By:
David Blatt
December 15, 2010 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Yesterday’s announcement of state General Revenue (GR) collections for the month of November showed that the state continues to recover only slowly and partially from the depths of the downturn. Outgoing State Treasurer Scott Meacham chose to highlight that November…
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By:
David Blatt
December 13, 2010 // Updated: May 2, 2019
“Is there anyone here from Oklahoma?”
I was at a national conference of health care policy experts and advocates last month when the morning’s plenary speaker, Cindy Mann, Medicaid Director for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, posed that…
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By:
David Blatt
December 9, 2010 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Oklahoma is doing a better job of providing public disclosure of economic development subsidies being paid out to companies but still has considerable room for improvement, according to a new report from Good Jobs First.
The report, titled Show Us…
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By:
Paul Shinn
December 7, 2010 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Today OK Policy released “A New Fiscal Reality for Oklahoma: The State Budget Outlook, 2011-2014,” our second annual multi-year budget forecast. Click here for the full 10-page brief or here for the 1-page summary. Dangerously nerdy readers also can check…
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By:
David Blatt
December 6, 2010 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Dr. Susan F. Sharp is the L. J. Semrod Presidential Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma. She has conduced extensive research on the criminal justice system and is the author of numerous reports on female…
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By:
David Blatt
December 2, 2010 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Doug Enevoldsen is City Manager for the City of Bixby. He has served in a variety of legislative and executive branch positions at the highest levels within Oklahoma state and local government.
Cities and towns are the backbone of Oklahoma’s…
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By:
David Blatt
November 30, 2010 // Updated: May 2, 2019
On Monday, December 6th, Ron Haskins of the Brookings Institute will be giving a lecture titled, “Creating an Opportunity Society” as part of the Policy and Practice Lecture series organized by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services and University of…
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By:
David Blatt
November 29, 2010 // Updated: October 17, 2012
Update: The application deadline is now passed. Thank you to everyone who applied.
OK Policy is now accepting applications for a highly-qualified, full-time policy analyst. The primary responsibilities of the position will be to conduct research and analysis on state…
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By:
David Blatt
November 24, 2010 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Last week, the US Department of Agriculture released its annual report on household food security. They found that for the 3-year period from 2007-09, an average of 15.2 percent of Oklahoma households experienced food insecurity, which means that they “had…
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By:
David Blatt
November 22, 2010 // Updated: May 1, 2019
The ongoing state budget crisis has meant fewer state employees are assuming greater responsibilities. Sterling Zearley is Executive Director of Oklahoma Public Employees Association, the largest association representing state employees. I spoke with him by phone on November 16th. Here’s…
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