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2023 Census data: Oklahoma ranks as sixth poorest state

By: Oklahoma Policy Institute
September 12, 2024 // Updated: September 12, 2024
Lawmakers have options to improve Oklahomans’ well-being, access to prosperity Data from the Census Bureau’s 2023 American Community Survey released Sept. 12 show that Oklahoma’s poverty rate was 15.9 percent, which was the nation’s sixth highest. The national poverty rate… Read more More...

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In The Know: Senator seeks fraud investigation of Chesapeake

By: Gene Perry
May 3, 2012 // Updated: May 3, 2012
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. E-mail your suggestions for In The Know items to gperry@okpolicy.org. You can sign… Read more [More...]

Tax Cut Talking Points

By: Oklahoma Policy Institute
May 2, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Why Tax Cuts Are Not the Right Priority for Oklahoma Eliminating the income tax is fiscally reckless. Once we decide to cut taxes, we cannot reverse course if things don’t work out. Credit rating and municipal bond agencies have expressed… Read more [More...]

Upcoming Event: Tax Policy Forum, May 9

By: Gene Perry
// Updated: May 2, 2019
The State Chamber of Oklahoma is hosting a tax policy forum, co-sponsored by OK Policy and the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs. Speakers include: Arthur Laffer, PhD, the author of a report being relied on by those pushing to abolish… Read more [More...]

(Oklahoma Economic Report) Natural Gas: Beneath the surface

By: David Blatt
// Updated: May 1, 2019
This article appeared in the April 2012 edition of the Oklahoma Economic Report, a publication of the Office of State Treasurer Ken Miller. It is reprinted here in its entirety with permission. It seems that each day brings another story… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Chesapeake replacing McClendon as board chair

By: Gene Perry
// Updated: May 2, 2012
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. E-mail your suggestions for In The Know items to gperry@okpolicy.org. You can sign… Read more [More...]

A Rock and a Hard Place: 'Asset-tests' and Oklahoma's poor

By: Kate Richey
May 1, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The federal ‘Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations‘ (FDPIR) program provides food assistance to low-income Native American households living in Indian Country.  Many households participate in FDPIR as an alternative to SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), formerly the food stamp… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Oklahoma Supreme Court strikes down personhood proposal

By: Gene Perry
// Updated: May 1, 2012
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. E-mail your suggestions for In The Know items to gperry@okpolicy.org. You can sign… Read more [More...]

The tax expenditure reform dog: Still not barking

By: Gene Perry
April 30, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Four months ago, a legislative task force chaired by Rep. David Dank and Sen. Mike Mazzei laid out an ambitious agenda for reforming Oklahoma’s tax expenditures. The group’s recommendations included ending tax credit transferability, enacting caps, sunsets, and regular audits… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Plunging natural gas prices affecting tax cut discussions

By: Gene Perry
// Updated: April 30, 2012
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. E-mail your suggestions for In The Know items to gperry@okpolicy.org. You can sign… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: April 27, 2012

By: Kate Richey
April 27, 2012 // 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 OK Policy hosted two briefings on the state budget and warned that proposals to phase-out Oklahoma’s personal… Read more [More...]

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