Category: OK Policy

The Weekly Wonk: February 15, 2012

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts. This week we explored how Oklahoma’s wealth gap perpetuates itself due to disparities in health, education, and access to… Read more [More...]

OK Policy Turns Five: The best is yet to come

These are my remarks to Oklahoma Policy Institute’s 5th anniversary dinner and award ceremony at Cain’s Ballroom on January 30, 2013. Melvin Moran and Robert LaFortune were honored with the OK Policy Good Sense/Good Cents award. For the event program,… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: February 8, 2013

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts. This week we released a statement and posted a detailed analysis of the Governor’s FY 2014 budget, which falls… Read more [More...]

Scholars Strategy Network: Connecting research and practice

Recently, I had the honor of becoming the first Oklahoma member of the Scholars Strategy Network, a new national initiative aimed at getting scholars more actively engaged in public policy issues and debates. Led by renowned Harvard political scientist Theda… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: February 1, 2013

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts. This week Oklahoma Policy Institute hosted a Fifth Anniversary Dinner at Cain’s Ballroom.  As part of our celebration, we… Read more [More...]

Turning 5: Our greatest blog hits

As we prepare to celebrate OK Policy’s fifth anniversary, we’ve gone back and selected our top five greatest hits from our blog. The winners, selected by staff, all generated strong traffic and buzz, and exemplify our efforts to apply careful… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: January 18, 2013

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts. This week Oklahoma Policy Institute explored the fate of ‘Insure Oklahoma’ once the Affordable Care Act is fully implemented.… Read more [More...]

OK Policy to hold 5th Anniversary celebration honoring Melvin Moran and Robert LaFortune

On January 30th, Oklahoma Policy Institute will celebrate its fifth anniversary with a dinner at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa. Two of Oklahoma's most venerable statesmen, Robert LaFortune of Tulsa and Melvin Moran of Seminole, will receive the OK Policy Good Cents/Good Sense Award... Read more. [More...]

Weekly Wonk: December 28, 2012

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts. This week OK Policy Blog graphically dispelled the common myth that Medicaid is providing health care to adults who… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: December 21, 2012

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts. This week a guest post from Dr. Jonathan Wilner presented new findings that a significant part of the A-F… Read more [More...]