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The Buckeye Institute: Statute of Limitations on Single-Subject Legal Challenges Achieves Needed Balance

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Columbus, OH – Greg R. Lawson, a research fellow at The Buckeye Institute, testified Tuesday (see full text below or download a PDF) before the Ohio House Civil Justice Committee on the policies in House Bill 126, which would address the uncertainty created by unanticipated constitutional challenges to Ohio’s laws by requiring single-subject legal challenges be brought within 275 days of a law’s effective date.

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“The Buckeye Institute: House Budget Includes Some Pro-Growth Policies, Increases Spending to Unsustainable Levels”

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Columbus, OH – Rea S. Hederman Jr., executive director of the Economic Research Center at The Buckeye Institute and vice president of policy, issued the following statement on the passage of Substitute House Bill 166 by the Ohio House of Representatives, saying, “Today the Ohio House of Representatives passed a budget that while containing some positive policies, significantly increases government spending to levels that are unsustainable for Ohio taxpayers.”

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“As Debate Over House Bill 6 Rages, New Buckeye Institute Policy Brief Looks at Unnecessary and Harmful RPS Mandates”

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In Renewables Mandate: A Drag on Ohio’s Economy, the Economic Research Center at The Buckeye Institute looks at the impact Ohio’s renewable portfolio standards have on Ohio’s families and businesses. The mandates are part of the debate on House Bill 6, which creates a taxpayer funded subsidy to prop-up declining businesses. “The Buckeye Institute discourages policies that transfer wealth from Ohio households to special interests, whether as subsidies paid with tax dollars, or regulations that create higher prices for necessities, such as electricity.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Regulatory Reform Will Boost Economic Growth

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee on the need for regulatory reform in Ohio and Senate Bill 1. “Ohio desperately needs regulatory reform that eliminates unnecessary regulations that strangle private industry and enterprise as part of the state’s broader reform efforts to boost economic growth…If Ohio does not focus its regulations and rules on protecting the public from genuine harm, the state will continue to see slower growth and lower prosperity compared to many other states.”

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“The Buckeye Institute Urges Meaningful, Sustainable Reform in State Budget”

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio House Finance Committee on House Bill 166, the House version of Ohio’s biennial budget. “House Bill 166 echoes many of the themes that Governor Mike DeWine has spent years discussing. They include well-intended reforms aimed at making Ohio a better place for children, the economically disadvantaged, and those rightfully concerned about our natural recourses. But the budget that the governor proposes is simply too large and must be scaled back strategically.”

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“The Buckeye Institute: Eliminating Tax Loopholes Step in the Right Direction, More Can be Done to Reduce Needless Spending”

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The Buckeye Institute issued a statement on Substitute House Bill 166, saying, “While this budget does much to address Ohio’s most pressing challenges, there is much more that can be done to reduce needless spending and further cut government waste, which will enable Ohioans to keep more of their hard-earned money…The Buckeye Institute looks forward to working with members of the Ohio House and Senate as they continue to craft a pro-growth budget that will be sustainable in the face of any economic downturn.”

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The Buckeye Institute: U.S. Supreme Court Will Have Another Opportunity to End Forced Exclusive Representation

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Robert Alt, The Buckeye Institute’s president and chief executive officer, issued a statement after the Supreme Court of the United States announced it denied cert on Buckeye’s motion for preliminary injunction in Uradnik v. IFO, which called for an immediate end to laws that force public-sector employees to accept a union’s exclusive representation. The U.S. Suprmeme Court “has given us another opportunity to seek justice by sending [the case] back to the U.S. District Court where The Buckeye Institute will continue to fight relentlessly on Kathy’s behalf.”

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Kent State Employees Sue Over Illegal Union Dues

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The Buckeye Institute and Liberty Justice Center have filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Kent State University workers who had union dues illegally deducted from their paychecks, which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled was a violation of the First Amendment. “Annamarie and Adda are asking the court to rule against this egregious and ongoing violation of their First Amendment rights, which—to date—their union has refused to acknowledge.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Even Citizens of That State Up North Deserve to Have Their Property Rights Protected

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The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court of Michigan to rule in favor of Uri Rafaeli in the case Rafaeli, LLC v. Oakland County and stop the government from taking his private property to pay a negligible tax bill. “The fact that the government would sell Mr. Rafaeli’s property for an $8.41 mistake and then sell it for $25,500 and keep the profits is unconscionable, not to mention unconstitutional. Even citizens of That State Up North deserve to have their property rights protected from government abuse and overreach.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Subsidies Make for Bad Public Policy

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio House Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy Generation on the policies in House Bill 6. “The Buckeye Institute opposes government subsidies, pure and simple. Any subsidy given to one entity puts other competitors at a disadvantage. And using the power of government to disadvantage market competitors makes for bad public policy…[G]overnment interference and costly subsidies inevitably lead to higher costs and fewer created jobs, making Ohio poorer and weaker, not wealthier and stronger.”

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