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Yost Sues to Stop New ESG Disclosure Disaster
After spending two years mulling over a new environmental, social, and governance (ESG) rule that would require all publicly traded companies to prepare and release emissions reports, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently unveiled its scheme. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is challenging this draconian rule and rightly noted in filing the lawsuit that “the regulator of the stock market has no business setting environmental policy for the county.”
The Buckeye Institute’s Robert Alt Joins FedSoc’s Courthouse Steps Preview to Discuss Upcoming SCOTUS Oral Arguments
On March 18, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear two cases related to “jawboning”—Murthy v. Missouri and NRA v. Vullo. The Buckeye Institute’s Robert Alt joins FedSoc’s Courthouse Steps Preview to discuss what is at stake in the two cases. The conversation features Alt; Will Duffield, policy analyst at Cato Institute; and was moderated by Casey Mattox, vice president for legal and judicial strategy with Americans for Prosperity.
Next Steps in Georgia Tax Reform
For Georgia Public Policy Foundation, Rea S. Hederman Jr. writes, “Federal stimulus has run dry, but sustainable tax reforms offer a proactive way to keep state reserve funds flush while returning tax dollars to families and businesses that will put them to good use. Those reforms will make Georgia more attractive to prospective employers and their workers, and the state will be better for it in the long run.”
Buckeye Institute sues Cleveland over late municipal income tax refunds
Cleveland.com features The Buckeye Institute’s new class action lawsuit against the city of Cleveland. “The Buckeye Institute sued the city of Cleveland on Wednesday on behalf of suburbanites who failed to get their income tax refunds within a 90-day period. At issue are city laws that require Cleveland to pay interest if refunds aren’t issued within 90 days of a taxpayer filing their return.” Wos v. Cleveland was filed in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas.
The government shouldn't be able to stop me from making whiskey
In The Columbus Dispatch, The Buckeye Institute’s client John Ream explains why he is suing the federal government to overturn the federal ban on home distilling. “If Congress can prohibit me from home distilling, what is to stop it from banning home bread baking, vegetable gardening, fixing up the family Ford in the driveway, and practically anything else?” Ream v. U.S. Department of Treasury was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division.
Rea Hederman Joins PRI’s Next Round Podcast to Discuss How Climate-Control Policies Fail Farmers and Families
Rea S. Hederman Jr., executive director of the Economic Research Center and vice president of policy at The Buckeye Institute, joins Next Round to discuss its new report, “Net-Zero Climate-Control Policies Fail Farmers and Families.” The report looks at the impact the Biden administration’s climate-control policies will have on farmers and families. Farm operating costs is estimated to increase by 34%, annual grocery bills will increase $1,330, and the cost of basic food items will increase more than 70%. Rea discusses how California’s farmers and families could be particularly hard hit.
Net-zero banking aimed at carbon emissions would hurt farmers
In The Gazette, Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, and Chris Ingstad, president of Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation, highlight the dire economic consequences for Iowa farmers and families related to the Biden administration’s climate-control policies. Buckeye’s report and this op-ed come after Iowa’s Secretary of Agriculture signed a joint letter to six of the country’s largest investment banks expressing concerns over the banks’ support for net-zero banking practices.
DeMora dead wrong. 'Ohio does very well' by its public school districts, teachers.
In The Columbus Dispatch, The Buckeye Institute outlines how much taxpayer dollars Ohio spends on its public school districts and calls on lawmakers to make a greater commitment to other education providers. “Ohio does very well by its public school districts. Now, it needs to do well by other education providers and their students too.”
New PILOT Assumptions Still Flawed
Knox County needs property tax revenues today to help close its $950,000 budget deficit. Granting the solar farm its PILOT tax breaks will maintain that deficit and ensure that the county’s property taxpayers ultimately pay more in the future. Knox County officials should at the very least critically consider the fatal flaws in this latest analysis and act based upon realistic projections and sound calculations that account for the realities of inflation.
'Costly’ ESG standards, climate policies will ultimately reduce food and energy supplies: report
Fox Business featured a new report by The Buckeye Institute, Net-Zero Climate-Control Policies Will Fail the Farm. “The report … outlines how farmers will see their operational costs rise by an estimated 34% as a result of net-zero ESG policies. While the report states its findings were ‘predictable and unsurprising,’ it added that U.S. policymakers seem ‘unwilling to address or even acknowledge them.’”