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By BARBARA HOBEROCK, Tulsa World Capitol Bureau
OKLAHOMA CITY – A coalition is forming to support adequate funding of public services in light of talks at the Capitol about cutting taxes used to fund government.
The Oklahoma… Read more [More...]
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By CURTIS KILLMAN World Staff Writer
Black, American Indian and Hispanic households all lost ground to white households in median incomes, Census figures show.
One observer said the trend is indicative of the poor economy hitting minorities… Read more [More...]
Contact:Michelle Lee 202-232-1616 x 210 or mlee@goodjobsfirst.orgGene Perry 918-794-3944 or gperry@okpolicy.org
December 14, 2011–States are spending billions of dollars per year on corporate tax credits, cash grants and other economic development subsidies that often require little if any job creation… Read more [More...]
Original at http://www.tulsaworld.com/opinion/article.aspx?subjectid=214&articleid=20111211_214_G1_CUTLIN655628
By JULIE DELCOUR Associate Editor
Oklahoma and every state that struggled mightily through recent recessionary times, might have had a far easier time had major corporations paid their fair share of state income taxes.
But they did… Read more [More...]
Click here for a copy of the presentation given at a public lecture at the state Capitol on various federal policy initiatives assocated with the new health care law, including state insurance exchange.… Read more [More...]
Contact:Anne Singer, 202-299-1066, ext. 27, anne@ctj.orgDavid Blatt, (918) 794-3944, dblatt@okpolicy.org
A comprehensive new study finds that many consistently profitable companies are paying little to no corporate income taxes on those profits. Out of 265 Fortune 500 companies examined, 68 managed… Read more [More...]
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The Oklahoman Editorial Board
IRRESISTIBLE force: Elimination of the state personal income tax.
Immovable objects: Too many to list.
That the elimination movement is a force to be reckoned with is obvious. A Republican-controlled state government is… Read more [More...]
OK Policy’s issue brief is based on revenue forecasts for FY ’12 – FY ’15. Our main findings include:
Oklahoma will face prolonged constraints on the state budget even as the economy and state . recover;
Revenues will remain below… Read more [More...]
Contact: David Blatt, Director
Office: (918) 794-3944; Cell: (918) 859-8747
OK Policy Forecasts Show Continued Tough Budget Times Ahead;
“Incomplete Recovery” Calls for Fresh Perspectives and New Strategies
(Tulsa, November 21, 2011): New budget forecasts prepared by Oklahoma Policy Institute… Read more [More...]
This 1-page fact sheet summarizes racial disparities in unemployment in Oklahoma. Black workers in the state were unemployed at more than twice the rate (13.1 percent) of white workers (5.9 percent) in 2010. These disparities are persistent and deeply entrenched… Read more [More...]
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