Oklahoma Policy Insititute (OK Policy) advances equitable and fiscally responsible policies that expand opportunity for all Oklahomans through non-partisan research, analysis, and advocacy.
Numbers You Need is a monthly publication from OK Policy that presents key data on the state’s economy, work force, human services, and budget in one concise easy-to-read fact sheet. Each issue of Numbers You Need provides monthly updated figures,… Read more [More...]
On June 4th, Treasurer Scott Meacham announced a mid-year FY ’09 revenue shortfall in the General Revenue Fund, requiring agencies to take cuts to their FY ’09 appropriations totaling $6.8 million.This OSF spreadsheet allocates the shortfall across the state agencies.… Read more [More...]
Presentations to the Oklahoma Food Security Committee:
State and County Baseline Data (Regional Food Bankof Central Oklahoma)
Stimulus Funding for Food and Nutrition Programs (OK Policy)… Read more [More...]
(Oklahoma City, June 3, 2009): The use of federal stimulus managed to cushion the impact of declining state revenue collections and help minimize or avert funding cuts to most large state agencies, but funding gaps and hard choices will remain… Read more [More...]
(Oklahoma City, May 11, 2009): A new issue brief released today by Oklahoma Policy Institute (OK Policy) urges state leaders to add the Rainy Day Fund (RDF) into the discussion of the state budget for the upcoming fiscal year, FY… Read more [More...]
All hail the interns
Over the course of the last several months, the Spring semester. OK Policy has had the honor of having two interns from OSU. Kai Mann and Austin Linton were our first two interns to come to… Read more [More...]
With little time left in the legislative session, Oklahoma’s budget is still up in the air. While a budget agreement between Governor Brad Henry and legislative leaders is imminent, a new Oklahoma Policy Institute issue brief advises state leaders to… Read more [More...]
As the national and even our state economy continues to tighten, people are apprehensive about spending and even more so about giving. It is during times like this that challenge grants become increasingly valuable to the non-profit sector. When a… Read more [More...]
Recently, Louisville, KY negotiated a deal with Kentucky Fried Chicken to have KFC pay to fill in pot holes in exchange for the right to advertise on those potholes. Upon hearing this, the first thought I had was about the… Read more [More...]
(Oklahoma City, May 4, 2009): Oklahoma faces a budget shortfall of at least $600 million in the coming fiscal year, 2009-10. Federal stimulus bill (American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009, or ARRA) tax provisions could make this gap $46… Read more [More...]
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Recently, Louisville, KY negotiated a deal with Kentucky Fried Chicken to have KFC pay to fill in pot holes in exchange for the right to advertise on those potholes. Upon hearing this, the first thought I had was about the… Read more [More...]
