The Institute's ideas are widely distributed to an audience consisting of state and local officials, business leaders, community leaders, and media. Through testimony, events, publications, and individual meetings, the Institute provides these leaders with innovative ideas for addressing important issues. The core publications are its Policy Reports and Policy Briefs . These eight to fifty page reports contain important research on state and local issues. The Institute also produces shorter publications called Perspectives and Policy Notes .
Perspectives are two page opinion articles written specifically for newspaper editorial pages.
Policy Notes are brief reports, usually a page, that provide important information on an issue. The Buckeye Institute also publishes several newsletter. The Ohio Education Report covers new developments in education, especially school choice, charter school, local control, and privatization. This newsletter contains highlights of recent activities and impact made on state and local policy issues. The mission of the Buckeye Institute is to independently research, develop and promote free-market solutions to public policy issues in Ohio.