By: Kate Richey
March 11, 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.
Once again, property tax cuts are on the table this legislative session. OK Policy took a close look at… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
March 8, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The next lecture in the OKDHS Practice & Policy series, ‘The Economics of Oklahoma’s Single Parents’, will be presented by Dr. Larkin Warner and Dr. Jean Warner. The lecture takes place between 12:00 and 1pm on March 24, 2011 at… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
March 7, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The ‘Oklahoma Health Insurance Exchange’ will begin serving as an online marketplace for individual and small group consumers to buy private insurance in 2014. Online insurance exchanges – which we discussed in this recent blog post – are one of… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
March 4, 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.
While tax day is still over a month away, the state tax structure got some serious attention this week… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
February 25, 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.
Our series on marriage promotion continued Monday with two perspectives from new staff, Kate Richey and Gene Perry. The… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
February 24, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This is the seventh in an ongoing series of posts examining the Affordable Care Act, including previous posts on the Temporary High Risk Pool, health insurance exchanges and tax credits for small businesses. You can also visit the health care… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
February 23, 2011 // Updated: May 1, 2019
The State Board of Equalization met yesterday to certify revised revenue estimates and appropriations authority for the upcoming year’s budget. Not yawning yet? Then do we have a 6-minute video blog post for you!
For the full Board of Equalization… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
February 18, 2011 // Updated: July 25, 2015
Since it’s such a busy time for Oklahoma Policy Institute, we’ve decided to dedicate a blog post to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts.
In state budget news, Tuesday’s blog reviews the latest monthly report of General Revenue (GR)… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
February 11, 2011 // Updated: May 1, 2019
We all know that the state legislature is tasked with addressing the state’s most urgent and important public policy problems. From program budgeting to educational standards to defining and specifying criminal penalties for unlawful acts, state senators and representatives enter… Read more [More...]
By: Kate Richey
February 10, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The Office of Planning, Research, and Statistics of the Oklahoma Department of Public Services and the University of Oklahoma Center for Public Management will host the former director of Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Services, Ed Skarnulis, on February 23rd, 2011 as… Read more [More...]