committee on Senate Bill 108, which would eliminate a law—Ohio Revised Code Section 1.49—that encourages Ohio courts to rely on problematic sources to devise the legislative intent of ambiguous statutes. Ohio Revised Code Section 1.49, which allows courts to rely on sources, statements, and testimonies outside of the text of statues “will only encourage staffers, lobbyists, and public interest groups to circumvent the constitutional process.”

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The Buckeye Institute Urges Policymakers to Address Rising Medicaid Costs

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio Senate Finance Committee on House Bill 166 and the need to address rising Medicaid costs, saying, “The House budget offers some solid Medicaid and healthcare policy proposals to address rising costs, but the Senate now has the opportunity to improve upon the House version by cutting additional spending and reinstating the Healthy Ohio program that the House should not have removed.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Cutting Government Spending and Taxes Will Make Ohio’s Economy Stronger and Budget Sustainable

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio Senate Finance Committee on House Bill 166, Ohio’s biennial budget, saying, “House Bill 166 makes some solid proposals. But the state’s present spending trend risks derailing Ohio’s economic recovery and further hindering its below-average economic growth rate. The Senate should look to reduce government spending, trim non-essential budget items…and pursue deeper, across-the-board income tax cuts. Taking such steps will make Ohio’s economy stronger and its budgets more sustainable.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Graduation Requirements Proposal Would Offer More Pathways to Graduation

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio Senate Finance Subcommittee on Primary and Secondary Education on the proposal offered by Ohio Excels, the Alliance for High Quality Education, and the Fordham Institute. “The Buckeye Institute does not believe that watering down graduation requirements will help students achieve greater future success, but we do generally agree with the joint proposal offered by Ohio Excels, the Alliance for High Quality Education, and the Fordham Institute regarding graduation requirements.”

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“New Buckeye Institute Research Finds Returning $658 Million Surplus to Taxpayers Would Lead to 6,600 New Jobs Annually”

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As the Ohio Senate continues its work on Ohio’s 2020-2021 biennial budget, The Buckeye Institute’s Economic Research Center released a new policy brief, How to Grow Ohio’s Economy: Return the Budget Surplus to Taxpayers, which found that returning $658 million to taxpayers—through permanent lower taxes— would lead to 6,600 more jobs annually. “By returning the entire surplus to taxpayers, the Senate would put Ohio on a path to create more than 6,000 new jobs, increase private sector investment, and keep Ohio’s economy growing.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Disappointing Jobs Report is Warning Sign to Cut Government Spending and Adopt Policies to Grow the Economy

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The Buckeye Institute commented on newly released employment data from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, saying, “As The Buckeye Institute has cautioned—and with another disappointing jobs report this year—policymakers must be wary about increasing government spending to dangerous levels and choosing to reduce taxes for only a few rather than adopting across the board tax cuts that would help grow the economy.”

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The Buckeye Institute Urges Policymakers Not to Choose the Path of Low Expectations for Ohio’s Students

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio Senate Finance Subcommittee on Primary and Secondary Education on proposed changes to education funding and accountability standards in Ohio’s biennial budget, House Bill 166. “Children are an incomparable resource and we do owe them what they need to succeed. We do not, however, owe the education bureaucracy a blank check to spend as they see fit even as our public schools perennially lag behind and enrollment declines.”

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Buckeye Institute-Championed Policy Would Help Military Spouses Get Back to Work

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Columbus, OH – Greg R. Lawson, a research fellow at The Buckeye Institute, testified Wednesday  before the Ohio House State and Local Government Committee on House Bill 133, which was developed from recommendations made by The Buckeye Institute in its 2016 policy brief Increasing Job Opportunities for Military Families.

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