By:
Gene Perry
May 1, 2012 // Updated: May 1, 2012
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By:
Gene Perry
April 30, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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Four months ago, a legislative task force chaired by Rep. David Dank and Sen. Mike Mazzei laid out an ambitious agenda for reforming Oklahoma’s tax expenditures. The group’s recommendations included ending tax credit transferability, enacting caps, sunsets, and regular audits…
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By:
Kate Richey
April 27, 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 OK Policy hosted two briefings on the state budget and warned that proposals to phase-out Oklahoma’s personal…
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What is the best course for strengthening Oklahoma’s economy and providing broad-based benefits for Oklahoma families?
Proponents of cutting or eliminating the state’s personal income tax claim that doing so will boost the state’s economy. However, as University of Oklahoma…
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While the new federal health law has expanded consumer guarantees for minimum health benefits, Oklahoma is poised to move in the opposite direction. Embedded in an ‘interstate compact’ bill to allow out-of-state insurers to sell policies in Oklahoma is a…
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[NOTE: This post has been corrected to fix an error in the units used when describing the price of oil.]
Despite frequent claims by proponents of cutting or eliminating Oklahoma’s personal income tax , it is a myth that tax…
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