Category: Media

Health care needs have reached critical stage (Norman Transcript)

By Kenneth Wells Once again, the Republican-led Oklahoma legislators are leaving Oklahoma’s neediest in the dust with their proposed 2014-2015 budget. Studies by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority and the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services project… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma is a low-tax state (Pryor Times)

By Sen. Sean Burrage April 15th was the deadline for filing taxes. I’m certain it’s no one’s favorite time of year, but here’s something that may help give a little perspective—at least as far as state taxes go. When you… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma, With An Oil And Gas Boom, Is Facing A Budget Crisis (International Business Times)

By Laura Matthews Oklahoma is doing better than most states post-recession: It has a growing economy — in 2012 Oklahoma’s GDP grew by 2.1 percent, just below the nation’s 2.5 percent growth — and the state collects hundreds of millions… Read more [More...]

STATEMENT: Tax cut vote ignores the wishes of Oklahomans and what’s best for economy

Oklahoma Policy Institute released the following statement in response to the passage of SB 1246, which schedules automatic cuts to the top income tax rate: Today House members have ignored the wishes of most Oklahoma voters and the best evidence… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma ‘revenue’ options involve significant downside (The Oklahoman)

The Oklahoma Policy Institute issued a set of recommendations to fill the state’s $188 million budget hole, options the think tank believes are “balanced” and “feasible.” While a range of proposals are promoted, no one should think these options are… Read more [More...]

Poll: Voters favor eliminating tax breaks for horizontal drilling

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: David Blatt 918-859-8747918-859-8747 (cell) Poll: Voters Favor Eliminating Tax Break for Horizontal Drilling (Tulsa, OK: April 8, 2014): A new poll finds that Oklahoma voters strongly support eliminating tax breaks for horizontal drilling in order to … Read more [More...]

Over 25,000 attend education rally (Woodward News)

By Rachael Van Horn The mood was festive but determined Monday morning at what was the largest rally on the south steps of the state capital by Oklahoma educators in more than two decades, officials leading the rally said. Woodward… Read more [More...]

Teachers rally at Capitol (The Daily Ardmoreite)

By Laura Eastes  Educators from across the state, including southern Okla­homa, descended on the steps of the State Capitol Monday urging lawmakers to make public school funding a priority. Waving signs that read “Test­ing: Too Much Time, Too Much Money,”… Read more [More...]

Educators gather in OKC for rally (Broken Arrow Ledger )

By Josh Burton OKLAHOMA CITY — More than 25,000 teachers, administrators and parents rallied at the Oklahoma State Capitol, Monday, including more than 200 from Broken Arrow. “I think it went swimmingly,” said Broken Arrow Education President Greer Nichols. “There… Read more [More...]

Nearly 25,000 converge on state Capitol to rally for education funding (Tulsa World)

By Kim Archer OKLAHOMA CITY – State legislators who criticized Oklahoma educators for taking a day to rally at the state Capitol for adequate education funding apparently don’t understand what democracy is all about, Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Keith Ballard… Read more [More...]