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Join Our Team as Operations Manager (Fall 2024)

The Operations Manager plays a vital role in ensuring the efficient and effective operation of OK Policy by overseeing administrative processes, financial management, human resources, and organizational systems. [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: Getting election-ready for November | Oklahomans should know where private school dollars were spent | Capitol Update

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...]

The Weekly Wonk: We can’t continue to ignore Oklahoma’s poverty problem | Inadequate funding keeps Oklahoma at the bottom of the heap for health care | Oklahoma should adopt IRS Direct File

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...]

Join Our Team as a Regional Organizer, Central Region (Fall 2024)

Regional Organizers support OK Policy in the development and implementation of virtual and community-based advocacy actions that further policy goals. [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: SQ 832 election date is longest delay for a state question in past 10 years | Will recommendations from immigrant-focused task force get traction this session? | Voting is the price of democracy

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...]

2023 Census data: Oklahoma ranks as sixth poorest state

Lawmakers have options to improve Oklahomans’ well-being, access to prosperity Data from the Census Bureau’s 2023 American Community Survey released Sept. 12 show that Oklahoma’s poverty rate was 15.9 percent, which was the nation’s sixth highest. The national poverty rate… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: Does Oklahoma truly honor the value of labor? | Shropshire’s sudden departure from DHS | Exploring alternatives to incarceration for Oklahoma’s justice-involved youth

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...]

The Weekly Wonk: Oklahoma chooses to let children stay hungry | School year starts in chaos | Newly formed Interagency Council on Homelessness of Oklahoma is needed now more than ever

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...]

The Weekly Wonk: Factchecking the gov’s claims about grocery sales tax cut | More leaders should quash election conspiracies | New federal grant should strengthen state policy for youth justice efforts

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...]

Fact Check: Will Oklahoma families save $800 a year from eliminating the state portion of the grocery sales tax?

On Aug. 14, Gov. Kevin Stitt said that Oklahoma would again not be participating in a summer food program for hungry schoolchildren. In that announcement, his spokesperson suggested it was not necessary, in part, because "Governor Stitt delivered for families by signing the grocery tax elimination bill, saving Oklahomans an average of about $800 per year at the grocery store." Our fact check shows this is not true. [More...]