By:
Steve Lewis
February 25, 2025 // Updated: February 25, 2025
The Senate Judiciary Committee devoted a good part of last Wednesday afternoon to hearing four, what might be called “religious right” bills, and killed all four of them. The committee meeting was unusual, to say the least. Normally, culture war…
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Shiloh Kantz
February 24, 2025 // Updated: April 24, 2025
This column originally ran Feb. 5, 2025 in The Journal Record
During his State of the State address, the governor again pitched plans to cut – and eventually eliminate – Oklahoma’s personal income tax. This so-called “path to zero” is…
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Annie Taylor
February 22, 2025 // Updated: February 21, 2025
This Week from OK Policy
Anti-immigration raids harm all communities (Commentary): As the new administration issued a flurry of executive orders during its first weeks in power, many of the actions have specifically targeted immigrants and negatively impacted many community…
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Kandis West
February 20, 2025 // Updated: February 20, 2025
Neither the United States Constitution nor the Bill of Rights guarantee health care as a basic right for any American. Our nation and our neighbors struggle with access to affordable health care and prescription medicine.
However, for Black Oklahomans, lack…
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Dave Hamby
February 18, 2025 // Updated: February 18, 2025
Last month, when the governor initially announced a proposal to cut the state’s personal income tax by a half-percent, the Oklahoma Policy Institute raised the flag that these cuts would cost about $660 million in state revenue annually – nearly…
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This commentary was authored by Vivian Morris, Tribal-State Policy Analyst, and Gabriela Ramirez-Perez, Immigration Policy Analyst.
As the new administration issued a flurry of executive orders during its first weeks in power, many of the actions have specifically targeted immigrants…
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By:
Steve Lewis
February 17, 2025 // Updated: February 17, 2025
It is gratifying to see the Legislature is set to approve the settlement negotiated by Attorney General Gentner Drummond and the plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit that complained of inadequate treatment services by the state to restore defendants to competency…
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What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk shares our most recent publications and other resources to help you stay informed about Oklahoma. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In…
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The Board of Equalization on Friday certified an $8.273 billion estimate in General Revenue collections for the Legislature to appropriate in Fiscal Year 2026. This is a decrease of $311 million, or about 3.6 percent, from last year’s February estimate, which sets the maximum amount the Legislature can appropriate for the upcoming fiscal year.
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Not every act of courage will make the history books, and that’s okay. What matters is that you take action. You show up. You decide not to stay silent in the face of injustice. Because when you take that step, I promise others will follow. And when enough of us find our courage, we will tip the balance toward change.
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