Former Executive Director David Blatt joined OK Policy in 2008 and served as its Executive Director from 2010 to 2019. He previously served as Director of Public Policy for Community Action Project of Tulsa County and as a budget analyst for the Oklahoma State Senate. He has a Ph.D. in political science from Cornell University and a B.A. from the University of Alberta. David has been selected as Political Scientist of the Year by the Oklahoma Political Science Association, Local Social Justice Champion by the Dan Allen Center for Social Justice, and Public Citizen of the Year by the National Association of Social Workers.
By: David Blatt
January 19, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Matthew Norris is Board President of Fab Lab Tulsa, Inc. and is one of the principal founders of the organization. This post originally appeared on the Fab Lab Tulsa blog.
Fab Lab Tulsa opened on a hot September 13th in… Read more [More...]
By: David Blatt
January 6, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Paul Shinn is public policy analyst for Community Action Project of Tulsa County, which offers early learning and other programs for low-income children and families across Tulsa. This post initially appeared on CAP’s Tulsa Initiative blog.
At Community Action Project… Read more [More...]
By: David Blatt
January 5, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Juan Pedroza is a Research Associate at The Urban Institute’s Center on Labor, Human Services and Population. This originally appeared on the Urban Institute Metro Trends blog and is reposted with permission. Juan’s research will appear in a forthcoming issue… Read more [More...]
By: David Blatt
December 27, 2011 // Updated: October 17, 2012
Each year we try to rouse ourselves out of our post-Christmas, pre-New Year’s slumber long enough to pull together a Top 10 list of our most popular blog posts. As we said last year, if this organization, with its rich… Read more [More...]
By: David Blatt
December 21, 2011 // Updated: May 1, 2019
On Tuesday, the Board of Equalization certified a preliminary estimate of the revenues available for next year’s budget. The numbers confirm that while the worst of the fiscal crisis is over, the state is experiencing a slow, incomplete recovery that… Read more [More...]
By: David Blatt
December 6, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Ken Miller is State Treasurer and a member of the the Task Force for the Study of Tax Credits and Economic Incentives. This originally appeared as an article in the November Oklahoma Economic Report and is reprinted with permission. For… Read more [More...]
By: David Blatt
November 30, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This is part of an ongoing series of posts examining the Affordable Care Act, including previous posts on health insurance exchanges, rate review and temporary high risk pools. For links to previous posts and additional resources, please visit the health… Read more [More...]
By: David Blatt
November 23, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
In September, the US Department of Agriculture released its annual report on household food security. For the 3-year period from 2008-10, an average of one in six Oklahoma households, 16.4 percent, experienced food insecurity. This means that “at times during… Read more [More...]
By: David Blatt
November 17, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Earlier this fall, the Census Bureau released its annual report on poverty in the United States. In 2010, 15.1 percent of Americans, or 46.2 million persons, lived below the poverty level, which was $22,050 for a family of four. Among… Read more [More...]
By: David Blatt
November 16, 2011 // Updated: May 1, 2019
For the eighteenth consecutive month since May 2010, General Revenue (GR) collections grew compared to the prior year. October GR was $24.3 million, or 6.3 percent, above collections in October 2010. All major taxes brought in more revenue than one… Read more [More...]