By:
David Blatt
January 18, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Saving money for college can have wide-ranging benefits for young people and families. Savings help pay for college expenses, which assists students stay in college and complete their education. Just as importantly, savings can have an important motivational effect in…
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By:
David Blatt
January 13, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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John Thompson is an Oklahoma City teacher with 18 years of urban high school experience and an education blogger at thisweekineducation.com. He contributes regularly to our blog on education issues.
The Oklahoma City Public Schools faced breathtaking educational changes in…
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By:
David Blatt
January 11, 2011 // Updated: May 1, 2019
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On his first full day on the job, new State Treasurer Ken Miller got to announce relatively good news on the state revenue front. December General Revenue (GR) collections were up 13.0 percent from one year ago and were 4.3…
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By:
David Blatt
January 10, 2011 // Updated: May 1, 2019
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By now, it is well known that the state budget has been under severe duress over the past two years. Overall, as we show in the latest version of our Budget Trends and Highlights fact sheet, this year’s state appropriations…
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By:
David Blatt
January 6, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Any Oklahoman with an interest in mental health issues would do well to read the article titled “Asylum” that appeared in the December issue of This Land, a new Tulsa-based monthly magazine. The article is a vivid first-hand account by…
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By:
David Blatt
January 5, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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Donna Rhodes is the CEO of the Long Term Care Authority, a public trust authority of the city and county of Tulsa leading the Tulsa community and the state in addressing long term care reform.
While the voice of long…
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By:
David Blatt
January 3, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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Michael Fogarty, Chief Executive Office of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, will be speaking on “The Economics of Health Care Reform” at noon on Thursday, January 20, 2011 at the Oklahoma History Center. The talk is the first spring lecture…
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By:
David Blatt
December 29, 2010 // Updated: October 17, 2012
As 2010 winds down, I wanted to take a moment to offer a heartfelt thanks to all of you who have helped make this a very good year for Oklahoma Policy Institute.
The year started with OK Policy in the…
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David Blatt
December 28, 2010 // Updated: October 17, 2012
Last year I managed to rouse myself out of my post-Christmas, pre-New Years slumber long enough to pull together a Top 10 list of our most popular blog posts. If this organization, with its rich history dating all the way…
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By:
David Blatt
December 27, 2010 // Updated: May 1, 2019
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Earlier this month, we released a brief that provided our projections for state revenue collections for Fiscal Years 2011 through 2014. Last week, the State Board of Equalization certified its official preliminary revenue estimates for FY ’12, along with updated…
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