Carly Putnam joined OK Policy in 2013. As Policy Director, she supervises policy research and strategy. She previously worked as an OK Policy intern, and she was OK Policy's health care policy analyst through July 2020. She graduated from the University of Tulsa in 2013. As a student, she was a participant in the National Education for Women (N.E.W.) Leadership Institute and interned with Planned Parenthood. Carly is a graduate of the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits Nonprofit Management Certification; the Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Council’s Partners in Policymaking; The Mine, a social entrepreneurship fellowship in Tulsa; and Leadership Tulsa Class 62. She currently serves on the boards of Restore Hope Ministries and The Arc of Oklahoma. In her free time, she enjoys reading, cooking, and doing battle with her hundred year-old house.
By: Carly Putnam
August 31, 2013 // Updated: September 12, 2013
By Susan Hylton, Tulsa World
A study released by the Oklahoma Policy Institute shows that Oklahoma has the lowest gross production tax rate on unconventional or “horizontal” oil and gas wells when compared to six other major energy-producing states.
A… Read more [More...]
By: Carly Putnam
August 27, 2013 // Updated: September 12, 2013
By Joe Wertz, StateImpact
Oklahoma’s oil boom has led some to question the wisdom in giving hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks to a thriving industry.
As the state’s oilfields have boomed, so have tax breaks for oil… Read more [More...]
By: Carly Putnam
August 22, 2013 // Updated: September 12, 2013
By Joe Wertz, StateImpact
The energy industry fuels Oklahoma’s economy, and the state is flush with active rigs and plentiful oil and natural gas production.
Oklahoma’s oilfields are booming, as are state tax credits for drilling, which is leading some… Read more [More...]
By: Carly Putnam
August 17, 2013 // Updated: September 12, 2013
By Warren Vieth, Oklahoma Watch
In just six weeks, nearly one in 10 Oklahomans will be able to buy subsidized health policies from private insurance companies through a new online marketplace set up by the federal government.
Many more who… Read more [More...]
By: Carly Putnam
August 14, 2013 // Updated: September 12, 2013
by Jaime Adame, Urban Tulsa Weekly
It’s number three on their short list: “Keep Our Economy Competitive.”
The slick website put together by Oklahomans for a Healthy Economy features three reasons to advocate for a change.
But they’re not seeking… Read more [More...]
By: Carly Putnam
August 1, 2013 // Updated: September 12, 2013
By Adam Wilmoth, The Oklahoman
Oklahoma Finance Secretary Preston Doerflinger sparked controversy throughout the state oil patch earlier this summer when he suggested legislators consider changing a tax break for horizontal drilling.
“My only position in bringing this to everyone’s… Read more [More...]
By: Carly Putnam
July 31, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This post was written by OK Policy intern Carly Putnam. Carly is an undergraduate at the University of Tulsa majoring in Sociology and Women’s & Gender Studies. She can be found on Twitter at @CarlyPutnam.
A recent ACLU report revealed… Read more [More...]
By: Carly Putnam
July 25, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This post was written by OK Policy intern Carly Putnam. Carly is an undergraduate at the University of Tulsa majoring in Sociology and Women’s & Gender Studies. She can be found on Twitter at @CarlyPutnam.
It’s rare to find a… Read more [More...]
By: Carly Putnam
July 12, 2013 // Updated: September 12, 2013
By The Oklahoman Editorial Board
When a Democratic legislator accused Republicans of wanting to sell surplus water to Texas to offset the cost of income tax cuts, he was clearly out of his intellectual depth.
Treatment of another liquid found… Read more [More...]
By John Parker, The Slice
In the battle for Oklahoma’s political hearts and minds, David Blatt and Michael Carnuccio helm the rival political think tanks commonly portrayed as liberal versus conservative juggernauts … they both really hate that.
Carnuccio, who… Read more [More...]
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This post was written by OK Policy intern Carly Putnam. Carly is an undergraduate at the University of Tulsa majoring in Sociology and Women’s & Gender Studies. She can be found on Twitter at @CarlyPutnam.
A recent ACLU report revealed… Read more [More...]
This post was written by OK Policy intern Carly Putnam. Carly is an undergraduate at the University of Tulsa majoring in Sociology and Women’s & Gender Studies. She can be found on Twitter at @CarlyPutnam.
It’s rare to find a… Read more [More...]
