By:
Steve Lewis
February 3, 2025 // Updated: February 3, 2025
In the final week of budget hearings before the legislative session began this week, the health and human services agencies asked for basically maintenance increases for next year's budget.
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During today’s State of the State address, the governor is expected to renew his call for cutting taxes in Oklahoma. The "path to zero" is a dangerous road.
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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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By:
Dave Hamby
January 29, 2025 // Updated: January 29, 2025
Gov. Stitt has called for cutting then eliminating the state's personal income tax. Here is an estimate of how it would impact Oklahomans and what it would cost.
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Gov. Stitt has reiterated a call to eventually eliminate the state’s personal income tax, which he calls a “path to zero.” (January 29, 2025)
Related: As part of this process, he is proposing the first step be a 0.5%…
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By:
Steve Lewis
January 28, 2025 // Updated: January 28, 2025
As the 2025 legislative session approaches, the appropriations and budget subcommittees continue to hear Fiscal Year 2026 budget requests from state agencies. Most of the agencies are asking for modest budget increases.
Among the small but important agencies in the…
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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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By:
Steve Lewis
January 21, 2025 // Updated: January 22, 2025
First Lady Sarah Stitt, who is serving as Senior Policy Advisor on the Women’s Justice Commission, joined other state leaders for the Commission’s conference in Tulsa last week. The Commission, chaired by former Obama Attorney General Loretta Lynch, is part…
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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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By:
Sabine Brown
January 14, 2025 // Updated: January 27, 2025
There are many causes to homelessness, but the one central piece we hear time and again is that there is a lack of affordable housing available to everyday Oklahomans.
There is a growing disparity between housing costs and wages, not…
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