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In The Know: Criticism ignites over “impossible” Oklahoma petition demands

In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. You can sign up here to receive In The Know by e-mail. Want… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Retained Oklahoma City third graders not showing much improvement

In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. You can sign up here to receive In The Know by e-mail. Want… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Both superintendent candidates endorse teacher pay hike, less testing

In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. You can sign up here to receive In The Know by e-mail. The… Read more [More...]

2014 Election Resources

What you need to know about upcoming elections in Oklahoma — with information on voting times, state questions, judicial elections, and more. [More...]

In The Know: Court monitors find Oklahoma has not made “good faith effort” to fix child welfare

In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. You can sign up here to receive In The Know by e-mail. he… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma continues to lead U.S. for deepest cuts to education

Last year, Oklahoma had the dubious honor of having made the deepest cuts to school funding in the nation since the start of the recession in 2008. Now an update from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities shows that our… Read more [More...]

OK PolicyCast: Episode 11

You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, or RSS. The podcast theme music is by Zébre. The OK PolicyCast discusses the most important news in Oklahoma and what it means. This week, we’ll speak with Carly Putnam about… Read more [More...]

OK PolicyCast Episode 10 Transcript

Listen to this episode here. G: Hello, Oklahoma. This is the OK Policy Cast for October 3, 2014. I’m Gene Perry. KJ: And I’m Kara Joy McKee. In today’s podcast, we’ll talk with David Blatt about what’s stopping Oklahomans from… Read more [More...]

Study: Same-sex marriage will boost Oklahoma income tax revenue

Now that same-sex marriage is legal in Oklahoma, there’s one big question on everyone’s mind: how is it going to affect state tax revenue? Okay, maybe that’s not on everyone’s mind, but researchers at Tulane, Vanderbilt, and Western Kentucky Universities… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Voter registration deadline for November elections is tomorrow

In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. You can sign up here to receive In The Know by e-mail. Oklahomans… Read more [More...]