By:
Gene Perry
February 1, 2011 // Updated: October 17, 2012
In The Know is a daily synopsis of the latest 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 items to include to gperry@okpolicy.org.
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Do you know who chairs the Senate Appropriations committee? Who serves as Governor Fallin’s Secretary of Energy? When the deadline is for passing bills out of their original chamber? How much money there is in the Rainy Day Fund? The…
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By:
David Blatt
January 31, 2011 // Updated: May 1, 2019
With the state anticipating large budget shortfalls – estimated by Republican legislative leaders as in the vicinity of $600 million – for the upcoming fiscal year, there is renewed talk from state leaders about the need to protect “core public…
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By:
David Blatt
January 28, 2011 // Updated: October 17, 2012
**Mother Nature said ‘not so fast’. Due to the inclement weather, we will be hunkered down in Tulsa this week. We look forward to rescheduling this gathering sometime soon.
On Thursday, February 3rd, OK Policy is hosting an informal meet…
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Word clouds can be an effective and visually striking way to capture frequent and important themes from online content. Although we had an intuitive sense of what’s been on our mind, we thought it would be fun to see what…
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By:
David Blatt
January 27, 2011 // Updated: October 17, 2012
Two years ago this month, the Oklahoman and Tulsa World announced a content-sharing agreement in which each paper would carry some stories created by the other. The papers also said they would “focus on reducing some areas of duplication, such…
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By:
Gene Perry
January 26, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The Oklahoma Conference of Churches is hosting its 28th Annual Day at the Legislature on Monday, February 14, 2011. Under the theme “Feed My Sheep”, the event will focus on poverty and education issues. Keynote speakers will be Oklahoma State…
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By:
Paul Shinn
January 24, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Last year we published OK Policy’s (and possibly the nation’s) first Online Budget Guide, a primer for Oklahoma state and local government finance. We were pretty excited about the online approach. It allowed us to save paper and printing and…
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By:
David Blatt
January 21, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Donna Coffey is the McCurtain County Drug Court Administrator in Oklahoma. She has been with the program since its implementation in June 2003, under the direction of District Judge Willard L. Driesel.
Oklahoma Drug Courts – hope for a brighter…
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By:
David Blatt
January 19, 2011 // Updated: October 17, 2012
As I wrote in this year-end blog post, 2010 was a very good year for OK Policy. We continued to establish ourselves as a respected, credible voice and information source on state policy issue while managing major transitions and putting…
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