Category: Weekly Wonk

Weekly Wonk: Property tax ‘limits’ are long-term cuts in disguise | Eliminating taxes is a trade-off most Oklahoma families can’t afford | Mid-session updates | More

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk shares our most recent publications and other resources to help you stay informed about Oklahoma. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk: Strong Tribal–state partnerships benefit all Oklahomans | Calling the budget process ‘transparent’ doesn’t make it so | Oklahomans deserve forward-thinking criminal justice policy

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk shares our most recent publications and other resources to help you stay informed about Oklahoma. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk: Oklahomans deserve to see the full budget process, not just the final result | Are lawmakers solving Oklahoma’s real problems? | More

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk shares our most recent publications and other resources to help you stay informed about Oklahoma. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk: Creating a minimum age of adjudication is common sense youth justice reform | SQ 640 – Roadblock or solution? | Property tax cuts aren’t the real driver of housing costs | More

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk shares our most recent publications and other resources to help you stay informed about Oklahoma. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk: How HR 1 reshapes the safety net in Oklahoma | Replacing property taxes with sales taxes would hurt everyday Oklahomans | More

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk shares our most recent publications and other resources to help you stay informed about Oklahoma. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk: Property taxes aren’t just bills — they’re the price of a functioning community. Lawmakers shouldn’t cut or change them without knowing the impacts. | Senate plan would shift $254 million to schools by capping teacher retirement funding | More

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk shares our most recent publications and other resources to help you stay informed about Oklahoma. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk: Eviction records should not create a lifelong barrier to housing | Culture war and ethics bills stall in House committee | Putting people before party | More

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk shares our most recent publications and other resources to help you stay informed about Oklahoma. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk: OK Indigent Defense System budget request signals new focus on diversion and rural defense | Our prisons are terrible. We need a big, bold plan | Our history still has something to teach us

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk shares our most recent publications and other resources to help you stay informed about Oklahoma. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk: ‘Broadening the Tax Base’ is code for an unfair tax system | Three new bills target rising home insurance costs in Oklahoma | There’s little comfort in saying ‘We told you so’

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk shares our most recent publications and other resources to help you stay informed about Oklahoma. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk: Common good is Oklahoma’s strength | Agency budgets are a piece of a larger state fiscal puzzle | Uncompensated Care—What’s That?

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk shares our most recent publications and other resources to help you stay informed about Oklahoma. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In… Read more [More...]