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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: Romney to visit GOP headquarters in Oklahoma City

By: Kate Richey
May 9, 2012 // Updated: May 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...]

Why raise taxes on working families?

By: Gene Perry
May 8, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Lost amid much of the tax cut discussion has been the fact that proposals coming out of the legislature would actually increase taxes on hundreds of thousands of low- and moderate-income families. That’s because they could lose a host of… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Oklahoma Democrats expected to block proposed bond issues

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

Guest Blog (Mike Connelly): The questions we should be asking about criminal justice reform

By: Gene Perry
May 7, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Mike Connelly was the first research director the now-defunct Oklahoma Sentencing Commission in the 1990s.  He went on to direct sentencing commissions in Maryland and Wisconsin before returning to Oklahoma to manage the state DOC’s Evaluation & Analysis unit until… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Speaker expects budget and tax cut deal within 2 weeks

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

Sample Messages

By: Oklahoma Policy Institute
May 4, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
You can use the information below for emails, letters and phone calls to legislators. CLICK HEREfor subject-specific fact sheets and CLICK HERE for names and contact information of elected officials you should contact 1A: HERE IS A SAMPLE FIRST PARAGRAPH… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: May 4, 2012

By: Kate Richey
// 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 OK Policy discussed how much like last year, ambitious talk of reining in tax expenditures has amounted… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Legislature nears budget agreement, uncertain about tax cuts

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

Contact Lawmakers

By: Oklahoma Policy Institute
May 3, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Tax cut bills have been assigned to the General Conference Committee on Appropriations, which will develop the final proposal. Members of this committee are listed below. Follow the links for their contact information. Click here to e-mail all members of… Read more [More...]

Poll dancing: Advocates exaggerate public support for tax cuts

By: Kate Richey
// Updated: May 2, 2019
Supporters of income tax cuts have been touting a recent poll that purports to show strong support for tax cuts in Oklahoma.  A telephone survey of 500 registered voters were asked four questions about tax cuts, tax credits, and the… Read more [More...]

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