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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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Signs of progress on reducing barriers to work in Oklahoma

By: Courtney Cullison
April 2, 2018 // Updated: March 22, 2019
Last fall, we told you about the work of the Oklahoma Occupational Licensing Task Force, a group of leaders from the Legislature, state agencies, and private businesses that formed in 2016 to study occupational licensing in the state. The task… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: Revenues in HB 1010xx are a great start, but there’s more work to be done

By: Courtney Cullison
March 31, 2018 // Updated: March 31, 2018
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...]

Bill Watch: Next week in #okleg | March 30, 2018

By: Gene Perry
March 30, 2018 // Updated: May 2, 2019
In our weekly Bill Watch post, we discuss what happened and what to look for in the bills we’re following most closely in the Oklahoma Legislature. See our advocacy alerts page for more ways to take action on these issues.… Read more [More...]

In a potential teacher walkout, communities must step up to fill the nutrition gap (Guest post: Brent Sadler)

By: Guest
March 29, 2018 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Brent Sadler is Vice President of Community Investments for the Tulsa Area United Way. With the potential for a teacher walkout on the horizon, one of our greatest concerns is food insecurity for our most vulnerable citizens – our children. … Read more [More...]

New Oklahoma STABLE accounts will make it easier for Oklahomans with disabilities to save for the future (Guest Post: Amy Smith)

By: Guest
March 28, 2018 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Amy Smith, an OK Policy Summer Policy Institute alumna, is a graduate student in Disability Studies and an intern in the LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities) program at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. She lives… Read more [More...]

Statement: Revenues bill is a good start and lawmakers can do more

By: Gene Perry
March 27, 2018 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Oklahoma Policy Institute released a statement on the House passage of HB 1010xx to fund a teacher raise and other serious public needs: The revenues approved in HB1010xx are a great start to keeping our best teachers in the classroom… Read more [More...]

Legislators could rewrite medical marijuana law before Oklahomans vote on SQ 788

By: Ryan Gentzler
// Updated: May 2, 2019
Advocates for medical marijuana in Oklahoma were riding high after collecting nearly 66,000 signatures to put State Question 788 up for a vote of the people. SQ 788 would allow people to apply for a medical marijuana license with the… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: Get the rundown on bills we’re watching in new weekly legislative updates

By: Courtney Cullison
March 23, 2018 // Updated: March 23, 2018
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...]

Bill Watch: Next week in #okleg

By: Gene Perry
// Updated: May 2, 2019
This week we’re launching a new weekly update to our blog that previews some of the bills we’re watching in the Oklahoma Legislature over the next week. Throughout the week, we’ll continuing sharing advocacy alerts with ways that you can… Read more [More...]

Surviving measures to reform SQ 640 are a choice between bad and worse

By: David Blatt
March 22, 2018 // Updated: May 2, 2019
For a brief moment, it looked as though there might be one silver lining to the ongoing state budget crisis. Over the past two years, a majority of legislators have voted repeatedly for tax increases needed to avert budget cuts… Read more [More...]

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