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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: OKC public high schools to start career academies this fall

By: Gene Perry
July 12, 2012 // Updated: July 12, 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. E-mail your suggestions for In The Know items to gperry@okpolicy.org. You can sign… Read more [More...]

Guest Blog (Cal Hobson): Bonds. State Bonds.

By: David Blatt
July 11, 2012 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Cal Hobson served in the Oklahoma Legislature from 1978-2006, including one term as Senate President Pro Tempore. This is an edited version of an article that first appeared in the Oklahoma Observer. In my opinion, when Gov. Mary Fallin’s ill-advised… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Federal budget cuts could affect Oklahoma Health Department

By: Gene Perry
// Updated: July 11, 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. E-mail your suggestions for In The Know items to gperry@okpolicy.org. You can sign… Read more [More...]

Step up or step aside: Looming deadline forces Oklahoma's hand on a health exchange

By: Kate Richey
July 10, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the health care law, or Affordable Care Act (ACA), will soon compel even the most reluctant states to address their central responsibility under the law – state-based health insurance exchanges.  Exchanges, which we’ve blogged… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Cost keeping Oklahomans from getting dental care

By: Gene Perry
// Updated: July 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. E-mail your suggestions for In The Know items to gperry@okpolicy.org. You can sign… Read more [More...]

What welfare? No safety net for Oklahoma's poorest children

By: Kate Richey
July 9, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Welfare as most people imagine it doesn’t actually exist anymore.  Public discourse conjures images of lazy people scamming the system and living large off their monthly government check.  It’s a popular, but wildly inaccurate narrative.  Welfare reform in the mid-1990s… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Insure Oklahoma eyed for exchange

By: Gene Perry
// Updated: July 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. E-mail your suggestions for In The Know items to gperry@okpolicy.org. You can sign… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: July 6, 2012

By: Kate Richey
July 6, 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 turning down an enhanced federal match to expand Medicaid would… Read more [More...]

In The Know: U.S. adds 80,000 jobs, unemployment rate holds steady

By: Kate Richey
// Updated: July 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. E-mail your suggestions for In The Know items to gperry@okpolicy.org. You can sign… Read more [More...]

The next criminal justice reforms: Escaping the downward spiral

By: Gene Perry
July 5, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Oklahoma’s prisons are in a crisis. The state ranks 1st in the nation for incarceration of women per capita and 4th for men. With budgets not adequate to oversee an ever-growing inmate population, the corrections system is severely understaffed. And… Read more [More...]

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