Author: Oklahoma Policy Institute

Weekly Wonk: Common good is Oklahoma’s strength | Agency budgets are a piece of a larger state fiscal puzzle | Uncompensated Care—What’s That?

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… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk: Governor’s executive order on ‘welfare reform’ misses the real problems facing Oklahomans | We need better policy choices, not campaign headlines | All Oklahomans should speak up, stand up during this legislative session

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… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk: The One Big ‘Beautiful Bill’s hidden costs for states | What Oklahoma got right with tobacco lawsuit settlement money | Silence will never create change

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… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk: Lifting caps on private school vouchers will make a bad idea worse | Proposed bill could increase support for children-focused nonprofits | Ways the Trump administration tried to erase MLK’s legacy

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… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk: H.R. 1 could push Oklahoma’s health care system past its breaking point | SB 1381 aims to curb unnecessary pretrial detention | Tax cuts and building a better future in Oklahoma

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… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk: Budget estimate suggests mostly flat budget next year | Looking back on 2025 | Why raising the minimum wage is a win for Oklahoma’s youth | ClassWallet case highlights ongoing power struggle between Gov, AG

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… Read more [More...]

H.R. 1’s hidden costs: What the federal megabill really means for Oklahoma

H.R. 1, also called the One Big Beautiful Bill, is a federal reconciliation law passed in 2025 that delivers large tax cuts to corporations and high-income households while reducing long-term federal revenues. Marketed as a plan for “tax relief,” the… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk: Give where you live this holiday season | Oklahoma lawmakers file bills to help tackle Oklahoma’s teacher shortage | OK Policy’s work honored with national awards, lifetime achievement award for Angela Monson

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… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk: SoonerCare “Work requirements” won’t work for Oklahoma | Will rising health costs force legislative action? | Fact Check: Is Walmart’s Thanksgiving meal really cheaper this year?

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… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk: Respecting Tribal sovereignty is the path to Oklahoma’s progress | Conflict over executive power halts Stitt’s executive order | 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… Read more [More...]