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Buckeye Forum

Political news and insight from the public affairs staff of The Columbus Dispatch.

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Why Ohio school funding is still broken

Why Ohio school funding is still broken

Dispatch public affairs reporter Jim Siegel talks with Howard Fleeter of the Ohio Education Policy Institute and Julie W... Read more

25 Apr 2019

56mins

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DeWine: ‘We’re going to win’

DeWine: ‘We’re going to win’

Public affairs editor Darrel Rowland and Randy Ludlow speak with gubernatorial candidate Mike DeWine regarding his run t... Read more

4 May 2018

20mins

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PBM entanglements

PBM entanglements

A look at several potential conflicts between members of the Kasich administration alongside some strangely friendly tre... Read more

7 Jul 2018

11mins

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Tom Steyer on impeaching Trump

Tom Steyer on impeaching Trump

Public affairs editor Darrel Rowland and Randy Ludlow speak with Tom Steyer on his “Need to Impeach” campaign. His serie... Read more

16 Mar 2018

21mins

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Battle for the Burbs 2020

Battle for the Burbs 2020

Columbus Dispatch public affairs editor Darrel Rowland speaks with politics reporter Rick Rouan on the latest episode of... Read more

3 Nov 2019

19mins

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Interview | Richard Cordray is running for governor

Interview | Richard Cordray is running for governor

Public affairs editor Darrel Rowland and reporter Marty Schladen speak with gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray on w... Read more

8 Feb 2018

27mins

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Guns, Gambling and the Governor's schedule: What's going on in state government?

Guns, Gambling and the Governor's schedule: What's going on in state government?

Dispatch public affairs editor Darrel Rowland speaks with politics reporters Randy Ludlow and Anna Staver on the latest ... Read more

11 Nov 2019

19mins

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Interview | Joe Schiavoni is running for governor

Interview | Joe Schiavoni is running for governor

Public affairs editor Darrel Rowland and reporter Marty Schladen talk with gubernatorial candidate Joe Schiavoni on what... Read more

27 Feb 2018

21mins

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Legislative kick off

Legislative kick off

Dispatch public affairs editor Darrel Rowland and reporter Jim Siegel talk about what’s new in the Ohio House, breakdown... Read more

7 Feb 2019

25mins

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How Ohio’s vexing voucher system blew up

How Ohio’s vexing voucher system blew up

Dispatch public affairs editor Darrel Rowland speaks with politics reporter Anna Staver on the latest edition of the Buc... Read more

15 Dec 2019

22mins

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Examining Ohio’s death penalty, an upcoming execution

Examining Ohio’s death penalty, an upcoming execution

Columbus Dispatch public affairs editor Darrel Rowland and reporter Marty Schladen discuss Ohio’s dilemma with a death r... Read more

23 Jan 2019

11mins

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Ohio and the abortion controversy

Ohio and the abortion controversy

Dispatch public affairs editor Darrel Rowland speaks with reporters Jim Siegel and Ben Deeter regarding the topic of abo... Read more

31 May 2019

23mins

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Ohio Medicaid ditches PBMs

Ohio Medicaid ditches PBMs

Columbus Dispatch reporters Cathy Candisky, Lucas Sullivan, and Marty Schladen discuss the breaking news regarding Pharm... Read more

14 Aug 2018

6mins

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Side Effects: The first shoe drops

Side Effects: The first shoe drops

Dispatch public affairs editor Darrel Rowland talks with reporter Marty Schladen on the latest special Side Effects inve... Read more

19 Feb 2019

14mins

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Ohio congressional redistricting plan

Ohio congressional redistricting plan

Dispatch political reporter Jim Siegel discusses the congressional redistricting plan in Ohio, talks about the map and d... Read more

9 Feb 2018

12mins

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Trump launches 2020 campaign in Ohio

Trump launches 2020 campaign in Ohio

Columbus Dispatch public affairs editor Darrel Rowland speaks with politics reporters Rick Rouan and Anna Staver to reca... Read more

10 Jan 2020

26mins

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PBM reform goes national

PBM reform goes national

Dispatch reporters Marty Schladen and Cathy Candisky discuss the latest findings in the Columbus Dispatch’s Side Effects... Read more

29 Apr 2019

11mins

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The great grad debate

The great grad debate

Dispatch public affairs reporter Jim Siegel speaks with state superintendent Paolo DeMaria and Chad Aldis, VP for Ohio p... Read more

30 May 2019

30mins

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Who decides what you’re paying for drugs

Who decides what you’re paying for drugs

Dispatch political reporters Cathy Candisky and Marty Schladen discuss what pharmacy-benefit managers are and how we lea... Read more

18 May 2018

14mins

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What really happened in Ohio’s voter purge

What really happened in Ohio’s voter purge

Dispatch public affairs editor Darrel Rowland speaks with reporter Rick Rouan on the latest episode of the Buckeye Forum... Read more

9 Sep 2019

26mins

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