The Buckeye Institute

06/04/2026

At The Center Square, Buckeye’s Rea Hederman and Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation’s John Hendrickson look at Iowa’s successful tax reforms adopted under Gov. Kim Reynolds.

“When I first took office in 2017, Iowa’s top income tax rate was 8.98%, among the nation’s highest. So was our 12% corporate tax rate. Those taxes weren’t just numbers

06/04/2026

When Jimmy Carter legalized home brewing in the 1970s, it unleashed a wave of American innovation that changed the craft beer market forever. Now, there is an opportunity to do the same thing with distilled spirits.

Buckeye’s Robert Alt joins Matt Kibbe on Kibbe on Liberty to discuss Buckeye’s cases—Ream v. U.S. Department of Treasury and McNutt v. U.S. Department of Justice—to end the federal ban on home distilling.

When Jimmy Carter legalized home brewing in the 1970s, it unleashed...

06/03/2026

In The Washington Post, Jarrett Dieterle of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research looks at The Buckeye Institute’s cases—Ream v. U.S. Department of Treasury and McNutt v. U.S. Department of Justice—challenging the federal ban on home distilling.

Dieterle writes, “Two recent federal circuit court decisions have teed up a likely Supreme Court fight over the ban that could shape the boundaries of government power.”

An 1868 law prohibiting home distilling shows the federal government is drunk on power.

06/03/2026

Tune in to Kibbe on Liberty tomorrow for Robert’s conversation with Matt Kibbe.

New Kibbe on Liberty with Robert Alt, president of The Buckeye Institute, & Matt Kibbe, airs tomorrow!
Watch the episode on YouTube or listen wherever you get podcasts. Link in bio.

06/02/2026

Robert Alt, Buckeye’s president and chief executive officer, commented on Ohio’s newly introduced capital budget, which appropriates nearly $3.7 billion in state spending.

“Over the past 13 years, the Ohio House and Senate have done yeoman’s work to responsibly lower income taxes, which is exactly the right move to make Ohio more competitive, stimulate economic growth, and relieve financial pressure on hardworking Ohioans. In order to eliminate Ohio’s income tax altogether, though, the General Assembly will need to reduce state spending, including through its capital budget. Continuing with business as usual does not lay the foundation for Ohio to join the no-state-income-tax club.”

Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, commented on Ohio's newly-introduced capital budget, which appropriates nearly $3.7 billion in state spending, saying, "In order to eliminate Ohio's income tax altogether, though, the General Assembly will need to reduce ...

06/01/2026

Buckeye filed an amicus brief in Khatibi v. Lawson, calling on to tell California that medical professionals do not relinquish their First Amendment rights when the state licenses them.

“This case offers the U.S. Supreme Court an excellent opportunity to rein in the ‘government speech doctrine,’ and declare that California, or any other state, cannot impose speech mandates simply by labeling them ‘government speech.’”

Dr. Azadeh Khatibi is represented by our friends at Pacific Legal Foundation.

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Khatibi v. Lawson, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to tell California that medical professionals do not relinquish their First Amendment rights when the state licenses them. "The state of California has a right to ensure doctors and other medical p...

05/29/2026

Robert Alt, president and CEO of The Buckeye Institute, joins Hans von Spakovsky on Court is Adjourned, where they discuss The Buckeye Institute cases—Ream v. U.S. Department of Treasury and McNutt v. U.S. Department of Justice—to overturn the federal ban on home distilling.

Hans von Spakovsky’s guest is Robert Alt, president of the Buckeye Institute, discussing two lawsuits the Ohio organization is pursuing challenging the feder...

05/28/2026

Buckeye sent a demand letter to Cleveland calling for the city to end its numerous, unconstitutional, and discriminatory race-based contracting programs and requirements, which violate the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and several U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

The Buckeye Institute sent a demand letter to Cleveland calling for the city to end its numerous, unconstitutional, and discriminatory race-based contracting programs and requirements. The Buckeye Institute informed Cleveland that its programs and practices violate the Fourteenth Amendment of the...

05/22/2026

Buckeye’s Rea Hederman commented on Ohio’s April 2026 jobs report, saying…

“In April, Ohio’s unemployment rate fell from 4.1 to 3.9 percent, significantly better than the national average. Although—as reflected in the slide in Ohio’s labor force participation rate—the drop in unemployment is primarily due to unemployed Ohioans no longer looking for work, and mirrors a similar decline seen in the national labor force participation rate.”

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The Buckeye Institute commented on the April 2026 jobs report from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, saying, "In April, Ohio's unemployment rate fell from 4.1 to 3.9 percent, significantly better than the national average. Although--as reflected in the slide in Ohio's labor force pa...

05/21/2026

SPN is pleased to announce that Robert Alt, president and CEO of The Buckeye Institute, is 2026 recipient of the Thomas A. Roe Award.