By:
Kate Richey
March 25, 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 marked the one-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act with a post on…
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The Tulsa Association of Health Underwriters hosted Governor Mary Fallin and Insurance Commissioner John Doak at a forum on how health care reform would affect the insurance industry. Addressing a packed house at the Tulsa Country Club, Governor Fallin repeated…
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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…
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By:
Guest
March 24, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Note: These remarks were originally delivered by Alice Blue upon receiving the Tulsa Coalition of Hispanic Organizations Annual Thanksgiving Award in November 2010. Alice is a Senior Planner with the Community Service Council of Tulsa.
I come to this gathering…
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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…
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By:
Gene Perry
March 23, 2011 // Updated: October 17, 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…
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Today is the one-year anniversary of President Barack Obama signing into law the landmark Affordable Care Act (ACA). Many of the most far-reaching provisions of the health care reform law – including the launch of new health insurance exchanges for…
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By:
Gene Perry
March 22, 2011 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Another budget year, the same sad story: The combination of tax cuts and the recession results in severe cuts to public services.
Over the past two years, most agencies have lost 15 percent or more of their funding. Even though…
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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…
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In a blog post last summer, we took issue with the polarizing concept of “the government versus the private sector”. We argued that you cannot have a vibrant, productive private sector without government undertaking a whole array of activities that…
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