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What’s on the ballot for the November 3, 2026 elections in Oklahoma?

By: Dave Hamby
September 9, 2026 // Updated: October 21, 2026
Oklahoma voters will head to the polls for a statewide general election on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Here’s an overview of what’s on the ballot, and you can find your sample ballots and polling place through the Oklahoma Election Board’s… Read more More...

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Weekly Wonk: A look at the details of SQ 832 to raise the minimum wage | Oklahoma’s county jails face rising insurance, liability pressures | If ‘work conquers all’, why can’t Oklahomans get ahead?

By: Dave Hamby
August 29, 2025 // Updated: August 29, 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… Read more [More...]

Breaking down SQ 832: The Details on Raising the Minimum Wage

By: Gabriela Ramirez-Perez
August 26, 2025 // Updated: May 7, 2026
SQ 832 includes multiple provisions beyond raising the minimum wage, aimed at helping Oklahoma families and bolstering the economy. [More...]

Oklahoma’s county jails face rising insurance and liability pressures (Capitol Update)

By: Steve Lewis
August 25, 2025 // Updated: August 25, 2025
Last week, Senator David Bullard, R-Durant, sponsored an interesting and important interim study on insurance rates for county jails before the Senate Local and County Government Committee, chaired by Sen. Warren Hamilton, R-McCurtain. The study featured testimony from several county… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk: Housing is out of reach for working Oklahomans, seniors and people with disabilities | Oklahoma Supreme Court stays bill over TSET Board terms | Make community great again

By: Oklahoma Policy Institute
August 24, 2025 // Updated: August 22, 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… Read more [More...]

Housing is out of reach for working Oklahomans, seniors and people with disabilities

By: Sabine Brown
August 20, 2025 // Updated: August 27, 2026
The gap between wages and rent in Oklahoma continues to widen. According to National Low Income Housing Coalition’s 2025 Out of Reach report, an Oklahoma worker needs to earn $20.98 an hour for a two-bedroom rental or $16.85 for a… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma Supreme Court stays HB 2783 over Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Board terms (Capitol Update)

By: Steve Lewis
August 18, 2025 // Updated: August 21, 2025
There was an interesting ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court recently staying implementation of House Bill 2783, authored by the respective chairmen and vice chairmen of the House and Senate appropriations committees. The bill sought to strike statutory language providing… Read more [More...]

The myth of Oklahoma’s fiscal self-reliance (Policy Matters)

By: Shiloh Kantz
// Updated: August 21, 2025
This column originally appeared in The Journal Record on August 6, 2025 Oklahoma prides itself on being lean and self-reliant, living within its means while others spend recklessly. But the numbers tell a different story. In truth, billions in federal… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk: Oklahoma became the worst state in the nation for education because of our policy choices | Our children are paying for grown-up power plays | Oklahoma’s booms, busts, and tax cut déjà vu | More

By: Oklahoma Policy Institute
August 17, 2025 // Updated: August 21, 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… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma’s booms, busts, and tax cut déjà vu (Capitol Update)

By: Steve Lewis
August 12, 2025 // Updated: August 21, 2025
The state received more good revenue news last week. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) reported on Friday that the General Revenue Fund collections for fiscal year 2025 totaled $8.7 billion — $224.7 million (2.6 percent) above the… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk: The myth of Oklahoma’s fiscal self-reliance | SNAP cuts could starve Oklahoma’s safety net | George Nigh’s legacy wasn’t just in policy, but in people

By: Oklahoma Policy Institute
August 10, 2025 // Updated: August 21, 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… Read more [More...]

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