Columbus, OH – In a new policy memo, How Ohio Should Spend American Rescue Plan Funds (see full text below or download a PDF), The Buckeye Institute offers commonsense recommendations on how Ohio should spend American Rescue Plan funds, which would save Ohio taxpayers more than $1.3 billion. “The American Rescue Plan will give Ohio $5.4 billion and policymakers should use these federal taxpayer dollars to repay federal loans for the state’s unemployment trust fund; expand broadband access in unserved corners of the state; and extend commonsense criminal justice reforms that will reduce prison over-crowding,” said Rea S. Hederman Jr., executive director of the Economic Research Center and vice president of policy at The Buckeye Institute, and co-author of the new policy memo. “These recommendations align with The Buckeye Institute’s spending principles and will save Ohio taxpayers more than $1.3 billion.”