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2023 Census data: Oklahoma ranks as sixth poorest state

By: Oklahoma Policy Institute
September 12, 2024 // Updated: September 12, 2024
Lawmakers have options to improve Oklahomans’ well-being, access to prosperity Data from the Census Bureau’s 2023 American Community Survey released Sept. 12 show that Oklahoma’s poverty rate was 15.9 percent, which was the nation’s sixth highest. The national poverty rate… Read more More...

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Billions of dollars for Oklahoma and health care for hundreds of thousands of Oklahomans at stake in this election (Capitol Update)

By: Steve Lewis
October 15, 2018 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol. The new CEO of the Oklahoma Hospital Association (OHA), Patti Davis, has decided to advocate openly for… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: Retroactive justice reform is a moral necessity; 2018, Year of the Woman?

By: Jessica Vazquez
October 14, 2018 // Updated: January 19, 2019
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… Read more [More...]

Making recent justice reforms retroactive is smart policy – and a moral necessity

By: Damion Shade
October 10, 2018 // Updated: May 16, 2019
Voters passed State Questions 780 and 781 in response to Oklahoma’s incarceration crisis. These measures reclassified simple drug possession and several low-level property crimes as misdemeanors instead of felonies and directed the savings toward treatment and rehabilitation services. The changes… Read more [More...]

Will 2018 be the Year of the Woman in Oklahoma?

By: David Blatt
October 9, 2018 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Across the United States, 2018 is being heralded as the Year of the Woman in American politics. Building on a surge of activism following the election of Donald Trump, including the national women’s marches and the #metoo movement, the “Pink… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma’s revenue growth is welcome but not a windfall (Capitol Update)

By: Steve Lewis
October 8, 2018 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol. Those who rely on state funding to provide services to Oklahomans heard more good news this week… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: All of the State Questions; after oil and gas; TogetherOK voter forums…

By: Jessica Vazquez
October 7, 2018 // Updated: January 19, 2019
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… Read more [More...]

OKPolicyCast 38: All The State Questions (with David Blatt and Carly Putnam)

By: Gene Perry
October 2, 2018 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The OKPolicyCast is hosted by Gene Perry with production help from Jessica Vazquez. You can subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or RSS. The podcast theme music is by Zébre. If you have any questions for the OKPolicyCast, topics you’d like us to cover, or people… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: New KIDS COUNT report; State Question 800; pay your interns…

By: Jessica Vazquez
September 30, 2018 // Updated: January 19, 2019
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… Read more [More...]

With SQ 800, Oklahoma voters to decide on saving fossil fuel revenues in a long-term endowment

By: David Blatt
September 26, 2018 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Oklahoma will begin to set aside a portion of future oil and gas revenues for a new reserve fund if voters approve State Question 800 in November. SQ 800 creates a new trust fund known as the Oklahoma Vision Fund in… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma missing opportunities to give young adult parents and their kids a boost

By: Gene Perry
September 25, 2018 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The first years of adulthood are a crucial time in anyone’s life. Many Oklahomans ages 18 to 24 are taking their first steps toward independence, whether they’re in college or just entering the workforce. These are also key years for… Read more [More...]

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