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Editor’s note: We came across these two thoughtful takes on the 2015 session, with a particular emphasis on the budget, from Senate Republican Mike Mazzei and House Democrat Ben Loring. Their assessments offer some stark contrasts but also some surprising… Read more [More...]
David Schultz is a professor of political science at Hamline University. This article originally appeared in The Governing Institute website and is reposted with permission.
Many state legislatures are not professional or full-time, or they lack extensive research staff to… Read more [More...]
Michael Leachman is Director of State Fiscal Research for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. This post originally appeared on the Center’s Off the Charts blog and is reprinted with permission.
A new study by William Gale, Aaron Krupkin,… Read more [More...]
Cassidy Hamilton is one of the 2014-2015 OK Policy Research Fellows. Cassidy graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Economics and is currently pursuing a Masters of Public Administration at the University of Oklahoma. She has also contributed a… Read more [More...]
Steven Goldman, PhD is a Navigator at Oklahoma Primary Care Association. He can be reached at sgoldman@okpca.org.
Although the Affordable Care Act (ACA) recently reached its fifth year, the law’s main incentives for expanding health coverage are still young. The… Read more [More...]
Michael A. Krassa is Professor Emeritus of Social Dimensions of Environmental Policy and Political Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Benjamin Radcliff, is a Professor of Political Science at University of Notre Dame and the author of The Political… Read more [More...]
Johnson Bridgwater is the Executive Director of Oklahoma Sierra Club.
It’s undeniable that the fracking boom has had a huge impact on many Oklahoma communities. It’s helped bring jobs and income to some, but the rapid increase in this new… Read more [More...]
John Waldron is a history teacher at Booker T. Washington High School. His earlier contribution to the OK Policy Blog is “The public education crunch goes from bad to worse.”
On March 30 I took a group of teachers and… Read more [More...]
Lorraine Minnite is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Director, Undergraduate Urban Studies Program at Rutgers University – Camden. She is a member of the Scholars Strategy Network Working Group on Expanding and Protecting the Right to Vote. This is… Read more [More...]
By: Guest
February 23, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This article originally appeared in State Treasurer Ken Miller’s monthly newsletter, the Oklahoma Economic Report.
At the dawn of a new legislative session, current government expenses once again exceed expected revenues and agencies are lining up with $2 billion in… Read more [More...]