By: Tyler Parette
October 27, 2016 // Updated: October 31, 2016
By David Warren
DALLAS
Large population hubs in Texas will see the sharp increases in health premiums under the Affordable Care Act that federal officials announced earlier this week, but the sting won’t be felt as deeply in some more… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
October 25, 2016 // Updated: October 31, 2016
By Emily Wendler
Oklahoma leads the nation in cuts to per-pupil funding for the third straight year.
According to a new national comparison conducted by the Center on Budget Policy and Priorities, the amount of money the state spends through… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
October 24, 2016 // Updated: October 31, 2016
By Janelle Stecklein
OKLAHOMA CITY — Over the past two decades, voters have overwhelmingly supported questions asked of them at the ballot box — except the ones that ask to raise taxes.
If the trend holds, supporters of a citizen-led… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
October 21, 2016 // Updated: October 24, 2016
By Andrea Eger
A comparison by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities shows Oklahoma leads the nation for the third straight year in cuts to the primary source of state funding for public schools.
After adjusting for inflation, analysts… Read more [More...]
By Liz Farmer
Public education was one of the biggest casualties of the Great Recession. Nearly a decade since it started, nearly half of states are still providing less general funding for schools than they were the year the economy… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
October 20, 2016 // Updated: October 24, 2016
By Ben Felder
Oklahoma’s cuts to general education funding since 2008 continue to lead the nation, according to the latest report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Nearly 27 percent of state per pupil funding, adjusted for inflation,… Read more [More...]
By Marshall Stewart
Oklahoma leads the nation in cuts to school funding, and the gap is widening. Gene Perry with the Oklahoma Policy Institute says per pupil spending has dropped nearly 27% since 2008, increasing the gap over Alabama, which… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
October 8, 2016 // Updated: October 18, 2016
By Elise Solloway
Oklahoma has frightening statistics related to poverty and hunger amidst its population of 3,795,764 residents. According to the Center for American Progress, 610,828 Oklahomans were living in poverty in 2015, which contributed to hunger and disease.
Several… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
October 4, 2016 // Updated: October 18, 2016
By William W. Savage III
Tamara Draut is vice president of policy and research for Demos, a policy organization focused largely around issues of equality and the economy. The group is based in New York City but also has offices… Read more [More...]
By Trevor Brown
In the words of District Judge Thad Balkman, Monday was a “light night” at the Cleveland County Detention Center.
Only nine people spent the night in jail on charges of failure to pay their court-mandated fees or… Read more [More...]