By:
Paul Shinn
August 25, 2009 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Six months into the federal stimulus program (the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or ARRA), most of the discussion has centered on infrastructure projects and the impact on economic recovery and jobs, if any. Today, we’d like to focus on…
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By:
David Blatt
August 24, 2009 // Updated: May 2, 2019
If you did not see last Sunday’s Tulsa World, it is well worth checking out their front-page profile of families hit by the economic downturn, titled “Faces of the Recession”. Reporters Ginnie Graham and Mike Averill tell the stories of…
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By:
David Blatt
August 20, 2009 // Updated: May 1, 2019
As a follow-up to our earlier post about the announced cuts to state agencies resulting from the shortfall in July revenue collections, we have prepared a spreadsheet that shows how much of a cut each agency will receive in dollar…
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A story in USA Today, “Oklahoma City defies recession,” focuses on OKC as the city with the 2nd lowest unemployment rate in the country. In response to questions about OKC’s secret to success, Roy Williams of the OKC Chamber said…
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By:
David Blatt
August 18, 2009 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Last week we released the August edition of our Numbers You Need bulletin. In addition to tracking monthly and quarterly trends in employment, inflation, work support programs. state revenues, and foreclosures, each issue also looks at annual data for one…
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By:
Paul Shinn
August 17, 2009 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Last month Oklahoma Policy Institute was invited by McCurtain Memorial Hospital in Idabel to give a presentation on poverty as part of a monthly lecture series that the hospital has convened to examine pressing social problems facing their area. Our…
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By:
Paul Shinn
August 14, 2009 // Updated: October 17, 2012
OK Policy focuses not just on budget and tax issues, but on finding ways for government and households to work together to make Oklahoma and Oklahomans more prosperous. One great example of this kind of partnership is 529 college savings…
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By:
David Blatt
August 12, 2009 // Updated: May 1, 2019
As you’ve no doubt already heard, the worst fears about state revenue collections in the beginning of the new fiscal year were confirmed yesterday with the release of July General Revenue (GR) collections. The Treasurer’s office announced that July revenues…
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By:
Paul Shinn
August 11, 2009 // Updated: May 2, 2019
I recently attended a meeting of the state’s Incentive Review Committee. This board of citizens is appointed by elected leaders to review some of the hundreds of tax incentives we give to encourage specific economic activities. Dr. Larkin Warner, a…
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By:
David Blatt
August 10, 2009 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Note – Occasionally we plan to re-run blog posts on topical subjects that you may have missed the first time around. Recently, the Annie E. Casey released its annual Kids Count report measuring how states are faring on a range…
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