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2024 Census data: Oklahoma ranks as 8th poorest state

By: Dave Hamby
September 11, 2025 // Updated: September 12, 2025
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… Read more More...

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In The Know: Pressure is on for Oklahoma third-graders as reading test looms

By: Gene Perry
January 28, 2014 // Updated: March 3, 2014
In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. You can sign up here to receive In The Know by e-mail. You… Read more [More...]

Tower of Debt (Guest Post: Camille Landry)

By: Camille Landry
January 27, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Camille Landry is a writer, activist, and social justice advocate who lives in Oklahoma City.  This post is part of our “Neglected Oklahoma” series, which tells the stories of Oklahomans in situations where the basic necessities of life are hard… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk January 26, 2014

By: Kate Richey
January 26, 2014 // Updated: July 25, 2015
The Weekly Wonk is a summary of Oklahoma Policy Institute’s events, publications, blog posts, and coverage. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In The Know. Click here to subscribe to In The Know.… Read more [More...]

Tackling the diabetes epidemic in Oklahoma (Guest Post: Breanca Thomas)

By: David Blatt
January 24, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Breanca Thomas is a PhD student in Health Promotion Sciences in the College of Public Health at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and a 2013-14 OK Policy Research Fellow. She intends to pursue a research career focusing on… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma’s biggest drug problem isn’t what you think

By: Carly Putnam
January 23, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
UPDATE: Download our fact sheet about prescription drug abuse in Oklahoma here. New National Vital Statistics data released early this month showed that the American life expectancy has reached a record high: a child born in 2009 has a life… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Oklahoma budget hearings to focus on cuts

By: Gene Perry
January 22, 2014 // Updated: January 22, 2014
In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. You can sign up here to receive In The Know by e-mail. Today… Read more [More...]

Upcoming Event: Policy & Practice lecture discusses dual status youth on January 28

By: Carly Putnam
January 21, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
On January 28, the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) welcomes John Tuell, Executive Director of the Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice, for his lecture “Dual Status Youth and their Families: Altering the Human and… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Fallin asks for review of Oklahoma corrections reform law

By: Gene Perry
// Updated: January 21, 2014
In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. You can sign up here to receive In The Know by e-mail. Today… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Oklahoma Legislature to consider 2,000-plus measures in 2014

By: Gene Perry
January 20, 2014 // Updated: January 20, 2014
In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. You can sign up here to receive In The Know by e-mail. Today… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk January 19, 2014

By: Carly Putnam
January 19, 2014 // Updated: July 25, 2015
The Weekly Wonk is a summary of Oklahoma Policy Institute’s events, publications, blog posts, and coverage. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In The Know. Click here to subscribe to In The Know.… Read more [More...]

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