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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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No Exit: The School-to-Prison pipeline (Neglected Oklahoma)

By: Camille Landry
August 27, 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: Primary runoff elections in Oklahoma

By: Carly Putnam
August 26, 2014 // Updated: August 26, 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. Oklahomans… Read more [More...]

Homelessness in the Long Run: Why Oklahoma needs long-term solutions

By: Tyler Parette
August 25, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This post was written by OK Policy summer intern Tyler Parette, a political science major at Oklahoma Christian University. Tyler will be studying international relations at the University of Oxford this fall. “Did that man bother you?” asked the woman… Read more [More...]

In The Know: School safe rooms on some ballots

By: Carly Putnam
// Updated: August 25, 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. Although… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk August 24, 2014

By: Carly Putnam
August 24, 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...]

In The Know: Medical marijuana petition falls short

By: Carly Putnam
August 22, 2014 // Updated: August 22, 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. A… Read more [More...]

Are Medicaid patients overusing the ER?

By: David Blatt
August 21, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
In the debate over Medicaid, a frequently heard claim is that Medicaid recipients overuse emergency rooms for non-emergency care, and that we need to address this problem if we are to contain Medicaid spending. This past session, the Legislature approved… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Gov. Fallin applied for $3 million Affordable Care Act grant

By: Carly Putnam
// Updated: August 21, 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. A… Read more [More...]

[Summer Rerun] Read This: “Kind of Kin”

By: Carly Putnam
August 20, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This post, authored by then-intern Carly Putnam, first ran on our blog on July 25, 2013. It has been updated. It’s rare to find a novel set in Oklahoma; it’s rarer still to find a novel set in Oklahoma that… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Oklahoma schools begin academic year with more than 800 teacher vacancies

By: Gene Perry
// Updated: August 20, 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. A… Read more [More...]

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