By:
Dave Hamby
February 3, 2025 // Updated: February 3, 2025

During today’s State of the State address, the governor is expected to renew his call for cutting taxes in Oklahoma. The "path to zero" is a dangerous road.
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By:
Dave Hamby
January 29, 2025 // Updated: January 29, 2025

Gov. Stitt has called for cutting then eliminating the state's personal income tax. Here is an estimate of how it would impact Oklahomans and what it would cost.
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Proposal
Gov. Stitt has proposed a 0.5% cut to the state’s individual income tax rate. (January 29, 2025)
Related: This income tax cut would be his first proposed step to eventually eliminate the state’s personal income tax, which he calls…
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By:
Dave Hamby
January 28, 2025 // Updated: January 28, 2025

The Trump administration announced on Jan. 27, 2025, that it would temporarily pause federal grant, loan, and other financial assistance programs. This would have enormous ripple effects in Oklahoma and elsewhere. A federal judge the following day temporarily blocked the…
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Statement from Aanahita Ervin, OK Policy’s Fiscal Policy Analyst:
The Board of Equalization on Friday certified an $8.225 billion estimate of funds for the governor’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget proposal. Given this is an early estimate, lawmakers should not view…
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By:
Dave Hamby
November 8, 2024 // Updated: November 8, 2024

The Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction on Thursday published a memo that called for eliminating the U.S. Department of Education. Instead, the memo called for moving to block grants to provide federal education funds to states.
Statement from OK Policy’s…
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By:
Dave Hamby
October 21, 2024 // Updated: October 21, 2024

A new OK Policy report examines Oklahoma's youth justice system and suggests reforms to create impactful and transformative change for youth.
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Lawmakers have options to improve Oklahomans’ well-being, access to prosperity
Data from the Census Bureau’s 2023 American Community Survey released Sept. 12 show that Oklahoma’s poverty rate was 15.9 percent, which was the nation’s sixth highest. The national poverty rate…
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By:
Dave Hamby
September 11, 2024 // Updated: September 11, 2024

The 21-month span between Gov. Stitt announcing the SQ 832 election date and the election itself is more than six times longer than the median time for all other state question elections during the last 10 years.
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On Aug. 14, Gov. Kevin Stitt said that Oklahoma would again not be participating in a summer food program for hungry schoolchildren. In that announcement, his spokesperson suggested it was not necessary, in part, because "Governor Stitt delivered for families by signing the grocery tax elimination bill, saving Oklahomans an average of about $800 per year at the grocery store." Our fact check shows this is not true.
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