By:
Gene Perry
December 6, 2012 // Updated: December 6, 2012
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By:
Gene Perry
December 5, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This afternoon, the State Chamber of Oklahoma is hosting a public affairs forum with a keynote speech titled “Defending the Dream: Why Income Inequality Doesn’t Threaten Opportunity.” The speech will be delivered by David Azerrad from the Heritage Foundation, who…
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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
December 4, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Michael Lipsky is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos. This post originally appeared on the Policy Shop blog.
For most of its history ALEC has operated in the background, but its influence recently drew the spotlight when its promotion of…
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Many of the immigrants known as DREAMers were brought to the US as children without correct documentation. Others crossed the border legally as children, but they now hold expired paperwork. They attended school here, and some even served in the US military.
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By:
David Blatt
November 29, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
A recent broadcast of NPR’s MarketPlace Money featured a short commentary by Tom Lehman, a professor at Indiana Wesleyan University, defending payday lending. Responding to widespread concerns about the high cost of payday loans and their tendency to trap borrowers…
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By:
Gene Perry
November 28, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Poverty in Oklahoma is at a six-year high. Recent Census numbers showed that more than one in six Oklahomans – and almost one in four children – live in poverty. Even as we are lauded for our economic successes, the…
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By:
David Blatt
November 27, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
In announcing her decision not to participate in the expansion of Medicaid for low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act, Governor Mary Fallin asserted:
Expanding Medicaid as written in the [Affordable Care Act] would cost the state of Oklahoma as…
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Our In The Know worker bees have all buzzed off to conferences this week. We’ll be back next Monday.…
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By:
Kate Richey
November 26, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The OKDHS Practice and Policy Lecture Series hosts Dr. Scott Stanley on December 10th to discuss the results of a long-term study of the effectiveness of marriage education. Dr. Stanley has been involved in the research, development and refinement of…
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