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May 12, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Alexandra Bohannon is an OK Policy Research Fellow. She is currently a second-year student in the Master of Public Administration program with a concentration in public policy at the University of Oklahoma. Alexandra works as a Graduate Research Assistant for…
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Gene Perry
May 11, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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Today more than 140 religious leaders and over two dozen non-profit organizations and foundations are speaking out against state budget plans that threaten tax credits for hundreds of thousands of working families and seniors. Clergy from across…
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The Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) made waves in April when Director Ed Lake sent a letter to employees and providers warning that DHS is facing “cuts we simply cannot make without significant consequences for the people who depend…
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Oklahoma’s health care system is facing an unprecedented crisis.
Oklahoma’s nonelderly uninsured rate (18 percent) is tied for second highest in the nation. Our health care system is already straining to deal with…
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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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May 6, 2016 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Ken Miller, PhD, is the Oklahoma State Treasurer and an economics professor at Oklahoma Christian University. This post originally appeared as an article in the April 2016 Oklahoma Economic Report and is reprinted with permission.
This month’s Gross Receipts to…
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Oklahoma continues to give up well over $400 million per year in tax breaks to oil and gas producers, even as oil prices fall and the industry sheds thousands of jobs, according to data compiled from the Oklahoma Tax Commission.…
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Ethan Rex
May 4, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
On Tuesday, May 10, from noon to 1pm, a free public presentation sponsored by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services Office of Planning, Research and Statistics and the University of Oklahoma Center for Public Management will examine the child welfare…
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Add this to the list of potential fallout from the state’s unprecedented budget disaster: Oklahoma may soon be forced to release people accused of violent crimes because the state can’t afford to pay for their legal representation.
This nearly came…
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Cody Minyard is an OK Policy intern and a political science senior at the University of Oklahoma. He is a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
During this legislative session, the projected deficit has reached $1.3 billion. Without solutions that…
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