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Kate Richey
August 30, 2013 // Updated: September 3, 2013
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Gene Perry
August 29, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
In early August, US Attorney General Eric Holder made headlines by announcing that the Justice Department will no longer pursue mandatory minimum sentences for some low-level, nonviolent drug offenders. Mandatory minimums are policies that require everyone convicted of certain crimes…
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Kate Richey
August 28, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This is the fifth post in a running series based on our recent report, Closing the Opportunity Gap: Building Equity in Oklahoma, which assesses the racial wealth gap and proposes solutions for closing that gap through asset-building. Previous posts detailed …
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David Blatt
August 27, 2013 // Updated: August 27, 2013
Oklahoma’s taxes on unconventional production of oil and gas, or horizontal drilling, are among the nation’s lowest and would remain relatively low even if the state eliminated the tax breaks currently benefiting horizontal drilling, according to a new study from…
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David Blatt
August 26, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
In July, Caddo County Special Judge David A. Stephens strongly condemned a “shocking” practice that was exposed after a woman driving along I-40 was stopped and questioned by Joe David, the owner of a private Guthrie-based company, Desert Snow. Since…
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