Oklahoma Policy Insititute (OK Policy) advances equitable and fiscally responsible policies that expand opportunity for all Oklahomans through non-partisan research, analysis, and advocacy.
This paper, recently released by Oklahoma Assets, explores the critical role of credit in helping Oklahomans maintain financial security and build assets for a prosperous future.
Access the full issue-brief: “Affordable Credit in Oklahoma: Asset-building and Financial Security”
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This presentation was delivered by OK Policy before the Joint Committee on the Federal Health Care Law on October 25, 2011.
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by Justin Martino, eCapitol
(eCap) According to David Blatt, director of the Oklahoma Policy Institute, Oklahoma is not on the path to show sufficient adequate progress in creating a state insurance exchange by January 2013.
On a list of core… Read more [More...]
This post is by OK Policy intern Emily Callen. Emily is a senior at the University of Tulsa, where she is pursuing a major in Biology and a minor in Economics. A longtime wonk-in-training, Emily has for years been boring… Read more [More...]
Contact: David Blatt, Director
Office: (918) 794-3944; Cell: (918) 859-8747
Projections that the new federal health care law will impose billions of dollars of additional cost on the state budget are way out of line with other studies and based… Read more [More...]
In 2004, Oklahoma voters approved a series of measures that created the Oklahoma Education Lottery (SQ 705 & SQ 706), authorized and regulated tribal and racetrack gaming (SQ 712) and increased tobacco taxes (SQ 713) to generate new revenues to… Read more [More...]
Oklahoma Policy Institute released the following statement in response to Governor Fallin’s announcement of her plan for repairing Oklahoma bridges:
We welcome Governor Fallin’s focus on fixing Oklahoma’s crumbling bridges. However, we must note that her proposal would be paid… Read more [More...]
An OK Policy issue brief looks at the expected impact of the new federal health care law, the Affordable Care Act, on the state budget. Its main findings:
Most studies of the impact of the Affordable Care Act have concluded… Read more [More...]
Contact: David Blatt, dblatt@okpolicy.org, (918) 859-8747
Oklahoma Policy Institute finds that task force’s income tax proposal would do lasting damage to state’s prosperity
A new report on economic development prepared for Governor Fallin includes some worthwhile ideas, but its suggestions… Read more [More...]
Original at http://claremoreprogress.com/local/x1126802467/OK-Policy-director-paints-grim-picture-for-Chamber
by Tom Fink, Claremore Progress
CLAREMORE – Oklahoma Policy Institute Director David Blatt used figures and charts to draw a somber picture of the state’s budgetary situation to members of the Claremore Chamber of Commerce last week.… Read more [More...]
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This post is by OK Policy intern Emily Callen. Emily is a senior at the University of Tulsa, where she is pursuing a major in Biology and a minor in Economics. A longtime wonk-in-training, Emily has for years been boring… Read more [More...]
An OK Policy issue brief looks at the expected impact of the new federal health care law, the Affordable Care Act, on the state budget. Its main findings:
Most studies of the impact of the Affordable Care Act have concluded… Read more [More...]
