Category: OK Policy

The Weekly Wonk: March 30, 2012

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts. This week OK Policy released a series of fact sheets on why preserving the income tax is critical for… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: March 23, 2012

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts. This week OK Policy explained the issues scheduled for debate in an upcoming Supreme Court hearing on the Affordable… Read more [More...]

Upcoming Event: Eliminating the Income Tax – Silver Bullet or Fool's Gold?

On April 5th, Oklahoma Policy Institute is hosting a forum, “Eliminating the Income Tax: Silver Bullet or Fool’s Gold,” from 1:30 to 3:30 pm at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City. Several of Oklahoma’s most respected economists and economic… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: March 9th, 2012

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts. This week OK Policy discussed what ending the income tax would cost rural Oklahoma and a new action alert… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: March 2nd, 2012

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts. This week OK Policy explained the huge variety of critical public structures funded by Oklahoma’s income tax.  We released… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: February 24th, 2012

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts. This week OK Policy presented a second study that further debunked a report being used by those trying to… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: February 17th, 2012

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts. This week we posted a new report debunking highly misleading analysis that phasing-out the state income tax would spur… Read more [More...]

Introducing our new outreach coordinator

Oklahoma Policy Institute is delighted to announce that Megan Williams Benn will be joining our team as an outreach coordinator working with a broad group of organizations on efforts to protect our tax base and ensure adequate funding of public… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk – February 10th, 2012

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts. This week Oklahoma Policy Institute Director David Blatt released a statement in response to Governor Fallin’s plan to eliminate… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk – February 3rd, 2012

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts. This week OK Policy and the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) co-released the 2012 Assets and Opportunity Scorecard, which… Read more [More...]