By:
Gene Perry
October 15, 2015 // Updated: October 15, 2015

Now we are eight!
We’re glad to announce that DeVon Douglass has joined OK Policy as our newest policy analyst. At OK Policy, Douglass will focus her research on policies to ensure economic opportunity and financial security for all Oklahomans.…
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We’re happy to announce that OK Policy’s legislative liaison, Damario Solomon-Simmons, is receiving the Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher Diversity Award from the Oklahoma Bar Association. The award will be presented during the annual Oklahoma Bar Association Diversity Dinner on Thursday,…
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Ryan Gentzler is a Research Associate at the Early Childhood Education Institute at OU-Tulsa and a former OK Policy Research Fellow.
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis recently issued a report that highlighted the effect of higher education on…
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By:
Gene Perry
October 12, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019

In the latest development in the contentious saga of Oklahoma’s Ten Commandments monument, multiple court orders have forced the state to remove the monument from Capitol grounds. Its new home is the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, a think tank…
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By:
Carly Putnam
October 11, 2015 // Updated: October 9, 2015

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
October 9, 2015 // 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. You can sign up on his website to receive the Capitol Updates newsletter by email.…
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During the 2015 legislative session, lawmakers passed HB 1566, which requires the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) to solicit requests for proposals for care coordination models for Oklahomans on Medicaid who are aged, blind, or have a disability. OHCA has…
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By:
Guest
October 6, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019

Martin Koch is an M.A. student at the University of Kansas’s Department of Geography. He recently earned a B.A. in Environmental Sustainability from the University of Oklahoma.
Oklahoma has struggled under severe drought conditions for most of the decade. Conditions…
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By:
Carly Putnam
October 4, 2015 // Updated: October 2, 2015

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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