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The Buckeye Institute, a public policy think tank based in Ohio, has expressed disappointment over the recent ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court in the case of Schaad v. Alder. The case, which was argued by Robert Alt, the president and CEO of The Buckeye Institute, challenged the expansion of municipal taxing authority in the city of Cincinnati.In his response to the ruling, Alt stated, "The court's ruling is disappointing. Local taxing authorities should be able to tax only within their...

Five Ohio public employees appealed a ruling that allowed union dues to be taken from their paychecks for months.

The union that represents school bus drivers agreed to return the money it deducted from the paycheck of a northeast Ohio driver to settle a lawsuit.

(The Center Square) – The union that represents school bus drivers agreed to return the money it deducted from the paycheck of a northeast Ohio driver to settle a lawsuit.

(The Center Square) – An Ohio policy group joined the argument for free speech on college campuses shortly after a new survey showed tensions over the issue continue to rise.

(The Center Square) – Ten Ohio public employees filed a lawsuit claiming money was illegally taken from their paychecks by employers and given to a government union.

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Glacier Northwest v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, urging the court to make it clear that the destruction of property is never a “protected activity” in labor disputes.

The Buckeye Institute filed its appeal brief with the Ohio Supreme Court in Kolkowski v. Ashtabula Area Teachers Association, urging the court to hear the case and recognize that a union—which Barbara Kolkowski is not a member of—cannot force her to accept union legal representation to arbitrate her workplace grievance.

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief with the Ohio Supreme Court in Ohio Power Company v. Burns asking the court to uphold two long-recognized checks on the government’s power to take property by eminent domain—that the government may only take property that is necessary, and that courts can exercise the power of judicial review to ensure that governments honor that limitation.

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Mexican Gulf Fishing Company v. U.S. Department of Commerce asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to strike down a rule that requires recreational charter fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico to submit to constant government GPS monitoring, regardless of whether they were engaged in fishing or not—a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment.