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2023 Census data: Oklahoma ranks as sixth poorest state

By: Oklahoma Policy Institute
September 12, 2024 // Updated: September 12, 2024
Lawmakers have options to improve Oklahomans’ well-being, access to prosperity Data from the Census Bureau’s 2023 American Community Survey released Sept. 12 show that Oklahoma’s poverty rate was 15.9 percent, which was the nation’s sixth highest. The national poverty rate… Read more More...

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Closing the Opportunity Gap: Building equity in Oklahoma

By: Kate Richey
November 19, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Click here for a copy of a presentation of this research to the OKDHS Practice and Policy Lecture Series on 4/25/2013 Oklahoma’s prosperity depends on the financial success and economic achievement of the people who call it home.  For a… Read more [More...]

Barry Friedman: Election memories–live and on tape

By: David Blatt
November 16, 2012 // Updated: November 16, 2012
Barry Friedman writes the column, “Barry Friedman At Large” for Tulsa People Magazine, is a  stand-up comedian, and the author of two books, “Road Comic” and “Funny You Should Mention It”.  If  he doesn’t overdose on fruit slices and diet… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Diabetes rates tripled in Oklahoma, leading the nation

By: Kate Richey
// Updated: November 16, 2012
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. Today… Read more [More...]

Rising inequality in Oklahoma as lower- and middle-class incomes stagnate

By: Gene Perry
November 15, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Incomes for poor and middle-class families in Oklahoma have stagnated since the late 1990s, with nearly all of the growth in income going to the wealthiest households, according to a new report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities… Read more [More...]

Quick take: On track for another flat budget year

By: Gene Perry
November 14, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Yesterday’s announcement of General Revenue (GR) collections for October shows that the state is on track to bring in about the same amount as in FY 2012. Overall GR in October was $439 million. This is $30.9 million, or 7.6… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Lawmakers at odds over Medicaid expansion

By: Gene Perry
// Updated: November 14, 2012
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. Today… Read more [More...]

Read This: Oklahoma, Foot-loose & Fancy-free

By: Kate Richey
November 12, 2012 // Updated: November 12, 2012
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… Read more [More...]

Fraudulent letter misrepresents OK Policy

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… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Vice chief voted first black chief justice of Oklahoma Supreme Court

By: Kate Richey
// Updated: November 9, 2012
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. Today… Read more [More...]

Looming deadline forces Oklahoma’s hand on a health exchange

By: Kate Richey
November 8, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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… Read more [More...]

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