In a new policy report, Better Energy Policy for Ohio, The Buckeye Institute, in partnership with Americans for Prosperity-Ohio, outlines the challenges facing Ohio as the need and demand for energy grows and offers basic principles lawmakers should use as a guide to develop better energy policies for the Buckeye State. “Ohioans deserve a better, smarter, more principled energy policy that reduces bureaucratic red tape and helps ensure a healthy supply of affordable, reliable energy.”

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Bowers v. Oneida County Industrial Development Agency, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case and overturn its infamous decision in Kelo v. New London, which allows the government to take private property and give it to a private developer. “This case presents a good opportunity for the court to fix the unjust results of Kelo. It is time for the court to overturn Kelo.”

The Buckeye Institute filed public comments to Ohio’s Department of Medicaid supporting the state’s waiver application that, if approved, will allow the state to implement work and education requirements for healthy adult Ohioans younger than 55 who receive Medicaid benefits. “As anyone who has been unemployed knows, the longer you are out of the workforce, the harder it becomes to find a job. That is why Ohio must do everything it can to help people stay connected to the workforce and find good paying jobs.” 

The Buckeye Institute filed amicus briefs in Jackson v. Southfield Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative and Yono v. Ingham County, two important property rights cases in That State Up North. The Michigan Supreme Court requested briefs from The Buckeye Institute recognizing the expertise of Buckeye’s legal team and their well-reasoned legal arguments. While That Team Up North thinks it is perfectly acceptable to steal signs, The Buckeye Institute urges the Michigan Supreme Court to reject this blasé attitude towards stealing and uphold the constitutional rights of private property owners. 

Broadband internet access significantly drives economic growth, enhances educational opportunities, and promotes the public welfare. The Buckeye Institute supports policies that expand access to broadband, including recent amendments to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) pole attachment rules—and the PUCO should support them, too. The FCC’s revised pole attachment rules offer a practical solution to a persistent barrier to broadband expansion. By aligning state policies with the FCC rules, the PUCO can help bridge Ohio’s digital divide and provide all residents with access to high-speed broadband internet.

The Buckeye Institute filed a lawsuit on behalf of Matthew Sheldon of Carrollton, Ohio demanding that the government union—the Ohio Association of Public School Employees (OAPSE)/American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Local 541—stop its illegal wage theft and return the money it took out of Mr. Sheldon’s paycheck after he quit the union. Sheldon v. OAPSE was filed in Carroll County Court of Common Pleas.

In a new policy report, Transforming Higher Education in Ohio: Reforms Needed Today to Prepare for Tomorrow, The Buckeye Institute offers eight commonsense policy reforms that lawmakers should adopt to ensure that Ohio’s higher education system is preparing graduates to meet the demands of the 21st century job market. “The reforms outlined in The Buckeye Institute’s report will foster competition in higher education, reduce academic overhead, and encourage students to pursue studies that yield stable incomes after graduation.”

The Buckeye Institute filed its third amicus brief in Texas Top Cop Shop v. Garland, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the Biden administration’s attempt to enforce the Corporate Transparency Act—an Orwellian federal surveillance program of small businesses. “The Framers of the U.S. Constitution designed the First Amendment to protect our right to associate, free from the government’s prying eyes.” 

As Ohio’s 136th General Assembly convenes, The Buckeye Institute issued a new policy memo reminding lawmakers of the promise they made to Ohio’s families and students in “making school choice universally available” and offered six recommendations lawmakers can pursue to fulfill that promise fully. The Buckeye Institute called on state lawmakers to build on their school-choice achievements and “take commonsense steps to secure universal school choice and resist any efforts to undermine its success.”

In the Washington Examiner, Andrew M. Grossman, a senior legal fellow at The Buckeye Institute, encourages the incoming Trump administration to tame the administrative state, writing, “Mr. Trump has vowed to ‘make America safe, strong, prosperous, powerful, and free again.’ He can succeed, but only if he takes on the bloated, controlling, and growth-sapping administrative state he’ll inherit from the outgoing administration.”