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Weekly Wonk: Oklahomans made their voices heard. The next step belongs to all of us | The votes are counted. Now the real work begins | More

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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The gap between political rhetoric and policy realities (Capitol Update)

We have heard a lot of talk this campaign season about cutting taxes and holding government accountable. The message seems to be that by cutting government waste and spending our tax dollars wisely, we’ll pay less in taxes while producing positive, measurable outcomes. We hear a variation of this message every four years, and we

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A corruption scandal reshaped Oklahoma’s courts. SQ 845 asks voters to roll back those reforms.

On Nov. 3, Oklahoma voters will decide State Question 845, which would change who can serve on the panel that nominates the state’s top judges. To understand what’s at stake, it helps to look back nearly 60 years to an Oklahoma judicial bribery scandal that Time magazine called one of the worst in American history.

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