By: Forrest Farjadian
February 3, 2015 // Updated: February 11, 2015
By Janelle Stecklein
Gov. Mary Fallin on Monday unveiled an online barometer of health, crime, education and other factors in the quality of life in Oklahoma — an initiative that she says will hold government accountable for spending.
But leaders… Read more [More...]
By: Forrest Farjadian
January 30, 2015 // Updated: February 11, 2015
By Matt Trotter
Although Oklahoma faces a $300 million budget shortfall for next fiscal year, don’t expect lawmakers to slash business tax incentives to close the gap.
Budget summit panelists this week said it’s unrealistic to think the legislature will… Read more [More...]
By Matt Trotter
A flurry of anti-gay legislation could damage Oklahoma’s chances of attracting top companies to the state.
Oklahoma College of Business Dean Mickey Hepner said large companies employ diverse work forces and have an eye on social policies… Read more [More...]
By Matt Trotter
Despite some signs of recovery, Oklahoma’s budget struggles look set to continue for the foreseeable future.
“The budget challenges that we are facing this year in 2015, and looking ahead to 2016, are not one-off problems,” said… Read more [More...]
By The Oklahoman Editorial Board
THE left-leaning Oklahoma Policy Institute would have us believe all that’s needed to provide huge increases in school funding is a tax increase on energy producers. But the assumptions built into the institute’s estimates are… Read more [More...]
In This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU’s Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and, sitting in for Ryan Kiesel, Oklahoma Policy Institute Executive Director David Blatt.
The trio discusses the President’s State of the Union Address, the… Read more [More...]
A new study released by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) and Oklahoma Policy Institute finds that low- and middle-income Oklahomans pay more than two times more in taxes as a percentage of their income compared to the… Read more [More...]
By Charles P. Pierce
Being our semi-regular weekly survey of what’s goin’ down in the several states where, as we know, the real work of governmentin’ gets done, and where, for certain, you will truly be a’hurtin’.
Things are revved… Read more [More...]
By Barbara Hoberock
Oklahoma has the 16th most unfair state and local tax system in the country, says a report released Wednesday.
In Oklahoma, the bottom 80 percent of taxpayers are paying between 8.6 percent and 10.5 percent of their… Read more [More...]
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