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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: Incoming speaker foresees fiscal doomsday

By: Gene Perry
September 10, 2012 // Updated: September 10, 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...]

NEW: County-Level Database & Factsheets

By: Kate Richey
// Updated: September 10, 2012
Are you interested in how your county’s high school graduation rate compares to the rest of the state? How the uninsurance rate has changed over the past decade? How your county ranks among the state’s 77 counties in median personal… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: September 7, 2012

By: Kate Richey
September 7, 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 Oklahoma Policy Institute covered a new report that reveals per pupil spending in the state has dropped… Read more [More...]

In The Know: State revenue collections dipped in August

By: Kate Richey
// Updated: September 7, 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: Public Education in Oklahoma – Return on Investment

By: Kate Richey
September 6, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
[Update: This event has postponed to a future date, to be determined .] The League of Women Voters of Oklahoma is sponsoring a public education forum on Saturday, September 15th in Tulsa.  The event will begin a citizen’s dialogue regarding… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Texas companies mining in sensitive Oklahoma aquifer

By: Gene Perry
// Updated: September 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...]

7 Things You (Probably) Don't Know About Affirmative Action

By: Kate Richey
September 5, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
One of the state questions on the general election ballot this November, SQ 759, proposes a ban on affirmative action in state employment, education, and contracting.  Ironically, supporters of the ban and SQ 759 oppose practices that are already illegal… Read more [More...]

In The Know: West Nile virus harder to combat in Oklahoma due to funding cuts

By: Gene Perry
// Updated: September 5, 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...]

Oklahoma's per pupil spending has plummeted

By: Gene Perry
September 4, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Oklahoma’s economy has performed relatively well over the course of the Great Recession, compared to the nation as a whole. We’ve had lower unemployment numbers and decent income growth. Yet you wouldn’t know it to look at the state of… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Oklahoma voter ID law unlikely to be overturned

By: Gene Perry
// Updated: September 4, 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...]

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