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Gene Perry
January 28, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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What's a "shell bill?" How many steps does it take for a bill to become law? Our 2015 Legislative Primer and "What's That?" glossary can answer these questions and more.
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Gene Perry
January 11, 2015 // Updated: July 25, 2015
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The Weekly Wonk is a summary of Oklahoma Policy Institute’s events, publications, blog posts, and coverage. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In The Know. Click here to subscribe to In The Know.…
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By:
Gene Perry
December 29, 2014 // Updated: December 29, 2014
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This year OK Policy reached more people through our web site than ever before. Visitors over the course of the year were up 70 percent from 2013, and we averaged more than 25,000 visitors per month. Of those, 65.1 percent…
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David Blatt
December 23, 2014 // Updated: December 23, 2014
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Typically, when we reach out to ask you to contribute to Oklahoma Policy Institute, we list all the good reasons why you should support our work with a tax-deductible donation. But because we are a fair and nonpartisan organization, it’s…
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By:
Carly Putnam
December 21, 2014 // Updated: July 25, 2015
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By:
David Blatt
December 15, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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Although Oklahoma is now several years removed from the worst of the fiscal crisis that accompanied the Great Recession, the gap between the cost of providing basic public services and the revenues we collect to pay for them seems to…
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By:
Kate Richey
November 18, 2014 // Updated: November 18, 2014
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Oklahoma Policy Institute is pleased to release a new and improved tool for learning about Oklahoma’s counties and residents. CountySTATS 2014 covers demographics, the economy, education, and health. The factsheets display statistics for each of the state’s 77 counties, incorporating:
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By:
Carly Putnam
September 28, 2014 // Updated: July 25, 2015
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By:
David Blatt
September 23, 2014 // Updated: September 23, 2014
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Oklahoma Policy Institute is very pleased to announce the selection of four Oklahoma graduate students as our second class of OK Policy Research Fellows.
The 2014-15 Research Fellows are all distinguished by a combination of strong research interests and an…
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