By:
David Blatt
December 21, 2017 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Tax breaks for the oil and gas industry will continue to cost Oklahoma close to $400 million this year and next, based on new data from the Oklahoma Tax Commission.
At the December Board of Equalization meeting, the Tax Commission…
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In May, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) released official crime statistics for 2016. While most attention on crime rates is rightly devoted to serious crimes, OSBI noted an eye-catching development in a supplemental report: arrests for drug crimes increased…
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What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk shares our most recent publications and other resources to help you stay informed about Oklahoma. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In…
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By:
Steve Lewis
December 15, 2017 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol.
Chinese water torture is a process in which water is slowly dripped onto a person’s forehead allegedly…
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By:
Gene Perry
December 14, 2017 // Updated: May 2, 2019
[Correction: An earlier version of this article stated that nothing else was on the ballot with SQ 640. It shared the ballot with the Presidential primary election in 1992.]
In March 1992, Oklahoma voters approved State Question 640. It passed…
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In The Know is your daily briefing on Oklahoma policy-related news. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. Click here to subscribe to In The Know and see past editions.
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Download the 2016 Poverty Profile as a PDF Fact Sheet
624,042 Oklahomans had incomes below the poverty level in 2016.
That’s 16.3 percent of Oklahoma’s population, or about one out of every 6 Oklahomans.
The poverty rate in Oklahoma continues…
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As Oklahoma’s 2018 legislative session approaches, the state continues to struggle with huge and chronic budget shortfalls and an inability to make the critical investments needed to ensure our prosperity and well-being. We are seeing real and encouraging signs of…
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By:
David Blatt
December 11, 2017 // Updated: May 1, 2019
For eight long weeks this fall, Oklahoma lawmakers met in special session, trying to produce a budget agreement that would fill an immediate funding hole for three state agencies and produce a longer-term solution to continuing budget shortfalls. That attempt…
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