By:
Steve Lewis
June 22, 2020 // Updated: June 22, 2020
Last week, Gov. Kevin Stitt issued a press release announcing the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) will seek proposals from managed care organizations (MCOs) to provide health care services through Oklahoma’s Medicaid program, known as SoonerCare. The MCO’s contracts will…
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By:
Dave Hamby
June 21, 2020 // Updated: June 21, 2020
During this economic crisis we want people to work. Let’s give them the tools to do it; Current events demonstrate need for task force reviewing community policing standards; Accurate census count vital to business, industry; Black Wall Street's legacy.
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In the midst of crisis, Oklahoma can and should better equip returning citizens to succeed. An accessible path from prison to employment can help those with felony convictions find high-wage employment immediately following incarceration.
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By:
Steve Lewis
June 15, 2020 // Updated: June 15, 2020
Rep. Monroe Nichols, D-Tulsa, has announced he will introduce three measures next session dealing with police use of deadly force. The bills will be:
establish a state task force to review and recommend community policing standards in Oklahoma regarding use…
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By:
Dave Hamby
June 14, 2020 // Updated: June 13, 2020
Policy Matters: Budgets should reflect community values; Capitol Update: Building a new momentum; SoonerCare 2.0 federal comment period now open.
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State Treasurer Randy McDaniel announced that gross receipts to the state in May were down 14.1 percent from the previous May, a drop of $150.5 million following a drop of 30 percent in April. Presumably, these declines were already accounted…
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By:
Dave Hamby
June 7, 2020 // Updated: June 7, 2020
Addressing systemic racism; Ask OK Policy: A 2020 Legislative session overview (video); A first look at the 2021 state budget; Unemployment insurance is critical need during difficult times.
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Unemployment insurance will be a critical piece of our ability to weather and recover from this economic and public health emergency. It is in everyone’s best interest for the system to be robust and accessible to all who need it.
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State agencies will be appropriated a total of $7.715 billion in FY 2021. This is a decrease of $283.2 million (3.5 percent) compared to the initial FY 2020 budget approved last May, and just $46 million (0.6 percent) above FY 2019 (see Figure 1).
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In what was likely the most unusual — and contentious — budget process in state history, the Legislature passed the state budget for FY 2021, which starts on July 1. Most allocations to agencies are in the state’s General Appropriations bill (SB 1922), which the Legislature passed despite the Governor’s veto.
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