Category: Media Coverage

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...]

As Oklahoma’s Oilfield Booms, State Tax Breaks Follow (StateImpact)

By Joe Wertz, StateImpact The energy industry fuels Oklahoma’s economy, and the state is flush with active rigs and plentiful oil and natural gas production. Oklahoma’s oilfields are booming, as are state tax credits for drilling, which is leading some… Read more [More...]

State Makes Little Effort to Promote Health Exchange (Oklahoma Watch)

By Warren Vieth, Oklahoma Watch In just six weeks, nearly one in 10 Oklahomans will be able to buy subsidized health policies from private insurance companies through a new online marketplace set up by the federal government. Many more who… Read more [More...]

Jobs with benefits (Urban Tulsa Weekly)

by Jaime Adame, Urban Tulsa Weekly It’s number three on their short list: “Keep Our Economy Competitive.” The slick website put together by Oklahomans for a Healthy Economy features three reasons to advocate for a change. But they’re not seeking… Read more [More...]

Production tax debate intensifies in Oklahoma’s oil patch (The Oklahoman)

By Adam Wilmoth, The Oklahoman Oklahoma Finance Secretary Preston Doerflinger sparked controversy throughout the state oil patch earlier this summer when he suggested legislators consider changing a tax break for horizontal drilling. “My only position in bringing this to everyone’s… Read more [More...]

Time is right for Oklahoma policymakers to discuss merits of drilling tax credit (The Oklahoman)

By The Oklahoman Editorial Board When a Democratic legislator accused Republicans of wanting to sell surplus water to Texas to offset the cost of income tax cuts, he was clearly out of his intellectual depth. Treatment of another liquid found… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma’s Think Tanks (The Slice)

By John Parker, The Slice In the battle for Oklahoma’s political hearts and minds, David Blatt and Michael Carnuccio helm the rival political think tanks commonly portrayed as liberal versus conservative juggernauts … they both really hate that. Carnuccio, who… Read more [More...]

Drilling tax breaks questioned amid tight state revenue collections (Tulsa World)

By Jerry Wofford, Tulsa World A high-ranking state official says tax breaks for oil and gas drilling held back more robust growth of the state’s general revenue fund in the last fiscal year, adding that legislators should examine the effect… Read more [More...]

Tiptoeing into Expansion: Health care study viewed with optimism, frustration (Urban Tulsa Weekly)

By Jaime Adame, Urban Tulsa Weekly Many have called it a step in the right direction. But the much-anticipated Leavitt Partners report still leaves plenty of unanswered questions. “If this was an attempt to make things more simple for people… Read more [More...]

Today’s Twitter fight an example of contentious health care debate (NewsOK)

By Jaclyn Cosgrove, NewsOK I was waiting on the state Board of Health meeting to start today when I got a tweet about a news story from News Channel 4. The story was about the Surgery Center of Oklahoma, which… Read more [More...]