By:
Gene Perry
October 11, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Last week, Gov. Fallin announced a plan to fix the state’s decaying bridges by 2019. The proposal involves putting more money in the ROADS fund, which receives a portion of income tax revenues that would otherwise go to the state’s…
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By:
David Blatt
October 10, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Note: In September, the Attorney General’s office issued a letter addressing whether the Oklahoma Commission for Human Services had acted improperly in approving changes to the state’s child care subsidy program at a June meeting without going through the official…
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By:
Gene Perry
October 7, 2011 // 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 at OK Policy, we shared a video that puts the recent economic downturn in historical perspective. We…
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By:
Gene Perry
October 6, 2011 // Updated: May 1, 2019
[This post has been changed slightly from the original. An earlier version questioned SoonerPoll’s reliability without providing evidence to back up that claim.]
As part of the agreement to raise the federal debt ceiling, Congress will vote on a Balanced…
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By:
David Blatt
October 5, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Many state political and business leaders are clamoring to do away with Oklahoma’s personal income tax, the state’s single largest revenue source, while acknowledging the need to maintain sufficient tax revenue to fund basic services. One influential participant in the…
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