By:
Steve Lewis
August 29, 2023 // Updated: August 29, 2023
State government was dominated these past several weeks by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters and the State Department of Education. As the newly elected state superintendent, Walters continued a war of words with Tulsa Public Schools and its…
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By:
Dave Hamby
August 26, 2023 // Updated: August 28, 2023
Weekly Wonk, Aug 27
* Eliminating income tax would be short-sighted, ignore realities of governing
* Oklahoma must address affordable housing crisis
* Housing town halls in Ada, Edmond
* Legislative priorities survey
* Capitol Update
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By:
Steve Lewis
August 22, 2023 // Updated: August 22, 2023
It is unfortunate that Rep. Ryan Martinez, R-Edmond, has had to resign his seat in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, effective September 1. He is a serious-minded legislator who, as Vice-Chair of the House Appropriations and Budget Committee, had worked…
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By:
Dave Hamby
August 19, 2023 // Updated: August 19, 2023
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
August 18, 2023 // Updated: August 18, 2023
Gov. Kevin Stitt filed an interesting executive order last week transferring the Oklahoma Office of Workforce Development from the Department of Commerce to the Oklahoma Employment Security (OESC) Commission and giving OESC control over all money received by the state…
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By:
Paul Shinn
August 16, 2023 // Updated: November 20, 2023
While this program could make private and homeschooling more practical or affordable for a few families, taxpayers will mostly be paying for people to do what they were willing to pay for on their own. As a result, we’ll be handing millions of tax dollars to the most well-off among us while propping up private schools, whose enrollment has stagnated in recent years.
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Sensible policy reforms related to immigration can benefit all Oklahomans by making us safer, healthier, and saving Oklahomans money. Two such measures were Senate Bill 669 and House Bill 2351. These two bills addressed different concerns around public safety and…
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By:
Dave Hamby
August 12, 2023 // Updated: August 12, 2023
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:
Emma Morris
August 10, 2023 // Updated: August 17, 2023
[FY 2024 Budget Highlights]
Throughout the 2023 legislative session, lawmakers discussed further reducing state revenue by cutting various taxes, with the understanding that any major tax and spending changes would only be passed as part of the state budget. As…
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[Download this report as a pdf] | [See charts] | [FY 2024 Budget Analysis]
The FY 2024 budget makes some key investments in agencies, but misses opportunities to help everyday Oklahomans.
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023 (FY…
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