Category: Weekly Wonk

The Weekly Wonk: All children have right to education | Law change in 2011 gives public education control to governor | OK Policy, Together OK virtual listening sessions next week

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: Undocumented immigrants in OK contribute $227M in state, local taxes a year | Tribal-state legislative wrap-up | Don’t roll back progress on justice reform | Capitol Update

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: Not-so-happy anniversary to the minimum wage | Everything you need to know about SQ:832 and the minimum wage in Oklahoma | Reclaim your power by voting in local elections

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: Disagreement is natural, but incivility is a choice | The history of the Sales Tax Relief Credit | Anti-immigration laws, policies hurting American businesses

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: Lawmakers must build on justice reforms | What are community schools? | Oklahoma needs bold leadership

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...]

The Weekly Wonk: Implementing community schools would better serve child well-being | Just because we can arrest people in homeless camps doesn’t mean we should | Policy Notes & Numbers

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: Eliminate justice-related fees and invest in Oklahoma’s justice system | Community voices needed for people-first policy | Capitol Update

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: Oklahoma’s minimum wage should be a living wage | Looking at budget items after legislative dust has settled | Policy notes and numbers

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...]

The Weekly Wonk: Report shows Oklahoma children far from Top 10 | Meaningful change still needed to address mounting problems in the child welfare and youth justice systems | Court ruling on cabinet secretaries provides lesson in unintended consequences

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: Oklahoma needs leaders who prioritize people, not politics | Oklahomans will go another year without solutions to housing crisis | Anti-immigrant laws punish families and children. Oklahoma lawmakers pass them anyway.

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...]