Category: Media

It’s Folly to Ignore Tax Impact on Drilling in Oklahoma (The Oklahoman)

By The Oklahoman Editorial Board THE left-leaning Oklahoma Policy Institute would have us believe all that’s needed to provide huge increases in school funding is a tax increase on energy producers. But the assumptions built into the institute’s estimates are… Read more [More...]

This Week in Oklahoma Politics: State of the Union, Medicaid Expansion & Teacher Pay (KOSU)

In This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU’s Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and, sitting in for Ryan Kiesel, Oklahoma Policy Institute Executive Director David Blatt. The trio discusses the President’s State of the Union Address, the… Read more [More...]

Report Shows Low- and Middle-Income Oklahomans Pay Highest State and Local Taxes (Norman Transcript)

A new study released by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) and Oklahoma Policy Institute finds that low- and middle-income Oklahomans pay more than two times more in taxes as a percentage of their income compared to the… Read more [More...]

This Week in the Laboratories of Democracy (Esquire)

By Charles P. Pierce Being our semi-regular weekly survey of what’s goin’ down in the several states where, as we know, the real work of governmentin’ gets done, and where, for certain, you will truly be a’hurtin’. Things are revved… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma Has the 16th Most Unfair State and Local Sales Tax System, Report Says (Tulsa World)

By Barbara Hoberock Oklahoma has the 16th most unfair state and local tax system in the country, says a report released Wednesday. In Oklahoma, the bottom 80 percent of taxpayers are paying between 8.6 percent and 10.5 percent of their… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma’s Tax System Called “Unfair”

By Marshall Stewart Results from a new study claim Oklahoma’s tax system is unfair to the great majority of its’ citizens. The report, from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, finds low and middle-income Oklahomans pay over two times… Read more [More...]

Low, Middle Income Oklahomans Pay Highest Taxes (Edmond Sun)

By Mark Schlachtenhaufen Low and middle-income Oklahomans pay more than two times more in taxes as a percentage of their income compared to the state’s wealthiest residents, a new study finds. On Wednesday, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma’s Tax “Trigger” Equals Budget Perils (Duncan Banner)

By Kenneth Wells On April 15, 2012, in a blog by Oklahoma Policy Institute, Gene Perry wrote about the blindness of both our governor and legislature to set in law an automatic one-quarter percent Income Tax Deduction, to be “triggered”… Read more [More...]

What Was the Biggest Oklahoma Health Story of 2014? (The Oklahoman)

By Jaclyn Cosgrove “While Ebola grabbed the headlines, there was both good news and bad news that impacted more people’s lives in Oklahoma. One example of good news, as a result of multiple partners working together, our infant mortality rate… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma’s Top 10 News Stories for 2014 (CapitolBeatOK)

By Patrick McGuigan From the Capitol Beat, a perspective on the top state policy news stories of the year that was.   The Oklahoma economy remains, despite emerging signs of severe stress for the oil and gas industry, the Sooner State’s… Read more [More...]