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There is too much government intrusion in our lives—an intrusion that limits personal freedoms and opportunities to prosper. The Buckeye Institute promotes policies that limit government intrusion and increase freedom and opportunity so that you can prosper from your hard work. Buckeye uses its independent and rigorous research to cut through the clutter and noise and offers commonsense policy solutions to our most challenging problems—policies that improve people’s lives, reduce government intrusion, and increase freedom and opportunity.

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The Buckeye Institute: Use ARPA Tax Dollars to Help Ohio Cities Modernize Their Tax Systems

In a new policy memo, Help Cities Transition to New Tax System, The Buckeye Institute recommends that Ohio lawmakers use American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) tax dollars to help localities modernize their...

The Buckeye Institute: Expand Ohio ACE & Adopt a “Students First” Approach to Education Funding

In a new policy memo, Expand Ohio ACE & Adopt a “Students First” Approach to Education Funding, The Buckeye Institute urged Ohio lawmakers to transition to a “students...

The Buckeye Institute Urges Ohio’s Communities to Avoid Using Federal Tax Dollars to Build and Expand GONs

In a new policy memo, Better Ways to Build & Expand Broadband Service in Ohio, The Buckeye Institute cautioned communities across the state to “resist the temptation to build or expand...

New Buckeye Institute Report Outlines How Ohio Can Modernize its Economy to Seize New Economic Opportunities

The Buckeye Institute released a new policy report, Policy Solutions for More Innovation: Modernizing Ohio’s Policies to Seize New Economic Opportunities, which offers lawmakers policy solutions...

The Buckeye Institute Urges Ohio Lawmakers to Replenish Unemployment Trust Fund with ARPA Funds

In a new policy memo, How Ohio Should Spend Phase II of American Rescue Plan Funds, The Buckeye Institute recommends that Ohio use its second payment from the American Rescue Plan Act to...

“The Buckeye Institute: Ohio Personal Privacy Act, Among Best in the Nation, Could be Even Better”

In a new policy memo, Ohio’s Data Privacy Tradeoff, The Buckeye Institute outlined how lawmakers can improve the Ohio Personal Privacy Act (House Bill 376) to make good policy even better. While...

The Buckeye Institute Assesses Consequences of Proposed Wyoming Medicaid Expansion in New Policy Brief

The Buckeye Institute released its latest policy brief, Federal Rates are Temporary, But Expansion is Forever: The Significant Financial Risks for States Considering Medicaid Expansion, which outlines...

New Buckeye Institute Report Offers a Blueprint for How Ohio Cities Can Transition to a More Sustainable Tax System

The Buckeye Institute released a new report, Sustainable Ohio: How to Fund Ohio’s Cities in the 21st Century, which offers a blueprint for how Ohio can move away from its outmoded local income...

The Buckeye Institute Releases Economic Freedom of North America 2021 Report

For another year, Ohio ranked an unimpressive 35th out of all 50 states in the Economic Freedom of North America 2021 report, released by the Economic Research Center at The Buckeye Institute in...
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