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Carly Putnam
February 7, 2014 // Updated: February 7, 2014
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Since it was signed into law almost four years ago, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as the Affordable Care Act, the ACA, or Obamacare), has been a prime target for political spin and misinformation through three…
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By:
David Blatt
February 5, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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With state agencies and schools still struggling to climb out of deep budget holes from the last recession, Governor Mary Fallin’s FY 2015 Executive Budget proposes even deeper cuts that could seriously harm our families and our economy.
With initial…
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David Blatt
February 4, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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Beth is a home renovator and woodworker who lives north of Edmond. For the last 18 years, she has operated her own small business. For 18 years, she also went without health insurance. This finally changed January 1st, when the…
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Gene Perry
February 3, 2014 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Oklahoma Policy Institute released the following statement in response to Governor Fallin’s 2015 state budget proposal:
Oklahoma already faces a difficult challenge this year to balance the budget without harming important services. Governor Fallin’s proposed budget takes a bad situation…
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Political debates often divide us between Republicans and Democrats, between conservatives, progressives, and libertarians. Winner-take-all political campaigns tend to emphasize those divides.
But when we envision what a good future looks like for our state, Oklahomans aren’t that far apart.…
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