By: Tyler Parette
May 12, 2016 // Updated: May 27, 2016
By Arnold Hamilton
Barring an upset of biblical proportions, Oklahoma’s Legislature will balance the 2016-17 budget on the backs of the middle class and the working poor.
If lawmakers can even bring themselves to raise new revenue, it most likely… Read more [More...]
By Barbara Hoberock
OKLAHOMA CITY — Ministers and nonprofit groups urged state lawmakers Wednesday not to reduce or eliminate tax credits that benefit low-income Oklahomans.
David Blatt, executive director of the Tulsa-based Oklahoma Policy Institute, said at a Capitol news… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
May 11, 2016 // Updated: May 27, 2016
By Paula Burkes
Like numerous consumer advocacy groups, I applaud Google’s announcement this morningthat they’re banning ads for payday loans and other predatory lending.
It’s been 11 years ago, but I’ll never forgot the story I wrote on one Oklahoman… Read more [More...]
By Phil Cross
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — With a $1.3 billion budget hole and a deadline looming what would you expect your elected leaders would be doing? Fox 25 found several state representatives playing ball during a time many people… Read more [More...]
By Sue Ogrocki
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Religious leaders from across Oklahoma are urging lawmakers not to get rid of tax credits that support hundreds of thousands of middle- and low-income residents.
A letter signed by more than 140 clergy… Read more [More...]
By Aaron Brilbeck
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OKLAHOMA CITY –
Legislative leaders have repeatedly said, with an estimated $1.3 billion budget shortfall, nothing is off the table, but religious and civic leaders say some things should be.
While legislative leaders… Read more [More...]
By Matt Trotter
Oklahoma Conference of Churches Executive Director Bill Tabbernee (right) talks about his opposition to state lawmakers’ plans to reduce the earned income, sales tax relief, child and child care tax credits. He was joined by DeVon Douglass… Read more [More...]
By Heide Brandes
Heide Brandes / Red Dirt Report
From left, DeVon Douglass, Oklahoma Policy Institute executive director David Blatt and Rev. Dr. William Tabbernee, executive director of the Oklahoma Conference of Churches, speak at a press conference Wednesday.
HEIDE… Read more [More...]
By Clara Hinton
More than 140 Oklahoma religious leaders are appealing to government representatives’ sense of morality and justice — as massive state budget cuts loom on the horizon.
Wednesday, several religious and nonprofit leaders held a news conference at… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
May 9, 2016 // Updated: May 27, 2016
By Senator J.J. Dossett
With three weeks left in the 2016 legislative session, we’re finally beginning to vote on bills that will shape the 2017 fiscal year budget. On Thursday the Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget approved a slate… Read more [More...]