By:
David Blatt
August 24, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Erin Lamey is the KIDS COUNT/Research Director for the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy. KIDS COUNT is a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, dedicated to tracking child well-being.
Many young people entering Oklahoma’s workforce year-after-year are unprepared for…
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By:
Gene Perry
August 23, 2011 // Updated: October 17, 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…
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The University of Central Oklahoma’s College of Business will host Andrew Ross Sorkin, author of Too Big To Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System — and Themselves. The lecture and…
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Kate Richey
August 22, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This post is the second in a three-part series on “Oklahoma’s Unemployment Gap,” examining the persistence of racial disparities in unemployment. Part One introduced the unemployment gap and presents preliminary descriptive data on state labor market trends by race. Part…
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By:
Kate Richey
August 19, 2011 // 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 OK Policy, we posted our tenth blog in an ongoing series of posts examining the Affordable…
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This summer’s excessive heat and drought evoke memories of the Dust Bowl of the 1930’s. This 5-minute video, produced by public broadcasting station KVIE, features interviews with Oklahomans who lived through the Dust Bowl. Experts review the causes and consequences…
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By:
Kate Richey
August 18, 2011 // Updated: October 17, 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…
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