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2020 Legislative Focus Areas
OK Policy has determined its focus areas for Oklahoma’s upcoming legislative session based on the organization’s original research, analysis, and feedback from state residents.
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Everybody Counts: 2020 Census
Let shape our future by working to ensure the most accurate Census count of Oklahoma possible.
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SQ 802: Information and resources
Find resources on Oklahoma's Medicaid expansion ballot initiative.
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Leadership change at Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs (Capitol Update)

February 17, 2020 // Updated: February 17, 2020

After 19 years of advocacy for mental health services, Steve Buck came to the Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs with a strong commitment to serving youth, tempered with an eye toward the most efficient expenditure of taxpayer money. His primary goal was prevention, always seeking to follow the data and make services available to troubled youth as early as possible. He insisted the best chance of success in a young person's life, at the least cost to taxpayers, is early intervention with evidence-based or evidence-informed services.

The Weekly Wonk: Using advocacy tools to effect change, supporting working Oklahomans, and more

February 16, 2020 // Updated: February 14, 2020

In her weekly Journal Record column, OK Policy Executive Director Ahniwake Rose focused on how Oklahomans can use advocacy to make changes they wish to see in the state. OK Policy and its Together Oklahoma advocacy program held a series of community conversations last week about supporting working Oklahomans through smart policy decisions, including making the Earned Income Tax Credit refundable again.

Watching for potential changes to ‘non-economic’ damages (Capitol update)

February 10, 2020 // Updated: February 10, 2020

There is an issue flying under the radar that may surface sometime during the Legislative session. This is the placing of a statutory cap on what are called "non-economic" damages in personal injury cases.

2020 Legislative Focus Areas

Everybody Counts: 2020 Census

SQ 802: Information and resources