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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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. You can sign up on his website to receive the Capitol Updates newsletter by email.…
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April 21, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Christiaan Mitchell is a lawyer who holds masters degrees in philosophy and education. He lives and works in Bartlesville.
A couple of weeks ago Williams announced that it was cutting approximately 100 jobs in Tulsa. This announcement was front-page news…
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If you steal a smartphone in Oklahoma, you could be charged with a felony that stays on your record for your whole life, with all the consequences that come with it. That’s because Oklahoma’s felony theft threshold is set at…
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April 19, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Jimmy Curry is President of the Oklahoma AFL-CIO (www.okaflcio.org).
Believe it or not, sometimes the State of Oklahoma gets it right. The Oklahoma Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund is one of the healthiest funds in the Country with over $1 billion…
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Last week, Governor Mary Fallin took the unusual step of delivering a second budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year. Her new proposal, dubbed Executive Budget 2.0, adjusts for the changed circumstances since her first budget was announced in early…
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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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We are pleased to offer two exciting opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students interested in Oklahoma public policy.
We are now accepting student applicants for a paid, part-time or full-time internship during the summer of 2016. Interns will be expected…
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In advance of tax day, we’re resharing this post by Paul Shinn, which originally ran on OK Policy’s blog in 2009.
I’m not a fan of tax day. Who is? After several tortuous weeks of determining whether I have excess…
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Gene Perry
April 14, 2016 // Updated: May 1, 2019
A new poll shows that large majorities of Oklahoma voters favor stopping this year’s income tax cut and restoring a 6.65 percent top income tax rate for the wealthiest households to ease the state budget emergency. Solid majorities of both…
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