By:
Carly Putnam
September 18, 2014 // Updated: September 19, 2014
New data shows that poverty remained high in Oklahoma last year, highlighting that many people have not yet recovered from the recession and underscoring the need for Oklahoma to do more to help people struggling to afford basics like decent…
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By:
Gene Perry
July 28, 2014 // Updated: July 28, 2014
The Quality Jobs Program is one of the largest business subsidies in Oklahoma. Quality Jobs spending has grown steadily in recent years, reaching $82.3 million in fiscal year 2014 even as most other state programs saw budget cuts. A new…
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By:
Gene Perry
July 22, 2014 // Updated: July 22, 2014
Oklahoma Policy Institute issued the following statement in response to a court ruling that threatens to strike down tax credits that reduce the cost of insurance on healthcare.gov:
The D.C. Circuit Court ruling threatens to take away much-needed financial support…
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By:
Gene Perry
May 22, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Oklahoma Policy Institute released the following statement in response to the Legislature voting to make permanent a multimillion dollar tax break for horizontal drilling:
This bill continues a huge, unnecessary subsidy for drilling that would have happened without the subsidy.…
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By:
Gene Perry
May 16, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Oklahoma Policy Institute released the following statement in response to Oklahoma’s FY 2015 budget deal:
The budget deal is fiscally irresponsible and will do serious harm to Oklahoma’s most vulnerable citizens and those who care for them. Even in a…
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By:
Gene Perry
May 1, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Oklahoma Policy Institute released the following statement on reports that state leaders are arranging a deal with oil and gas executives to extend the horizontal drilling tax break to all wells at 2 percent for four years:
Expanding this unnecessary…
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By:
Gene Perry
April 23, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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…
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By:
David Blatt
April 8, 2014 // Updated: April 7, 2014

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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 …
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By:
Gene Perry
March 31, 2014 // Updated: April 7, 2014
Oklahoma Policy Institute Executive Director David Blatt released the following statement in response to the rally for education funding today at the State Capitol:
The tens of thousands who rallied at the Capitol today should be a wake-up call to…
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By:
Gene Perry
March 27, 2014 // Updated: March 27, 2014
As Oklahoma considers tax cuts similar to those that took effect in Kansas last year, a new report shows that following in Kansas’s footsteps is a bad idea.
Kansas’s massive tax cuts have failed to improve the state’s economic performance,…
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