A recent report released by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced the latest alarming figures about the spread of obesity in America. They found that last year in 31 states, including Oklahoma, more than…
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David Blatt
July 16, 2010 // Updated: October 17, 2012
Over the past 14 months, this blog has run over a dozen guest blog submissions. We greatly appreciate the contributions we receive from the community – not just because we’re a small organization and it’s nice when someone else pitches…
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The latest edition of our monthly Numbers You Need bulletin reports on the most recent state personal income data that was put out last month by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the 1st quarter of 2010, state personal income…
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Last month I gave a presentation to a meeting of the State Chamber of Commerce along with a representative from another state policy organization. I was struck, and frankly dismayed, by the extent to which my co-presenter spoke as if…
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This week, Wayne Rohde sent out an e-mail informing his friends and networks of his family’s decision to leave Oklahoma. For the last several years, Wayne and his wife Robyne have been tireless and fierce advocates for Nick’s Law, legislation…
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If you work for or with a non-profit agency or philanthropic foundation, you’ll want to attend the next event in the Community Development Speaker Series hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. On July 20th from 1:30 –…
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From time to time, we use the OK Policy blog to post contributions that offer interesting perspectives on important policy issues for the state. This is the second of two posts from John Thompson, an Oklahoma City teacher with 18…
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A new poll from the Pew Research Center presents interesting findings about the state of public opinion regarding the state fiscal crisis. A late June poll of 1,001 adults found a majority of respondents saying that states should fix their…
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From time to time, we use the OK Policy blog to post contributions from guests on important policy issues for the state. Brad Byers is a retired Tulsan whose professional experience includes having been public affairs officer for the National…
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July 1st marks the start of the new state fiscal year in most of the country – but as glad as state Governors, fiscal directors and legislators will be to see the end of the annus horribilis of 2010, don’t…
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