Category: Weekly Wonk

The Weekly Wonk: Poverty week; no good reason not to expand Medicaid; & more

This week, we focused on poverty in Oklahoma and emphasized policy solutions to help our families get ahead. [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: Reinvesting in justice-involved youth; protect mothers and babies by expanding Medicaid; & more

This week, we took another dive into the newest report by Open Justice Oklahoma (OJO) which details Oklahoma’s massive, decades-long declines in juvenile crime and arrests. [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: Juvenile crime and incarceration plummets; Oklahoma’s budget challenges; & more

This week, we released a new report by Open Justice Oklahoma which found that while juvenile crime and incarceration rates have fallen dramatically, deep racial and local disparities remain. [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: OK Policy’s new director; false claims on SQ 780; demanding responsible gun policies; & more

This week marks the start of a new era in the history of Oklahoma Policy Institute as Ahniwake Rose takes over the helm as Executive Director, succeeding longtime director David Blatt. [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: SQ 802 endorsement; restoring the EITC; public charge rule, & (much) 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 Policy expands advocacy team; rural hospitals in crisis, & more

This week, we announced that we've expanded our advocacy team: Nicole Poindexter has joined the organization as a full-time Outreach and Legislative Liaison and that Kyle Lawson has been promoted to a new position as Senior Field Organizer. [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: Health care working group meets; partial Medicaid expansion is rejected, & more

On our policy blog, a guest post notes that the Administration's rejection of partial Medicaid expansion in Utah should spur states like Oklahoma to move forward with full expansion instead of harmful alternatives that leave people without coverage. [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: 7th annual Summer Policy Institute kicks off #okspi

This week, the OK Policy team has been working diligently to prepare for the 7th annual Summer Policy Insititute, a four-day program that will bring together more than 60 of Oklahoma's brightest undergraduate and graduate students for an immersion in state policy issues. [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: Medicaid expansion signature-gathering to begin; Northeast Oklahoma field organizer, & more

This week, advocates will begin collecting signatures to place the Oklahoma Medicaid expansion ballot initiative, State Question 802, on the ballot. [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: Invest in small agencies; Expand Medicaid to tackle the opioid crisis; & more

Over the past decade, all state agencies faced repeated and serious budget cuts, but small agencies were hit hardest, with many seeing their state funding cut by 20 to 50 percent. [More...]