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Number of Open Records Requests received by the Governor’s office regarding actions taken on Oklahoma’s health insurance exchange
Source: NewsOK
Amount slated to be cut from senior welfare programs in Oklahoma if across the board federal budget cuts, or ‘sequestration’, is not averted by Congress
Source: National Council on Aging
Inches of rain needed by the end of 2012 to bring central and northeast Oklahoma near normal levels of annual rainfall
Source: National Weather Service
Gross production tax revenue to the General Revenue fund in November due to low gas prices and growing tax credits for horizontal and deep well drilling.
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Number of schools in Oklahoma awarded a 2012 National Blue Ribbon for exemplary high performance, out of 314 awarded total in the U.S.nationally
Source: U.S. Department of Education
Number of Oklahoma teens & young adults now eligible for a temporary reprieve from the threat of deportation under Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Annual federal payroll expenditures to active duty military service members in Oklahoma, 2009
Source: U.S. Census
Number of state and federal prisoners in Oklahoma being held in private prison facilities, 21.8 percent of all the state’s prisoners
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics
The number of occupational fatalities in Oklahoma in 2011
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
Percentage of Oklahoma’s public school funding (K-12) that comes from the federal government, 13th highest among the states in 2010-2011
Source: National Education Association
