Category: Advocacy Alerts

Pass revenues to help the budget, give teachers a raise, and support working families

As soon as today, we expect votes on a key set of revenue bills in the Oklahoma House: HB 1030 will give teachers in Oklahoma a long-overdue $5,000 raise. HB 1033 will pay for that raise by increasing gas taxes,… Read more [More...]

Lawmakers must use special session to fix the budget, not pass the buck

If the Legislature does not approve new revenues in special session, the consequence will be unimaginable cuts to health care and other protections for our state’s most vulnerable citizens — with the greatest harm to children, seniors, and people with… Read more [More...]

Oppose Expensive Barriers to Health Care – HB 1093

HB 1093 would require the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to subject SoonerCare members to enhanced verification procedures to determine eligibility for benefits. HB 1093 would require intensive quarterly eligibility verification for most Medicaid members and applications, and require new applicants… Read more [More...]

End the special tax break for oil and gas producers

Download this advocacy alert as a 1-page fact sheet. Oklahoma is set to enact a budget that will harm our communities and economy and put the lives of vulnerable children, veterans, and seniors at stake – unless we are willing… Read more [More...]

Tell lawmakers to vote down budget that breaks their promises

The legislative session began with promises to fix Oklahoma’s structural deficit, fund a teacher pay raise, and stop the reckless use of one-time funds that make our budget problems worse in future years. Unfortunately, lawmakers are now considering a budget… Read more [More...]

Stop a New Predatory Loan Product – Oppose HB 1913

HB 1913 (Rep. Kannady/Sen. Leewright), the Oklahoma Small Loan Act, would create a new predatory loan product in Oklahoma, known as a Small Loan. These loans would allow interest to be charged at an annual rate of over 200 percent,… Read more [More...]

Support A Better Budget Blueprint to Save Our State

A strong and prosperous Oklahoma depends on communities and families that thrive with the help of quality schools with good teachers, well-maintained infrastructure, safe streets and  neighborhoods, and public works like state parks, libraries, and arts initiatives. We can’t wait… Read more [More...]

Promote Public Safety and Reduce Incarceration – Support Justice Reform Task Force Proposals

Legislators have the opportunity this year to finally turn the tide on Oklahoma’s sky-high incarceration rates. Governor Fallin’s Justice Reform Task Force put forward 27 policy recommendations that would reverse the growth in the state’s prison population. Putting those recommendations… Read more [More...]

Don’t allow insurers to sell worthless plans disguised as insurance – oppose SB 478

SB 478 would allow insurers to sell health care plans in Oklahoma that don’t include the state’s required health benefits, such as mammograms, diabetes treatment, post-partum maternity care, cancer treatments or autism coverage for children. Although this coverage would likely… Read more [More...]

Halt the next income tax cut – SB 170

As a result of continued declines in state revenues, another cut to Oklahoma’s top income tax rate will not be triggered in 2018. However, unless legislators take action this year, the top income tax cut rate could kick in automatically as… Read more [More...]