Category: Media

Supporting The Safety Net: Examining Poverty In Oklahoma (KGOU)

By Brian Hardzinski and Kurt Gwartney You can click through to the original article hear the entire “Poverty and the Safety Net” panel discussion moderated by Linda Edmondson at our Summer Policy Institute.  Census Bureau data released in September show… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma News Report 09-20-13 (OETA)

OK Policy analyst Gene Perry discusses OK Policy’s report on state educational funding cuts, which found that Oklahoma had made the deepest cuts per pupil of any state in the US. http://www.oeta.tv/video/3635.html… Read more [More...]

Insuring Ignorance (Urban Tulsa Weekly)

By Arnold Hamilton When it comes to ObamaCare, state Insurance Commissioner John Doak should be indicted for political malpractice. With important elements of the new federal law coming online Oct. 1, you’d expect Oklahoma’s public servants to be hard at… Read more [More...]

GOP Takeover In Oklahoma Explained (KGOU)

By Kurt Gwartney   You can click through to the original article hear the panel discussion moderated by Megan Benn on  Oklahoma’s changing political landscape at our Summer Policy Institute.  It wasn’t long ago that to be involved in a meaningful… Read more [More...]

Study: Oklahoma Is Number 1 In Education Spending Cuts Since 2008 (News On 6)

by Emory Bryan Oklahoma has earned a top ranking in education, by cutting more dollars from education since the recession than any other state. A new study from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities puts Oklahoma at number one… Read more [More...]

Report shows Oklahoma has made deepest school funding cuts in the nation

A new report finds that Oklahoma has made the deepest cuts to school funding in the nation since the start of the recession. Per student funding of Oklahoma’s K-12 education formula is down by 22.8 percent since 2008, according to… Read more [More...]

STATEMENT: Insurance Commissioner Doak’s warning of premium increase not based on real data

Oklahoma Policy Institute released the following statement about Insurance Commissioner John Doak’s claims that insurance premiums will “skyrocket” next year due to the Affordable Care Act: The Insurance Commissioner has issued an inflammatory press release predicting huge increases in Oklahoma’s… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma well production tax lowest in seven-state comparison (Tulsa World)

By Susan Hylton, Tulsa World A study released by the Oklahoma Policy Institute shows that Oklahoma has the lowest gross production tax rate on unconventional or “horizontal” oil and gas wells when compared to six other major energy-producing states.  A… Read more [More...]

Study: Oklahoma’s Drilling Incentives Reduce Modest Oil and Gas Tax Rates (StateImpact)

By Joe Wertz, StateImpact Oklahoma’s oil boom has led some to question the wisdom in giving hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks to a thriving industry. As the state’s oilfields have boomed, so have tax breaks for oil… Read more [More...]

New study shows Oklahoma’s tax rates for unconventional oil and gas production are among nation’s lowest

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Tuesday, August 27, 2013 Contact: David Blatt; Oklahoma Policy Institute; 918.859.8747 Mark Haggerty; Headwaters Economics; 406.570.5626   New study shows Oklahoma’s tax rates for unconventional oil and gas production are among nation’s lowest TULSA, Okla – A… Read more [More...]