Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Percentage of registered voters in Oklahoma that oppose an income tax cut that reduces revenue for education, public safety and health care

Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute Poll via Global Strategy Group

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Oklahoma’s rank nationally for the percentage of seniors (>65 years) living with a disability, 43 percent of the state’s seniors, 2010

Source: AARP 

Monday, April 29, 2013

Amount of funding the federal ‘sequestration’ budget cuts will take annually from substance abuse treatment and prevention in Oklahoma, resulting in about 800 fewer admissions to substance abuse programs

Source: Office of Management and Budget (OMB) via Whitehouse.gov

Friday, April 26, 2013

Percentage of babies born in Oklahoma that are low birth weight, compared to 6 percent nationally in 2013

Source:  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Percentage of Oklahoma’s 342,000 veterans that are women, 2012

Source: Department of Veteran Affairs 

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Amount that a tax cut proposed by state leadership would take from Oklahoma’s schools and other core services

Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Percentage of restaurant chains in Oklahoma that are ‘fast-food’ chains, compared with just 27 percent nationally in 2013

Source:  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 

Monday, April 22, 2013

Percentage of children in poverty in Oklahoma who are not enrolled in the state’s TANF or ‘welfare’ program

Source: Women’s Legal Defense and Education Fund

Friday, April 19, 2013

Amount Oklahoma’s public schools have lost per student in education funding over the last five years

Source: OKPolicy Blog

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Oklahoma’s rank for the rate of female death due to firearms, 4.6 women per 100,000, compared to just 2.8 women nationally

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation