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Earlier this week, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, T.W. Shannon, scuttling any hopes that the Insure Oklahoma program could remain a viable option for providing health insurance to some low-income working Oklahomans. This means that the program’s…
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Gene Perry
May 23, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Last week, with just days remaining in the Legislative session, House Speaker T.W. Shannon made a surprising announcement. He said that he would put forward a measure to repeal Common Core standards in Oklahoma schools.
Oklahoma lawmakers voted to adopt…
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Last week’s announcement of April General Revenue (GR) collections seemed to signal great news for the state. Revenues were up almost $90 million, or 14.7 percent, from the same month a year ago and exceeded the estimate by 15.1 percent.…
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By:
Gene Perry
May 21, 2013 // Updated: May 21, 2013
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With just one week left until the legislature’s scheduled adjournment, Governor Mary Fallin has called on legislators to approve last-minute changes to the Insure Oklahoma program. These questions and answers explain what is being proposed and the vital issues that…
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By:
Gene Perry
May 17, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Oklahoma Policy Institute released the following statement in response to Governor Fallin’s call to continue Insure Oklahoma with state-only dollars:
It should be of grave concern to Oklahomans that Governor Fallin is proposing to use $50 million in state-only dollars…
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