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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: Ohio Can Save More Than $4 Billion in Next Budget by Following Sound, Fundamental Economic Principles”

The Buckeye Institute released a new policy brief, Weathering the Storm: Budgeting for Prosperity in a Time of Crisis, which outlines sound, fundamental economic principles that—if...

New Buckeye Institute Paper Debunks Myths about Drug Sentencing Reform

In a new policy memo, Senate Bill 3: Myth vs. Reality, The Buckeye Institute separates fact from fiction surrounding the debate over the policies in Senate Bill 3, which would comprehensively reform...

“New Buckeye Institute Report Outlines Benefits of Telehealth, Urges Ohio Policymakers to Permanently Expand Access”

The Buckeye Institute released Access to Health Care Made Easier: Promoting Best Practices in Ohio’s Telehealth Policy, which looks at the benefits of telehealth that the increase in demand and...

The Buckeye Institute: Policies in School Choice Now Act Offer School Choice Options to Millions of Students Nationwide

The Buckeye Institute released, School Choice Now Act: Meeting Students’ Needs In Uncertain Times, which outlines how the School Choice Now Act can provide financial resources to parents to help...

New Booklet Outlines Why the Electoral College is Essential to American Democracy

A new booklet, The Essential Electoral College, sponsored by The Buckeye Institute, looks at the origins of the Electoral College, how the college actually works and its benefits, and debunks myths...

Buckeye President and CEO Robert Alt Authors Paper Surveying State-Level Criminal Law Changes

In a new whitepaper for The Federalist Society, Robert Alt, a nationally-recognized scholar in criminal law and president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, reviewed the legal...

The Buckeye Institute: Repealing Ohio’s CAT Will Enhance Economic Freedom and Opportunity

The Buckeye Institute released new research by its Economic Research Center that looked at the impact eliminating Ohio’s commercial activities tax (CAT) would have on Ohio’s businesses and...

The Buckeye Institute: Suspending the CAT Will Help Ohio’s Economy

In Policy Solutions for the Pandemic: Suspending the CAT Will Help Ohio’s Economy, The Buckeye Institute urges policymakers to suspend collection Ohio’s commercial activities tax...

“The Buckeye Institute: Policies in Senate Bill 3 Would Make Ohio’s Drug-Sentencing Laws More Effective, Flexible, and Just”

In Evidence-Based Sentencing Reform: The Right Policy for Ohio, The Buckeye Institute outlines the significant strides the policies in Senate Bill 3 take in making Ohio’s drug-sentencing...
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