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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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In The Know: Fallin weighs Medicaid expansion, health exchange

By: Gene Perry
November 8, 2012 // Updated: November 8, 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...]

Watch This: Dental health and school performance

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… Read more [More...]

In case you missed it: The issues at stake in today’s election

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… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Cuts to Oklahoma’s income tax have reduced revenues by $2 billion annually

By: Gene Perry
// Updated: November 6, 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...]

Why Place Matters: Data on health, housing and equity

By: Kate Richey
November 5, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: November 4, 2012

By: Kate Richey
November 4, 2012 // Updated: July 25, 2015
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.  … Read more [More...]

Opponents of SQ 762 are making false claims

By: Gene Perry
November 2, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
To find more about all of the state questions on the ballot in November, see our 2012 State Questions page. Oklahoma is the only state that requires the governor to approve every parole. Removing the governor from the parole process… Read more [More...]

In The Know: DHS commission votes to close residential centers for developmentally disabled

By: Kate Richey
// Updated: November 2, 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...]

In The Know: Lawmakers demand state return Youth Expo funds

By: Kate Richey
November 1, 2012 // Updated: November 1, 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...]

Upcoming Event: Navigating the Changing World of Consumer Credit

By: Kate Richey
October 31, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The Oklahoma Jump$tart Coalition and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Oklahoma City Branch will host their 2012 Financial Education Conference, ‘Navigating the Changing World of Consumer Credit‘ on Wednesday, November 7.  The event provides financial educators, advocates and… Read more [More...]

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