By: Kate Richey
April 22, 2011 // Updated: July 25, 2015
What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts.
This week OK Policy reported on SB 517, a bill that would sunset 20 tax credits, including one relied… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
April 20, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Oklahoma Assets will host the second in a series of webinars on asset-building next Friday, April 29th from 10:00 to 11:00am CDT. The 60 minute webinar, ‘Financial Education in Our Public Schools: Oklahoma’s Passport to Personal Financial Literacy,’ will explore… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
April 19, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The nation continues to show signs that it is emerging from the deep and prolonged economic recession that began in late 2007. April’s edition of Numbers You Need, our monthly bulletin of key economic and budget trends, paints a mixed… Read more [More...]
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. E-mail your suggestions for In The Know items to gperry@okpolicy.org. You can sign… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
April 15, 2011 // Updated: July 25, 2015
What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts.
This week OK Policy responded to the Governor’s call for ideas on how to close the state’s $500 million… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
April 13, 2011 // Updated: October 17, 2012
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. E-mail your suggestions for In The Know items to gperry@okpolicy.org. You can sign… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
April 8, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
With Oklahoma again debating bills to impose new restrictions on immigrants, a documentary that looks at the impact of the state’s first foray into the immigration field will have a showing in Tulsa next week. Panic Nation, a multi-award winning… Read more [More...]
What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts.
This week OK Policy released a new issue brief outlining 2011 immigration legislation. To clarify the key issues and… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
April 7, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Immigration is back on the agenda in Oklahoma, four years after passage of HB 1804, a law intended to give the state new powers to stem illegal immigration. The issue is once again highly contentious, as Oklahoma wades further into… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
April 5, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend a conference hosted by the Ford Foundation and Howard University’s Center on Race and Wealth. The three-day meeting was the first annual gathering of a diverse group of representatives supported… Read more [More...]