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Weekly Wonk: Oklahoma’s housing crisis met with legislative silence this session | OK Policy selected for Eviction Data Response Network Cohort | State minimum wage is out of step with today’s economy | More

June 8, 2026 // Updated: June 6, 2026

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk shares our most recent publications and other resources to help you stay informed about Oklahoma. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In The Know. Click here to subscribe to In The Know. This Week from OK Policy

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2026 KIDS COUNT: Oklahoma ranks 44th for child well-being

// Updated: June 6, 2026

Oklahoma continues to rank among the bottom 10 states for overall child well-being in the 2026 KIDS COUNT® Data Book, 50-state report of recent data developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation analyzing how kids are faring nationwide. For the 2026 KIDS COUNT® Data Book, Oklahoma tied with Texas for 44th overall for child well-being,

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Oklahoma takes a closer look at its early childhood services (Capitol Update)

June 1, 2026 // Updated: June 1, 2026

With the passage of House Bill 1979, Rep. Trish Ranson, D-Stillwater, and Sen. Chuck Hall, R-Perry, have taken the right approach to finding long-term solutions to Oklahoma’s childcare crisis and other urgent early childhood needs. The bill creates an Early Childhood Task Force to conduct a two-year study of Oklahoma’s early childhood services delivery system.

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