Category: Media

Despite revenue dip, Okla. speaker pushes tax cuts (NewsOK)

Despite a projected $170 million decline in revenue available for the Legislature to spend on schools, child welfare and other state programs, House Speaker T.W. Shannon wants an income tax cut and a permanent and generous oil and gas drilling… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma leaders convening for State Budget Summit, January 16

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 8, 2014 CONTACT: David Blatt, (918) 794-3944, dblatt@okpolicy.org As Oklahoma grapples with the possibility of another budget shortfall, top state and national experts will gather at a public event to discuss the state’s finances. On Thursday,… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma House Speaker Wants to Make Horizontal Drilling Tax Break Permanent (StateImpact)

By Joe Wertz Oklahoma House Speaker T.W. Shannon will author legislation to make permanent an oil and gas industry tax break for horizontal drilling. The incentive lowers gross production taxes from 7 percent to 1 percent for the first 48… Read more [More...]

STATEMENT: Striking down of tax cut offers a lifeline to lawmakers

Oklahoma Policy Institute released the following statement in response to the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s decision to strike down HB 2032, the income tax cut and capitol repairs law, because it violates the single subject rule in Oklahoma’s Constitution: The Supreme… Read more [More...]

Ten People We Watched in 2013 (Greater Tulsa Reporter)

Steadman Upham For The University of Tulsa, 2013 has been another incredibly successful year thanks to the leadership of TU President Steadman Upham, who cemented the city’s confidence in TU when he returned to the helm in late 2012. Upham… Read more [More...]

Numerical snapshot counts, too (Duncan Banner)

By Ed Darling Today’s message, brought to you from the Oklahoma Policy Institute, focuses more on numbers than words and outlines how we compare with other counties in Oklahoma. The snapshot of how we rank among other counties is an… Read more [More...]

About 7,000 Oklahomans complete ACA applications (Tulsa World)

By Ziva Branstetter Nearly 7,000 people in Oklahoma have completed applications for health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act, though only a fraction have chosen an insurance plan, according to data released by the federal government Wednesday. Nationally, more… Read more [More...]

A fraction of eligible Oklahomans have enrolled in ‘Obamacare’ (NewsOK)

By Jaclyn Cosgrove Only 346 Oklahomans selected a health insurance plan in the first month of the federal health insurance marketplace’s existence, according to federal government data released Wednesday. The federal marketplace, created through the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare,”… Read more [More...]

Oklahomans and the Affordable Care Act: How is Sign-Up Going? (KTUL)

By Caitlin Alexander A report indicates thousands of Oklahomans have applied for health insurance through the marketplace. Only hundreds have completed that process. Some experts around the area are not surprised by the news. Recent numbers show 6,905 Oklahomans have… Read more [More...]

State of Women (OETA)

OK Policy analyst Kate Richey, joined by Mana Tahaie of the YWCA Tulsa, Felicia Collins Correia, representing the Oklahoma Women’s Coalition, Sen. Constance Johnson, Rep. Jeannie McDaniel, Rep. Katie Henke and Rachel Hutchings of Workforce Oklahoma, discusses a report from… Read more [More...]