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“As Capital Budget Season Begins, Buckeye Institute’s Newest Report Outlines Principles to Guide Government Spending”

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As the Ohio General Assembly prepares to consider the 2018 capital budget, The Buckeye Institute released Principled Spending: Using Ohio’s Capital Budget to Benefit Ohioans. The report outlines three principles policymakers should use in spending taxpayer dollars: constrain the growth of state government, eliminate corporate and special interest welfare, and focus spending on the core functions of state government. “By following these principles, Ohio policymakers will ensure they are wisely spending taxpayer dollars…”

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The Buckeye Institute: Past Time to End Ohio’s Byzantine Licensing Requirements

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The Buckeye Institute issued a statement on the need for occupational licensing reform in Ohio. The statement was issued as the Ohio House Government Accountability and Oversight Committee heard testimony on House Bill 289. “Every license requirement raises a red-tape hurdle for workers to clear before earning a living or starting a new career. Every hour of unpaid training needed to satisfy bureaucratic requirements is an hour not spent earning tips, serving a customer, or opening a business.”

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The Buckeye Institute Testifies on the Need to Reform Ohio’s Failing Cash Bail System

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio House Criminal Justice Committee on Ohio’s failing cash bail system, which the polices in House Bill 439 would reform. “Pretrial decisions should be based on risk, not the size of the defendant’s wallet. As experience has shown, money deposited with the court or with a bail agent does not make a person less dangerous. Policies like those found in House Bill 439 would make our system fairer and our communities safer.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Ohio Rings In 2018 with Strong Economic Numbers

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The Buckeye Institute commented on newly released unemployment data from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, saying, “Ohio’s labor market had a good year in 2017 and rang in the New Year with strong economic numbers. Every employment measure in 2017 ended in positive territory. Unemployment is down once again to 4.7 percent, down from 4.8 percent in November, and down from five percent at the end of 2016.”

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The Buckeye Institute Testifies on the Economic Impact of Ohio’s RPS

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the economic impact of Ohio’s renewable portfolio standards (RPS). “The RPS raises electricity prices for businesses, costing them money that they might have otherwise spent producing goods and creating jobs…[W]e must face the cold economic fact that continuing Ohio’s ‘march up Mandate Mountain’ will cost thousands of future jobs and billions of dollars.”

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The Buckeye Institute Issues Statement Following Oral Arguments in Husted v. Randolph

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Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer at The Buckeye Institute and a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, issued a statement after attending the oral arguments in Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, saying, “This case hinges on the question of whether states have the authority to take reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy of their voter rolls, which is critical to ensuring the integrity of elections.”

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The Buckeye Institute Releases Economic Freedom of North America 2017

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Ohio ranks 35th out of all 50 states in this year’s Economic Freedom of North America report, released by The Buckeye Institute in partnership with Canada’s Fraser Institute. The report ranks every state and province in North America based on economic freedom as measured by government spending, taxation, and labor market restrictions. “The news is mixed for Ohio. The state has moved up a few spots this year, mostly due to Governor John Kasich’s tax reform efforts in 2015. Yet, overall Ohio still languishes in the bottom third of states…”

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New Buckeye Institute Report Finds Occupational Licensing Hits Older and Lower-Income Workers Hardest

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The Buckeye Institute’s Economic Research Center released its latest policy report, Still Forbidden to Succeed: The Negative Effects of Occupational Licensing on Ohio’s Workforce. The report found that the burden of Ohio’s occupational licensing requirements has a greater impact on middle-aged and low-income workers, and those without a college degree. In essence, occupational licensing erects barriers to employment to those most in need of good-paying jobs. “This research offers more evidence of the negative impact of occupational licensing.”

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