By: Kate Richey
June 17, 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 at OK Policy, we looked at what the Legislature did and did not do this session to… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
June 14, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Oklahoma Assets will host the third in a series of webinars on asset-building next Thursday, June 23rd from 1:00 to 2:00 pm CDT. The 60-minute webinar, “Individual Development Accounts (IDAs): Programs and Policies that Work!” will show how IDAs offer… Read more [More...]
This post by Dave Chandra originally appeared here on the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) Off the Charts Blog. OK Policy recently blogged about two unsuccessful bills this session to establish Oklahoma’s Health Insurance Exchange. To learn more… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
June 10, 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 at OK Policy, we review the tax credits and exemptions that were added or extended this session,… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
June 9, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The national unemployment rate rose for the second consecutive month in May, edging up to 9.1 percent. Fortunately for Oklahoma, the unemployment rate is moving in the opposite direction, dropping for a fifth consecutive month in April to 5.6 percent,… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
June 8, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Sweeping changes to the nation’s health care system were enacted in recent years and talk of even more changes continues to reverberate in debates over the federal budget. Central to the discussion and always a lightning rod in health care… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
June 7, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
OK Policy had the pleasure of meeting with Sara Amberg recently, an advocate for the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma (CFBEO). Food banks across the state, including the CFBEO and the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma and its affiliates,… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
June 3, 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 at OK Policy, we took a look back at all the bills we blogged about throughout the… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
May 31, 2011 // Updated: October 17, 2012
It was a busy session. Last Friday marked the deadline for Governor Fallin to take final action on bills that landed on her desk. Now that sine die has passed, we thought it would be useful for OK Policy to… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
May 27, 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 at OK Policy, we released FY ’12 Budget Highlights, our signature analysis of the budget for the… Read more [More...]