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A Better Path Forward: A Budget and Tax Roadmap for Oklahoma

A Better Path Forward is a comprehensive report from the Oklahoma Policy Institute detailing how the state cut nearly a quarter of the state’s budget capacity and the implications of those decisions. [More...]

New OK Policy paper addresses how to strengthen state revenue, make tax system fairer

A Better Path Forward – Report Release and Conversation will be livestreamed via the embedded video above and via OK Policy’s social media channels on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter starting at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27. The event will be archived… Read more [More...]

Join the team as a Communications and Operations Fellow

The Oklahoma Policy Institute is currently hiring for a Communications and Operations Fellow. The Communications and Operations Fellow supports the organization’s external communications and development objectives. [More...]

An open letter to Gov. Stitt: This is a public health emergency

Contact Gov. Stitt • 405-521-2342  • Email Dear Gov. Stitt:  Health officials statewide have been urgently raising the alarm that our communities need to take action to help protect Oklahomans’ health and safety from COVID-19, especially for our youngest children… Read more [More...]

Join the team as a Regional Organizer for Together Oklahoma

Under the leadership of the Legislative & Outreach Director, the Regional Organizer provides structured leadership in the development and implementation of community-based advocacy actions that further policy goals identified by OK Policy, and works closely with Together Oklahoma (TOK) chapters, the grassroots advocacy arm of Oklahoma Policy. [More...]

OK Policy expands policy, data work through new hires, realignment

The Oklahoma Policy Institute has hired four new staff members to expand its work in child well-being, health care and revenue, and data analysis, as well as elevated two staff members to take new organizational roles, including helping manage policy… Read more [More...]

Supplemental Hospital Offset Payment Program (SHOPP)

The Supplemental Hospital Offset Payment Program (SHOPP) is a fee paid by certain hospitals in Oklahoma. The funds are then pooled, matched with federal dollars, and redistributed first to critical access hospitals and then to other hospitals in the state… Read more [More...]

Tulsa Race Massacre: After the national spotlight fades ….

The national spotlight will shine on our state in the coming days as we gather to commemorate the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre and its aftermath.  Soon, however, this attention will fade and many long-standing issues will remain for… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma’s answer to protest is the criminalization of protesters (Guest Post)

The Oklahoma Legislature was among the most vocal in choosing to pursue that strategy. The bills varied in levels of blatant unconstitutionality, but all 20+ different bills introduced at the Oklahoma Legislature this session shared the goal of chilling speech, criminalizing acts related to protests or accountability, and creating conditions that make people exercising their First Amendment rights less safe, especially when being critical of government actors. [More...]

Join the team as a Criminal Justice Policy Analyst

The Criminal Justice Policy Analyst researches and analyzes state policy issues related to criminal justice policy, processes and environment, particularly as it relates to fiscal issues and impacts on all Oklahomans, and collaborates with OK Policy team members and partners on criminal justice issues. [More...]