Contact: David Blatt, (918) 794-3944, dblatt@okpolicy.org
A proposal by the legislature’s tax reform task force would raise taxes for 55 percent of Oklahomans, with the worst impact on low-income seniors and families with children, according to a new analysis from…
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By BARBARA HOBEROCK, Tulsa World Capitol Bureau
OKLAHOMA CITY – A coalition is forming to support adequate funding of public services in light of talks at the Capitol about cutting taxes used to fund government.
The Oklahoma…
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By CURTIS KILLMAN World Staff Writer
Black, American Indian and Hispanic households all lost ground to white households in median incomes, Census figures show.
One observer said the trend is indicative of the poor economy hitting minorities…
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Contact:Michelle Lee 202-232-1616 x 210 or mlee@goodjobsfirst.orgGene Perry 918-794-3944 or gperry@okpolicy.org
December 14, 2011–States are spending billions of dollars per year on corporate tax credits, cash grants and other economic development subsidies that often require little if any job creation…
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Original at http://www.tulsaworld.com/opinion/article.aspx?subjectid=214&articleid=20111211_214_G1_CUTLIN655628
By JULIE DELCOUR Associate Editor
Oklahoma and every state that struggled mightily through recent recessionary times, might have had a far easier time had major corporations paid their fair share of state income taxes.
But they did…
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Contact:Anne Singer, 202-299-1066, ext. 27, anne@ctj.orgDavid Blatt, (918) 794-3944, dblatt@okpolicy.org
A comprehensive new study finds that many consistently profitable companies are paying little to no corporate income taxes on those profits. Out of 265 Fortune 500 companies examined, 68 managed…
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The Oklahoman Editorial Board
IRRESISTIBLE force: Elimination of the state personal income tax.
Immovable objects: Too many to list.
That the elimination movement is a force to be reckoned with is obvious. A Republican-controlled state government is…
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Contact: David Blatt, Director
Office: (918) 794-3944; Cell: (918) 859-8747
OK Policy Forecasts Show Continued Tough Budget Times Ahead;
“Incomplete Recovery” Calls for Fresh Perspectives and New Strategies
(Tulsa, November 21, 2011): New budget forecasts prepared by Oklahoma Policy Institute…
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by Justin Martino, eCapitol
(eCap) According to David Blatt, director of the Oklahoma Policy Institute, Oklahoma is not on the path to show sufficient adequate progress in creating a state insurance exchange by January 2013.
On a list of core…
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Contact: David Blatt, Director
Office: (918) 794-3944; Cell: (918) 859-8747
Projections that the new federal health care law will impose billions of dollars of additional cost on the state budget are way out of line with other studies and based…
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