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Former Columbus Mayor and Cincinnati Philanthropist Join Board of Trustees

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...

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Matt Mayer talks High Speed Rail with Bob Conners

by Lauren Kresge
February 5, 2010 at 9:54 am

Buckeye Institute President Matt Mayer was on the Bob Conners radio show Wednesday talking about the wastefulness of Ohio’s proposed high speed rail.

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Mixed Review for High Speed Rail Plan in Ohio

by Lauren Kresge
February 1, 2010 at 12:51 pm

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.


Matt Mayer’s Take on Strickland’s State of the State

by Lauren Kresge
February 1, 2010 at 12:47 pm

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.

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Matt Mayer Talks About Christmas Day Terror Scare

by Lauren Kresge
December 30, 2009 at 3:34 pm

Buckeye Institute President, Matt Mayer, was on the Bob Conners show speaking about the Christmas Day terror scare.


Matt Mayer Editorial In Dispatch: Ohio’s Budget Needs a Big Fix

by Lauren Kresge
December 28, 2009 at 12:13 pm

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.


Matt Mayer on Bob Conners Show

by Lauren Kresge
December 11, 2009 at 2:11 pm

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.


Stimulus Money Sent to Phantom Districts in Ohio

by Lynn Walsh
November 19, 2009 at 1:51 pm

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.

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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.


Stimulus Works – Even in Districts That Don’t Exist!

by Lauren Kresge
November 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

Buckeye Institute Investigative Reporter Lynn Walsh uncovered 10 brand new Congressional Districts in Ohio via the www.recovery.org website’s newest state and territory summary for Ohio. Walsh exposed the mistake on the Buckeye Institute affiliated OhioWatchdog.org and the story was picked up today by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.


Mayer Questions the Need for State Aircraft

by Lauren Kresge
November 17, 2009 at 9:49 am

Buckeye Institute President Matt Mayer calls for the Ohio to reevaluate the need for state maintained aircraft in the midst of budget woes and a severe decline in usage in this Dayton Daily News article.


Ohio’s Elected Officials Should Consider Highways

by Lauren Kresge
November 17, 2009 at 9:40 am

It seems the State of Ohio is slow to move on Aviation Administrator James Bryant’s recommendation to sell 4 planes and 2 helicopters from an aging fleet. Buckeye Institute President Matt Mayer also questions Ohio’s use of planes and helicopters for inner state travel instead of Ohio’s highway system in this Dayton Daily News article.

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