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By WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer
The state has lost $517 million in tax revenue in the past seven years because of exemptions to the gross production tax – the lion’s share of that going to deep…
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By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer
Eighty percent of Oklahoma households would see little or no direct benefit from an impending quarter-percent income tax cut, according to a report issued last week by the Oklahoma Policy Institute.…
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By JANET PEARSON Associate Editor
The economy is showing some modest signs of recovery in Oklahoma, but for a staggering number of Oklahoma families, that’s not the case.
In fact, if anything, the consequences of poverty are…
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By The Oklahoma Editorial Board
A truly “fair” income tax system would assess everyone, rich or poor, at the same level and offer no exemptions or deductions. Public policy is rarely based solely on fairness, though, so…
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Contact: David Blatt, Director
Cell: (918) 859-8747; Office: (918) 794-3944
Oklahoma’s Economy Grows, Spending on Public Services Lags
(Tulsa, March 1, 2011): A new fact sheet released today by Oklahoma Policy Institute reveals that the state appropriated budget in relation…
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Contact: David Blatt, Director
Office: (918) 794-3944
dblatt@okpolicy.org
New Issue Brief Calls for Fixing Oklahoma’s Sales Tax;
Exemptions and Loopholes Are Distorting Economy, Starving Public Services
(Tulsa, February 22): Reform of Oklahoma’s sales tax is needed to support state and…
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by: RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer
The five people profiled here may not be household names, but expect that to change. Their roles in government, public policy and community affairs will have wide-ranging impacts in the year ahead.
[To see…
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Original at http://www.urbantulsa.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A34476
BY MIKE EASTERLING, Urban Tulsa Weekly
David Blatt, the director of the Oklahoma Policy Institute, isn’t trying to convince anyone that the economic analyses his nonprofit, Tulsa-based think tank produces are always going to be spot on.…
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By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma lawmakers will have $400 million less to spend in the coming fiscal year than they did in the current fiscal year, the director of the Oklahoma Policy…
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By SEAN MURPHY
Oklahoma’s economy, battered from the fallout of a national recession and low oil and natural gas prices, likely will not fully recover until at least 2014, according to a report released Tuesday by a…
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