By:
Gene Perry
February 28, 2013 // Updated: February 28, 2013
CONTACT:Gene Perry, Oklahoma Policy Institute, (918) 794-3944, gperry@okpolicy.orgPaul Shinn, CAP Tulsa, (918) 855-3638, pshinn@captc.org
Report examines how Oklahoma’s new third grade retention law will affect students and schools
A new report (http://bit.ly/3rdgrdOK) by Oklahoma Policy Institute and CAP Tulsa finds…
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By:
Kate Richey
December 28, 2012 // Updated: February 6, 2013
by David Blatt, Oklahoma Policy Institute
“Tax revenue drop not a reason to end credit” (Our Views, Dec. 18) takes issue with a report by Oklahoma Policy Institute on why Oklahoma’s tax breaks for horizontal drilling have become unnecessary and…
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By:
Kate Richey
December 18, 2012 // Updated: February 6, 2013
by The Oklahoman Editorial Board
IT’S the end of a leap year so we might as well note a leap of logic in the argument that declining gross production taxes make the case for ending a state tax credit for…
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By:
Kate Richey
December 16, 2012 // Updated: February 6, 2013
by Wayne Green, Tulsa World
In crisis, there is opportunity. It’s a cliche, because it’s true.
Relatively recent state history provides a great example – 2010’s state budget crisis turned into a jackpot for the oil and gas industry in…
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By:
Kate Richey
December 12, 2012 // Updated: July 16, 2013
by Clifton Adcock, Oklahoma Gazette
Perlinda George, a student at Oklahoma City Community College, had hoped to sign up for coverage in an expanded Medicaid program under the auspices of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). However, with Gov. Mary Fallin’s…
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By:
Kate Richey
December 5, 2012 // Updated: February 6, 2013
Inequality matters
by David Blatt
Oklahoma’s economy has grown faster than most in recent years, but new research finds that almost all the income gains are going to the wealthiest households. That inequality is growing at a troubling rate.
A…
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By:
Kate Richey
November 23, 2012 // Updated: February 6, 2013
by Wayne Green, Tulsa World
When she rejected federal funding to expand the state’s Medicaid system under the Affordable Care Act, Gov. Mary Fallin said buying into the program that would have extended coverage to thousands of uninsured Oklahomans could…
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By:
Kate Richey
November 21, 2012 // Updated: February 6, 2013
Why does the standoff between Gov. Mary Fallin and the Affordable Care Act remind us of the battle between Sylvester and Tweety Bird?
First, the Republican governor delayed implementing aspects of the ACA, otherwise known as Obamacare, in hopes that…
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By:
David Blatt
November 19, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Governor Fallin’s decision not to expand the Medicaid program to cover uninsured low-income adults is deeply troubling and unfortunate, putting politics over the interests of Oklahomans.
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By:
Gene Perry
November 15, 2012 // Updated: November 15, 2012
CONTACTS: CBPP: Shannon Spillane, 202-408-1080, spillane@cbpp.orgEPI: Phoebe Silag, 202-775-8810, psilag@epi.orgOK POLICY: Gene Perry, 918-794-3944, gperry@okpolicy.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 15, 2012
Incomes for poor and middle-class families in Oklahoma have stagnated since the late 1990s, with nearly all of the…
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