By:
Paul Shinn
January 24, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Last year we published OK Policy’s (and possibly the nation’s) first Online Budget Guide, a primer for Oklahoma state and local government finance. We were pretty excited about the online approach. It allowed us to save paper and printing and…
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By:
David Blatt
January 21, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Donna Coffey is the McCurtain County Drug Court Administrator in Oklahoma. She has been with the program since its implementation in June 2003, under the direction of District Judge Willard L. Driesel.
Oklahoma Drug Courts – hope for a brighter…
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By:
David Blatt
January 19, 2011 // Updated: October 17, 2012
As I wrote in this year-end blog post, 2010 was a very good year for OK Policy. We continued to establish ourselves as a respected, credible voice and information source on state policy issue while managing major transitions and putting…
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By:
David Blatt
January 18, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Saving money for college can have wide-ranging benefits for young people and families. Savings help pay for college expenses, which assists students stay in college and complete their education. Just as importantly, savings can have an important motivational effect in…
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By:
David Blatt
January 13, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
John Thompson is an Oklahoma City teacher with 18 years of urban high school experience and an education blogger at thisweekineducation.com. He contributes regularly to our blog on education issues.
The Oklahoma City Public Schools faced breathtaking educational changes in…
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By:
David Blatt
January 11, 2011 // Updated: May 1, 2019
On his first full day on the job, new State Treasurer Ken Miller got to announce relatively good news on the state revenue front. December General Revenue (GR) collections were up 13.0 percent from one year ago and were 4.3…
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By:
David Blatt
January 10, 2011 // Updated: May 1, 2019
By now, it is well known that the state budget has been under severe duress over the past two years. Overall, as we show in the latest version of our Budget Trends and Highlights fact sheet, this year’s state appropriations…
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By:
David Blatt
January 6, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Any Oklahoman with an interest in mental health issues would do well to read the article titled “Asylum” that appeared in the December issue of This Land, a new Tulsa-based monthly magazine. The article is a vivid first-hand account by…
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By:
David Blatt
January 5, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Donna Rhodes is the CEO of the Long Term Care Authority, a public trust authority of the city and county of Tulsa leading the Tulsa community and the state in addressing long term care reform.
While the voice of long…
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By:
David Blatt
January 3, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Michael Fogarty, Chief Executive Office of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, will be speaking on “The Economics of Health Care Reform” at noon on Thursday, January 20, 2011 at the Oklahoma History Center. The talk is the first spring lecture…
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