By:
Steve Lewis
September 30, 2025 // Updated: September 30, 2025
The most remarkable — if not the most important — happening in state government last week was the announcement by State Superintendent Ryan Walters that he is resigning with sixteen months left in his term of office. His departure may…
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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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Like all Oklahomans, immigrants face ever-rising costs of living. Yet wages have not kept pace, and unique challenges around immigration status often…
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By:
Steve Lewis
September 23, 2025 // Updated: September 23, 2025
We seem to be living in a time when the long-agreed-upon principles upon which we have governed ourselves are being challenged.
A group of citizens — including former Republican State Rep. Charles Key and former 2014 Republican state senate candidate…
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By:
Dave Hamby
September 19, 2025 // Updated: September 19, 2025
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:
Shiloh Kantz
September 18, 2025 // Updated: September 18, 2025
For decades, administrations of both parties have recognized that trustworthy data is the backbone of effective governance. The current presidential administration has broken from that tradition, taking a dangerous step backwards.
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By:
Steve Lewis
September 15, 2025 // Updated: September 15, 2025
The House County and Municipal Government Committee, chaired by Rep. Eddy Dempsey, R-Valliant, heard an interim study last week sponsored by Rep. Danny Williams, R-Seminole, and Rep. Nicole Miller, R-Edmond, that reviews criminal justice funding and outcomes resulting from the…
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President Trump recently signed an executive order expanding forced institutionalization of unhoused people with mental illness or substance use disorders. His administration has branded it as an act of “compassion” and “public safety.” Stripped of its veneer, it is neither.…
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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:
Dave Hamby
September 11, 2025 // Updated: June 6, 2026
Data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2024 American Community Survey, released Sept. 11, show that Oklahoma’s poverty rate was 14.9 percent, which means that more than 1 in 7 state residents live in poverty. While the state’s overall poverty rate…
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