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Buckeye Institute President David Hansen gives the free-market perspective on Governor Strickland’s big government jobs package, casino gambling and payday loans on the Bob Conners Show, 610 WTVN.

Buckeye Institute President David Hansen offers a free-market response to Gov. Ted Strickland’s big government proposals.  Mr. Hansen and Brian Wilson of WSPD-1370 AM discuss the governor’s State of the State address.

Groundbreaking author and Syracuse University economics professor Arthur Brooks discusses his provocative book - Who Really Cares - with Buckeye Institute Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow Ken Blackwell.

Dr. Brooks, a top scholar of economics and public policy, spent years researching charitable giving and even he was surprised by what he found.  Conservatives are far more compassionate than liberal.

Their discussion is courtesy of AM 600 KOGO in San Diego.

State lawmakers have spent $10 million on Toledo’s Center of Science and Industry Museum.  However, museum operators could not generate enough local interest to cover additional expenses.  The museum is now slated to close and the state’s $10 million will be lost.  Buckeye Institute President David Hansen discusses the folly of spending tax dollars on projects that lack community interest with WSPD-1370’s Brian Wilson.

Buckeye Institute President David Hansen discusses jobs, taxes and school reform with WSPD’s Brian Wilson.

Governor Ted Strickland used his line item veto on an important school choice option for special needs children.  The measure’s sponsor, State Senator Kevin Coughlin (R-Cuyahoga Falls),  discusses the importance of the program and his commitment to  its future passage with Buckeye Institute President David Hansen.

Buckeye Institute President David Hansen discusses the shortcomings of a proposed constitutional amendment forwarded by Ohio’s education bureaucracy on WOSU’s Open Line with Fred Andrle.

Buckeye Institute Analyst Marc Kilmer discussed the folly of “free” municipal Wi-Fi on the Fred LeFebvre Morning Show, 1370 WSPD-AM.

Buckeye Institute President David Hansen discusses the Porker of the Week with 610 WTVN’s Bob Conners.

Buckeye Institute President David Hansen discusses the Ohio House’s passage of state budget and overwhelming success of Ohio’s EdChoice school voucher program.