Buckeye Institute Names New President
The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions today announced the appointment of nationally respected conservative fiscal policy advocate Matt Mayer as its new president. Mayer is an author, former attorney and university professor, and an experienced public policy implementer.
Buckeye Institute Moves to Stop City of Cincinnati from Harassment of Trolley Petitioners
By Maurice Thompson, posted May 22, 2009
COLUMBUS - The Buckeye Institute, a Columbus-based think tank, today filed, in Federal Court, a motion to restrain the City of Cincinnati...
Buckeye Institute Challenges Magistrate Recommendations in Voting Rights Case Against ACORN
By Maurice Thompson, posted May 18, 2009
The Buckeye Institute, a Columbus-based think tank, Friday filed objections to a federal Magistrate's conclusion...
Buckeye Institute: Accepting "stimulus" funds will hurt Ohio
COLUMBUS -- Just weeks after the federal government approved the largest emergency spending bill in U.S. history, local and state governments are struggling with decisions about which projects to fund. Making public officials think twice are some of the nation's top economists saying it will...
Federalist Leadership Center Dinner
The Federalist Leadership Center in partnership with the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions invites you to a special dinner featuring syndicated writer and television commentator Robert Novak. Mr. Novak will share with us the Founders' Federalist principles and how those principles apply to events in today’s Washington, D.C., a city he has covered as a working journalist for over 50 years.
Buckeye Institute Names January Porker and Pistol
COLUMBUS – For spending tax dollars with wasteful disregard, Attorney General Marc Dann was named January’s Porker of the Month by the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions. For authoring legislation that forces more transparency in government spending, State Representative Tom...
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! As you prepare to enjoy the holidays with family and friends, we wanted to take a moment and thank you for your optimism and compassion.
By David Hansen, posted October 1, 2007
A Buckeye Institute report, to be released next week, blasts a hole in school bureaucrats' demands for more spending under the pretext of addressing inequities in Ohio school funding.
President's Update: Spending on Schools Takes Center Stage
Dear Friends:Putting the fox in charge of the henhouse is the best way to describe a costly and harmful school spending amendment that was proposed by a collection of teachers unions and school bureaucrats. The proposal demanded billions more for public schools. It also sought to...
Wagoner, Peterson and Coughlin Improve Budget
COLUMBUS – The Buckeye Institute today praised Rep. Mark Wagoner (R-Toledo) for improving Ohio’s Medicaid program and Rep. Jon Peterson (R-Delaware) and Sen. Kevin Coughlin (R- Cuyahoga Falls) for providing educational options to special needs children. The legislators shepherded and won...
Porker of the Week: The Strickland Administration
COLUMBUS – Eye on the Statehouse has named the Strickland Administration the Porker of the Week for the costs associated with its sloppy handling of sensitive information. Over the past few weeks, Governor Ted Strickland has provided almost daily disclosures of stolen data containing...
Porker of the Week: The Ohio Senate
COLUMBUS - Eye on the Statehouse has named the Ohio Senate its Porker of the Week for unanimously approving an additional $40 million handout to Ohio’s powerful nursing home industry. Prodded by well-heeled nursing home lobbyists, lawmakers at the committee level inserted funding for...
Buckeye Institute Adds Communications Vice President
COLUMBUS - The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions today announced Carlo LoParo will serve as vice president for communications. LoParo will coordinate the Institute's media activities, manage its Web initiatives and provide its scholars with editorial support."Effectively...
Buckeye Institute Chairman Heads To Middle East
COLUMBUS – Rick Segal, chairman of the Buckeye Institute, will be a delegate to Forbes CEO Middle East Forum to be held February 26–28 in Doha, Qatar. The forum is being held under the patronage of His Highness Skeikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, The Emir of Qatar. Segal is attending the forum at the personal invitation of Forbes president and editor-in-chief Steve Forbes, with whom Segal has shared a long business and political relationship.
Blackwell Joins Buckeye Institute As Distinguished Fellow
COLUMBUS – The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions today announced former secretary of state, state treasurer and 2006 Republican gubernatorial nominee Ken Blackwell has joined the organization as a Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow. Blackwell will focus on state issues with national significance such as taxes, energy, education and health care reform. Also, he will lead the institute’s effort to evaluate public policy based on the principles of limited government, economic empowerment and personal responsibility.
Buckeye Institute Selects New Chairman, Directors
