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Medicaid Expansion in Oklahoma: Year One

By: Emma Morris
June 28, 2022 // Updated: July 1, 2022
Medicaid Expansion in Oklahoma: Year One: When Oklahoma voters passed Medicaid expansion in June 2020, they understood the benefits that expansion would bring to the state. They knew that providing health coverage to low-income, working-age adults would improve health outcomes,… Read more More...

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Medicaid expansion is a vital piece of reentry for Oklahomans leaving incarceration

By: David Gateley
August 9, 2022 // Updated: August 8, 2022
Oklahoma prisons are constitutionally required to provide medical services to the more than 21,000 people in their custody. As those individuals are released back to their communities, they are at risk of losing health care coverage unless insurance is available,… Read more [More...]

2022 KIDS COUNT Report Shows Oklahoma Ranks 40th for Child Well-Being, Still Lags Nation

By: Dave Hamby
August 8, 2022 // Updated: August 8, 2022
Data from 2020 show nearly 1 in 8 Oklahoma children reported anxiety or depression, according to new Annie E. Casey Foundation report 2022 KIDS COUNT Data Book Oklahoma 2022 KIDS COUNT Fact Sheet Oklahoma KIDS COUNT Data Map dashboard —… Read more [More...]

Modernizing the school funding formula (Capitol Update)

By: Steve Lewis
August 2, 2022 // Updated: August 1, 2022
The Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT) issued a report last week calling for changes in the state aid school funding formula. It recommends providing more funding for school districts with high concentrations of students in poverty; changing the statutory… Read more [More...]

Interim studies indicate increased focus on children and youth issues (Capitol Update)

By: Steve Lewis
July 29, 2022 // Updated: July 29, 2022
There was not a lot of substantive legislation aimed directly at children and youth issues that passed in this legislative session compared to the 2021 session. But judging from the interim study requests by a variety of legislators, this next… Read more [More...]

Join our team as a Communications Associate

By: Oklahoma Policy Institute
July 20, 2022 // Updated: July 20, 2022
Visit our Jobs & Internships page to view the latest job and internship opportunities. Our Communications Associate supports OK Policy and its programs by planning, delivering, and measuring communications tactics and strategies that advance the organization. This role involves developing and assisting… Read more [More...]

If Oklahoma wants to draw businesses, we might need to invest in our people (Capitol Update)

By: Steve Lewis
July 19, 2022 // Updated: July 19, 2022
I don’t know whether large companies who make location decisions tell the winners and losers the unvarnished truth about why they made their decisions or not. Probably not. They’re not required to, and the truth might not be well received… Read more [More...]

Expanding driver’s license eligibility is better for all of us

By: Gabriela Ramirez-Perez
July 18, 2022 // Updated: July 15, 2022
It’s a fact of life that getting around in Oklahoma requires a driver’s license. Because immigrants in Oklahoma who are undocumented are barred from getting one, the lack of a license presents a major challenge for 85,000 Oklahomans to get… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma lawmakers should get serious about addressing inflation

By: Oklahoma Policy Institute
July 15, 2022 // Updated: July 15, 2022
Co-authors: Josie Phillips, Policy Fellow and Paul Shinn, former Budget and Tax Senior Policy Analyst — Oklahoma elected officials have called for state action to help Oklahomans who are struggling with inflation. The House of Representatives went so far as… Read more [More...]

Latest state treasurer’s report gives clues for next year’s state budget picture (Capitol Update)

By: Steve Lewis
July 11, 2022 // Updated: July 11, 2022
State Treasurer Randy McDaniel’s most recent “Gross Receipts to the Treasury” report that came out last week is interesting because it contains the annualized state revenue numbers for Fiscal Year 2022, which ended June 30. Although state agencies won’t know… Read more [More...]

First look at Senate interim study requests (Capitol Update)

By: Steve Lewis
July 5, 2022 // Updated: July 5, 2022
The Senate has published the list of 41 interim studies that have been requested this year. Unlike in the House, Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, does not approve or disapprove allowing the studies. He assigns each of… Read more [More...]

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