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2024 Census data: Oklahoma ranks as 8th poorest state

By: Dave Hamby
September 11, 2025 // Updated: September 12, 2025
Data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2024 American Community Survey, released Sept. 11, show that Oklahoma’s poverty rate was 14.9 percent, which means that more than 1 in 7 state residents live in poverty. While the state’s overall poverty rate… Read more More...

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Homeless in a heartbeat (Guest Post: Camille Landry)

By: Camille Landry
November 13, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Camille Landry is a writer, activist, and social justice advocate who lives in Oklahoma City.  This post is part of our “Neglected Oklahoma” series, which tells the stories of Oklahomans in situations where the basic necessities of life are hard… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Health Insurance enrollment begins Saturday on healthcare.gov

By: Gene Perry
// Updated: November 13, 2014
In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. You can sign up here to receive In The Know by e-mail. The… Read more [More...]

Now what?

By: David Blatt
November 12, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This is an expanded and edited version of a column that appeared in the Journal Record As expected, Oklahoma voters have re-elected Governor Mary Fallin to a second term. Backed by a strong Republican majority in the legislature, the Governor… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Oklahoma economists eye slumping oil prices

By: Gene Perry
// Updated: November 12, 2014
In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. You can sign up here to receive In The Know by e-mail. Crude… Read more [More...]

What a profitable Postal Service looks like (Part Two)

By: Kate Richey
November 11, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
We already know from Part One in this series that the United States Postal Service (USPS) has a long history and excellent record of administering financial services, which up until now has been limited to savings products. But a new… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Continental Resources CEO Harold Hamm ordered to pay $995 million in divorce

By: Gene Perry
// Updated: November 11, 2014
In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. You can sign up here to receive In The Know by e-mail. Continental… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma fails to make gains electing women and people of color

By: David Blatt
November 10, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Last week’s election raised the number of female members of Congress to 100 for the first time in history, according to a post-election article in Vox. Women now make up 19 percent of the Representatives and Senators serving in Congress.… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Rep. Jeff Hickman reaffirmed as House Speaker

By: Gene Perry
// Updated: November 10, 2014
In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. You can sign up here to receive In The Know by e-mail.  The… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk November 9, 2014

By: Carly Putnam
November 9, 2014 // Updated: July 25, 2015
The Weekly Wonk is a summary of Oklahoma Policy Institute’s events, publications, blog posts, and coverage. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In The Know. Click here to subscribe to In The Know.… Read more [More...]

OK PolicyCast Episode 13: Analyzing the Elections

By: Gene Perry
November 7, 2014 // Updated: November 7, 2014
You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, or RSS. The podcast theme music is by Zébre. Each week the OK PolicyCast brings you the most important news affecting Oklahoma and what it means. This week, we speak with… Read more [More...]

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