Contact: David Blatt, dblatt@okpolicy.org, (918) 859-8747
Oklahoma Policy Institute finds that task force’s income tax proposal would do lasting damage to state’s prosperity
A new report on economic development prepared for Governor Fallin includes some worthwhile ideas, but its suggestions…
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David Blatt, dblatt@okpolicy.org, (918) 794-3944
Shannon Moriarty, smoriarty@faireconomy.org, (617) 824-0069
United for a Fair Economy Releases Flip It to Fix It: An Immediate, Fair Solution to State Budget Shortfalls, Documents Current Regressive State Tax Structures A new study has…
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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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Whoever wins the elections in November will face difficult choices in filling large budget holes and balancing the budget in the years ahead, according to a memo to candidates and elected officials released today by Oklahoma Policy Institute, an independent…
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Contact: David Blatt, Director
Office: (918) 794-3944; Cell: (918) 859-8747
(Tulsa, July 20, 2010): State Question 744, the proposed constitutional amendment that would peg the annual education budget in Oklahoma to funding levels in six neighboring states, is the wrong…
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Contact: David Blatt, Director
(918) 794-3944; (918) 859-8747 – cell
(Tulsa, February 17, 2010): Oklahoma’s budget crisis creates new needs and new opportunities to review the state’s extensive system of tax breaks, according to a research brief released today by…
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(Oklahoma City, Nov. 18, 2009): State and local taxes take a bigger toll on the incomes of Oklahoma’s low- and moderate-income households than on higher-income households, according to a new study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a…
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(Oklahoma City, Nov. 10, 2009): The impact of the current recession will be long and deep in Oklahoma, and state services will continue to deteriorate, according to a report released today by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. The issue brief explores…
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK-Oklahoma Policy Institute today released its Online Budget Guide, a comprehensive look at how Oklahoma state and local governments collect and spend money to provide public services.
The Online Budget Guide is designed to give citizens and policy…
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