By:
Gene Perry
October 6, 2017 // Updated: May 1, 2019
A new poll shows a large majority of Oklahoma voters (67 percent) want lawmakers to pass a comprehensive revenue plan in special session that avoids further cuts and funds a teacher pay raise and other critical needs. That compares to…
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Carly Putnam
October 5, 2017 // Updated: October 5, 2017
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By:
David Blatt
October 4, 2017 // Updated: May 2, 2019
As lawmakers continue to work to develop a plan to address the state’s budget crisis, the top priority has rightly been generating enough new revenue to avoid even more cuts to critical services and to fund longstanding needs like a…
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By:
Gene Perry
October 3, 2017 // Updated: May 2, 2019
For years now, how we fund our schools has been the number one controversy in Oklahoma politics. Education funding has been the subject of numerous bills and proposals, state, national, and international media coverage, and the largest Capitol rally in…
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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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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.
With special session underway, it’s rational to be cautiously optimistic that schools and state agencies will make…
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Earlier this month, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak testified before a U.S. Congressional Committee that he wants Congress to eliminate Navigators, the community workers who help enroll people in health care under the Affordable Care Act. Doak told Congress that he opposes…
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By:
Gene Perry
September 26, 2017 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Yesterday was the first day of the special legislative session called by Governor Fallin to fix Oklahoma’s chronic budget problems. One day in, the outcome of special session is still very much up in the air. With so much at…
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