COLUMBUS - The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions today announced the election of former Columbus Mayor and Nationwide Insurance senior executive Gregory B. Lashutka and the Lovett and Ruth Peters Foundation President Daniel S. Peters to the Buckeye Institute Board of Trustees. Lashutka...
With the March 2010 employment data, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revised its state employment data back to 1990 (www.bls.gov/eag/eag.oh.htm). As you may recall, our report, "State of the State: Two Decades of Weak Job Growth and Skyrocketing Government Costs Pose Daunting...
Accountability is an important concept in our lives. People need to bear the consequences of their actions, for good or ill. Accountability in education is especially important, as education is meant to prepare our children for the rest of their lives. The usual discussion of accountability in...
Is there anything more permanent than a "temporary" government program? Ohio voters may get to decide that if a ballot measure to extend the Third Frontier corporate welfare program is on the November ballot. Ohioans need to ask, however, if there are any real benefits from the Third...
On Friday the Buckeye Institute released the 2010 State of the State report showing that Ohio has had two decades of slow job growth in every area except for government jobs. The report outlines the negative impact Ohio’s unfriendly business climate and skyrocketing government costs have on the state’s well being.
Buckeye President, Matt Mayer spoke with Bob Connors on Tuesday about the report and the economic health of Ohio.
Steve Yagielo doesn’t seem to understand the facts when it comes to unionized verses non-unionized labor. In a recent Norwalk Reflector article, Yagielo calls Matt Mayer’s argument that high-cost unions are partially responsible for Ohio’s job loss, nonsense. All of this despite the fact that 11 of the top15 states in job growth are right to work.
Buckeye Institute President Matt Mayer spoke with Huron County business leaders last night about the negative effects unions have had on Ohio’s economy. A recap of Mayer’s conversation can be found in this Sandusky Register article.
Despite the Governor’s excitement, there are mixed reviews on the proposed $400 million high speed rail plan for Ohio. Buckeye Institute President Matt Mayer speaks to some practical concerns about the plan in this Columbus Dispatch article.
Buckeye Institute President Matt Mayer gave his take on Governor Strickland’s State of the State address during a recent panel for the Ohio Farm Bureau.
Buckeye Institute President, Matt Mayer, wrote this editorial that appeared in the Columbus Dispatch on December 24. His editorial draws attention to the lack of big ideas in the Ohio General Assembly that would truly fix Ohio’s budget woes.
Buckeye Institute President, Matt Mayer, was a guest on the Bob Conners show talking about the new additions to the Buckeye Institute’s Board of Trustees, former Columbus mayor Greg Lashutka and Cincinnati philanthropist Dan Peters. He also talks about Ohio’s Third Frontier program and job creation.
Lynn Walsh, Investigative Reporter for the Buckeye Institute, spoke with 610 WTVN’s Bob Connors this morning about the phantom congressional districts posted on www.recovery.gov. 10 districts in Ohio, that do not exist, received more than $5.3 million in stimulus funds, creating/retaining 11 jobs. Ohio only has 18 congressional districts.
The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, responsible for overseeing the information on www.recovery.gov, says the mistakes are data entry errors. Yesterday, the Board purged the state/territory summary pages of Ohio and other states nationwide, lumping all of the phantom districts into an “unassigned congressional district” column; in some case the information was re-entered with the correct congressional district numbers.
