By:
Steve Lewis
February 10, 2020 // Updated: February 10, 2020
There is an issue flying under the radar that may surface sometime during the Legislative session. This is the placing of a statutory cap on what are called "non-economic" damages in personal injury cases.
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On Monday, Governor Stitt delivered his State of the State address where he provided his vision for how Oklahoma can move forward.
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By:
Dave Hamby
February 3, 2020 // Updated: February 4, 2020
Oklahoma’s leadership has consistently called for the state to achieve Top 10 status. The rhetoric, however, often lacks a yardstick about how we measure our state’s success.
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In the run-up to the Legislative session beginning this week, two things happened that could affect mental health services for thousands of Oklahomans.
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During comments in Washington D.C. on Thursday, Gov. Stitt laid out the tenets for his health care plan to counter Medicaid expansion efforts. The plan includes elements that will inevitably draw lawsuits from health care organizations and advocates who fight to protect the rights and coverage of low-income residents.
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By:
Dave Hamby
January 31, 2020 // Updated: June 29, 2021
OK Policy has determined its focus areas for Oklahoma’s upcoming legislative session based on the organization’s original research, analysis, and feedback from state residents.
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By:
Paul Shinn
January 30, 2020 // Updated: February 18, 2020
Retired Oklahoma state and local public servants have now gone 10 years without a cost of living adjustment, while inflation has eaten away at their income.
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By:
Steve Lewis
January 28, 2020 // Updated: January 28, 2020
Most educators will tell you suspension doesn't work for the children. They act out, get suspended then return to school, behind in their work and either embarrassed or pleased by their suspension. Often nothing is offered to the child during suspension but days off from school. Suspension becomes a feeder for the criminal justice system.
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The second session of the 57th Oklahoma Legislature begins in just over a week, and one of OK Policy's top legislative priorities is targeted criminal justice reform to address Oklahoma's incarceration crisis. In her weekly Journal Record column, Executive Director Ahniwake Rose highlighted the need for paid family and medical leave for working Oklahomans.
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By:
Dave Hamby
January 23, 2020 // Updated: February 11, 2020
Together Oklahoma, an advocacy program of the Oklahoma Policy Institute, is working to ensure that every Oklahoman is counted during the upcoming 2020 Census by identifying partner organizations to reach hard-to-count residents. To aid in this, Together Oklahoma is seeking community partners across the state to strengthen 2020 Census outreach efforts and ensure a more accurate count of all Oklahomans.
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