Camille Landry is a writer, activist, and advocate for social justice who lives in Oklahoma City. This is part of her “Neglected Oklahoma” series, focused on Oklahomans who find themselves in a position where the basic necessities of life are…
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Kate Richey
March 17, 2013 // 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.…
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Kate Richey
March 15, 2013 // Updated: March 15, 2013
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.
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Guest
March 14, 2013 // Updated: March 15, 2013
Michelle Cantrell is a tax specialist residing in Tulsa.
Last November, Oklahoma voters approved State Question 766, a constitutional amendment which exempts all intangible personal property from ad valorem taxation. Though the new law seems simple, it creates complex questions…
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Oklahoma lawmakers are considering a proposal, HJR 1011, that would change the state constitution to lower the amount by which legislative appropriations can grow from one year to the next. After looking at state spending patterns in recent years, it’s…
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Guest
March 12, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Dr. John Thompson taught for 19 years in Oklahoma City. He blogs for This Week in Education, the Huffington Post, School Matters, Living in Dialogue, and elsewhere. His book, Getting Schooled: Battles Within and Without the Urban Classroom, is under…
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Gene Perry
March 11, 2013 // Updated: May 1, 2019
In recent years, debt seems to have become a dirty word in the Legislature. Lawmakers have refused to approve bonds for amenities like the unfinished American Indian Cultural Center in Oklahoma City and the proposed OK Pop Museum in Tulsa,…
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Kate Richey
March 10, 2013 // Updated: July 25, 2015
The Sunday 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…
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Gene Perry
March 7, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
A study by researchers at Harvard Business School and Duke University found that Americans think the wealth distribution in America should be less unequal, even as they dramatically underestimated the current level of wealth inequality. According to the researchers:
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