By:
Kate Richey
November 12, 2012 // Updated: November 12, 2012
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This book is a fan favorite at Oklahoma Policy Institute, and one of the best books on Oklahoma I’ve had the pleasure of reading. Published in 1949 and written by Angie Debo, Oklahoma: Foot-loose & Fancy-free has a little something…
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By:
Gene Perry
November 9, 2012 // Updated: November 9, 2012
Oklahoma Policy Institute discovered today that a fraudulent letter headed with the Oklahoma Policy Institute logo has been mailed to some elected officials and members of the media in Oklahoma. Neither OK Policy nor any individual associated with this organization…
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By:
Kate Richey
November 8, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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Oklahoma faces a Nov. 16 deadline to to submit a blueprint for creating a health care insurance exchange or have one created for us by the federal government. This blog post from July explained how lack of cooperation by state…
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By:
Kate Richey
November 7, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Students with poor dental health are nearly three times more likely to miss school than their healthy peers. Oklahoma kids have poor oral health overall. According to the Governor’s Task Force on Children and Oral Health:
The statewide prevalence for…
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By:
Gene Perry
November 6, 2012 // Updated: November 5, 2012
Need a distraction from frantically refreshing the election results? Want to know more about what the final outcome could mean? Here are several OK Policy Blog posts about the issues at stake in today’s vote:
State Questions & Propositions
2012…
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Kate Richey
November 5, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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The variables that affect our individual health are too many to name or measure. Genetics and behavior are strong determinants for most of us. For some, mere chance can lead to contracting a deadly virus or suffering chronic pain from…
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By:
Kate Richey
November 4, 2012 // Updated: July 25, 2015
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What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts.
This week at Oklahoma Policy Institute, we explained why claims from opponents of SQ 762 are false and misleading. …
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