By:
Guest
January 9, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Dr. John Thompson taught for 19 years in the inner city. He blogs for This Week in Education, the Huffington Post, School Matters, Living in Dialogue, and elsewhere. His book, Getting Schooled: Battles Within and Without the Urban Classroom, is…
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Kate Richey
January 8, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Early January is a busy time of year for retail stores. Shoppers flock to malls and shopping centers to take advantage of storewide after-holiday sales, spend their gift cards, and return or exchange items. While many consumers find the holiday…
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By:
David Blatt
January 7, 2013 // Updated: January 22, 2013
On January 30th, Oklahoma Policy Institute will celebrate its fifth anniversary with a dinner at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa. Two of Oklahoma's most venerable statesmen, Robert LaFortune of Tulsa and Melvin Moran of Seminole, will receive the OK Policy Good Cents/Good Sense Award...
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By:
Kate Richey
January 4, 2013 // Updated: July 25, 2015
What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts.
This week Oklahoma Policy Institute discussed how state revenue forecasts confirm the need for additional caution, with next year’s…
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This originally appeared on the Tax Credits for Working Families blog on January 2nd and is reblogged with permission.
While the national media covered every twist and turn in the fiscal cliff negotiations, little attention was paid to the provisions…
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By:
David Blatt
January 3, 2013 // Updated: May 1, 2019
In late December, the Board of Equalization certified a preliminary estimate of the revenues available for next year’s budget. The numbers confirm that while the worst of the fiscal crisis is now far behind us, the state remains in the…
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By:
Kate Richey
January 2, 2013 // Updated: June 27, 2013
This is the first post in a running series based on our recent report, Closing the Opportunity Gap: Building Equity in Oklahoma, which assesses the racial wealth gap and proposes solutions for closing that gap through asset-building. There is a…
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By:
Kate Richey
December 31, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Over the past year, Oklahomans have coped with another year of severe drought, raging wildfires, rising poverty, sluggish job growth, rising health care and insurance costs, and the ongoing large scale deployment and return of National Guard and Army reservist…
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