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More Than $18 Million Spent on The Buckeye Institute’s Top 10 List of Worst Capital Budget Requests

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The Buckeye Institute unveiled its Top 10 Worst Capital Budget Requests of 2018, which total more than $18 million in spending. Buckeye’s review of the capital budget also found more than $85 million in pork barrel projects. “Ohio’s capital budget is riddled with pork projects that benefit narrow local interests and not larger state needs…Simply put, it is hard to see how it benefits someone in Youngstown for Cincinnati to get a soccer stadium or how people in Cleveland benefit from renovations to COSI.”

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“In New Paper for Mercatus Center, The Buckeye Institute’s Rea Hederman Looks at Why State Innovation is Key in Health Care Reform”

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In a new study for the Mercatus Center at George Mason University The Buckeye Institute’s Rea S. Hederman Jr. and the Galen Institute’s Doug Badger argue that Congress and the administration should empower states to devise new ways to make health insurance more affordable for more people. “The paper offers new policy perspectives on stabilizing health insurance markets and offers concrete proposals to federal and state lawmakers and regulators for exploring innovative solutions, primarily through the 1332 waiver process.”

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“The Buckeye Institute Reacts to 2018 Capital Budget, Urges Spending to Focus on Physical and Democratic Infrastructure Needs”

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The Buckeye Institute issued a statement on the introduction on the 2018 capital budget, saying, “With the capital budget officially introduced, Ohioans will now be able to see how many millions of dollars are being appropriately spent on critical infrastructure and core government services…[P]olicymakers still have an opportunity to adhere to these principles – constrain the growth of state government, eliminate corporate and special interest welfare, and focus spending on the core functions of state government.”

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“After Attending Oral Arguments in Janus v. AFSCME, The Buckeye Institute Reacts”

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Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, issued a statement after attending the oral arguments in Janus v. AFSCME at the Supreme Court of the United States. “Today, Mark Janus, and all hard-working public employees, had their day in court. Mr. Janus’s lawsuit has the potential to be one of the most important labor and free speech cases in the past 40 years…What Mark, and others before him have done is not easy. Standing up for your rights and the rights of others is rarely an easy thing to do, but it must be done.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Unions Should Rally Behind the First Amendment Rights of All Public Employees

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Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, issued a statement regarding the Working People’s Day of Action rally in Columbus, Ohio, saying, “On Monday, we will once again watch the robust protections of our constitutional system in action as Mr. Janus’ case is heard before the Supreme Court of the United States. If Mr. Janus prevails, public employees will no longer be forced to pay for political speech with which they disagree, thus ending the violation of their First Amendment rights.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Court Ruling Allows Ohio Small Businesses to Focus on Growing and Creating Jobs

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The Buckeye Institute issued a statement regarding Franklin County Judge David Cain’s decision to uphold a provision in Ohio’s budget that allows the state to collect municipal business-profit taxes from cities, counties, and villages, saying, “The reform, passed in the most recent biennial budget, is a solid step towards fixing our tax code and it is disappointing that many local officials would rather sue the state than repair a system that harms Ohio’s small business owners who don’t have the money to hire high priced accountants.”

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“The Buckeye Institute Praises Initial Steps in Waiver Process, Says More Needs to be Done”

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The Buckeye Institute issued a statement on Ohio’s two Medicaid waiver proposals, saying, “In requesting a waiver that will include a work or community engagement requirement for healthy adults, Ohio will bring its Medicaid program in-line with other federal-state welfare programs that already require beneficiaries to work or engage in work-related activities. The new waiver signals that healthy adults need to work, volunteer, or attend school in order to receive their Medicaid benefits.”

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The Buckeye Institute Testifies on the Negative Impacts of Tax Exemptions

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio House Ways and Means Committee, highlighting the ways that tax credits and exemptions cost Ohio and Ohioans money, and how they complicate the state’s tax code making it more difficult for taxpayers to fill-out their returns. “Adopting too many sales tax exceptions risks forcing some counties to raise their tax rates, which will in turn make them less competitive…and higher rates could prove an even greater competitive disadvantage for counties along our borders.”

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New Buckeye Institute Policy Brief Highlights the Problems with Government-Owned Broadband Networks

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In The Buckeye Institute’s most recent policy brief, Broadband “GON” Wrong: Remembering Why Government-Owned Broadband Networks Are Bad for Taxpayers, Buckeye looks at the problems with government-owned and run networks and their high cost to taxpayers. “While these GONs might seem alluring, they frequently fail to live up to the promises made by government officials, and have often led to taxpayer subsidization to maintain operations.”

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The Buckeye Institute Calls for the Protection of Taxpayers and Free Speech

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The Buckeye Institute has joined a coalition of more than 100 organizations calling on Congress to protect taxpayers and their First Amendment rights to confidentially give to charitable organizations without the fear of intimidation. “Americans have a First Amendment right to join, support, and speak collectively through organizations without being put on a government list that is vulnerable to hackers and leaking to extremists who refuse to tolerate opposing views.”

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