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By: Guest
December 4, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Michael Lipsky is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos. This post originally appeared on the Policy Shop blog.
For most of its history ALEC has operated in the background, but its influence recently drew the spotlight when its promotion of… Read more [More...]
By: Guest
October 29, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Wade Patterson is the Garfield County Assessor. For more information on State Question 766, click here
As the County Assessor for Garfield County, I’m afraid that the solution to the issue of taxing intangible property being presented to the voters… Read more [More...]
By: Guest
September 17, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Kathy Ruffing is a Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), specializing in federal budget issues. A previous version of this post appeared on the CBPP’s Off the Charts blog.
With monthly jobs reports making the… Read more [More...]
Indivar Dutta-Gupta is a Policy Advisor for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP). This post originally appeared on the Off The Charts blog.
We previously showed that the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for low-income workers lifts more… Read more [More...]
Barry Friedman writes a monthly column, “Barry Friedman At Large” for Tulsa People Magazine, is a stand-up comedian, and the author of two books, “Road Comic” and “Funny You Should Mention It”. His website is at http://barrysfriedman.com/. This column originally… Read more [More...]
By: Guest
December 15, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This post is by OK Policy intern Kasey Hughart. Kasey is attending the University of Tulsa as a Sociology major/Spanish minor. Aside from being simultaneously employed at three jobs and going to school full-time, she is active in advocating for… Read more [More...]
Trevor Shanklin is a summer intern at the Oklahoma Policy Institute. He is a decorated disabled veteran of the Oklahoma Army National Guard where he served as a Recruiting and Retention NCO and a Combat Medic with the 1/279 Infantry… Read more [More...]
Julie is an Associate Professor and Assistant Director of the Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work.
The number of uninsured individuals in Oklahoma has reached approximately 600,000 individuals. Almost half of Oklahoma’s uninsured are between the ages of… Read more [More...]
Jeffrey Alderman, M.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine in Tulsa.
With Medicaid cuts looming and the federal government entertaining efforts to shift the costs of Medicare… Read more [More...]
Note: These remarks were originally delivered by Alice Blue upon receiving the Tulsa Coalition of Hispanic Organizations Annual Thanksgiving Award in November 2010. Alice is a Senior Planner with the Community Service Council of Tulsa.
I come to this gathering… Read more [More...]
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Michael Lipsky is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos. This post originally appeared on the Policy Shop blog.
For most of its history ALEC has operated in the background, but its influence recently drew the spotlight when its promotion of… Read more [More...]
Kathy Ruffing is a Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), specializing in federal budget issues. A previous version of this post appeared on the CBPP’s Off the Charts blog.
With monthly jobs reports making the… Read more [More...]
Indivar Dutta-Gupta is a Policy Advisor for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP). This post originally appeared on the Off The Charts blog.
We previously showed that the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for low-income workers lifts more… Read more [More...]
Barry Friedman writes a monthly column, “Barry Friedman At Large” for Tulsa People Magazine, is a stand-up comedian, and the author of two books, “Road Comic” and “Funny You Should Mention It”. His website is at http://barrysfriedman.com/. This column originally… Read more [More...]
This post is by OK Policy intern Kasey Hughart. Kasey is attending the University of Tulsa as a Sociology major/Spanish minor. Aside from being simultaneously employed at three jobs and going to school full-time, she is active in advocating for… Read more [More...]
Trevor Shanklin is a summer intern at the Oklahoma Policy Institute. He is a decorated disabled veteran of the Oklahoma Army National Guard where he served as a Recruiting and Retention NCO and a Combat Medic with the 1/279 Infantry… Read more [More...]
Julie is an Associate Professor and Assistant Director of the Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work.
The number of uninsured individuals in Oklahoma has reached approximately 600,000 individuals. Almost half of Oklahoma’s uninsured are between the ages of… Read more [More...]
Jeffrey Alderman, M.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine in Tulsa.
With Medicaid cuts looming and the federal government entertaining efforts to shift the costs of Medicare… Read more [More...]
Note: These remarks were originally delivered by Alice Blue upon receiving the Tulsa Coalition of Hispanic Organizations Annual Thanksgiving Award in November 2010. Alice is a Senior Planner with the Community Service Council of Tulsa.
I come to this gathering… Read more [More...]
