Category: Reports and Fact Sheets

Health Insurance Exchanges Under the Affordable Care Act: State-run vs. Federally facilitated

This presentation was delivered by OK Policy before the Joint Committee on the Federal Health Care Law on October 25, 2011.  Exchange Presentation… Read more [More...]

Fact Sheets: Lottery, Gaming and Tobacco

In 2004, Oklahoma voters approved a series of measures that created the Oklahoma Education Lottery (SQ 705 & SQ 706), authorized and regulated tribal and racetrack gaming (SQ 712) and increased tobacco taxes (SQ 713) to generate new revenues to… Read more [More...]

Health Care Reform and the State Budget: Savings likely to fully or partly offset modest new costs

An OK Policy issue brief looks at the expected impact of the new federal health care law, the Affordable Care Act, on the state budget. Its main findings: Most studies of the impact of the Affordable Care Act have concluded… Read more [More...]

Presentation to the Oklahoma Task Force on Comprehensive Tax Reform

Oklahoma Policy Institute presented to the Task Force on Comprehensive Tax Reform on September 15, 2011. You can view the presentation here or download it as a PDF. Readcoverage of the meeting from the Oklahoman or meeting notes taklen by… Read more [More...]

Early Childhood Fiscal Map

For a project funded by Smart Start Oklahoma, Oklahoma Policy Institute developed a fiscal map of the federal, state, local, and private supports for young children in our state. Read more... [More...]

Should Oklahoma Raise the Alcoholic Beverage Tax?

Taxes on activities that negatively impact the public good, sometimes known as “sin taxes,” are one form of taxation that has historically received widespread support. An OK Policy issue brief makes the case that increasing Oklahoma’s tax on alcoholic beverages… Read more [More...]

10 Things You Should Know About Oklahoma’s Budget and Tax System

Here are ten facts to help anyone better understand Oklahoma’s budget and tax system. A great conversation starter! Download the fact sheet, or click on any of the links for additional information from one of OK Policy’s publications 1) Oklahomans… Read more [More...]

FY 2012 Budget Highlights

OK Policy’s FY ’12 Budget Highlights provides one page of major policy points and 5 pages of detailed graphs and tables on the state budget, including: Annual state appropriations history, FY ’00 – FY ’12 Annual General Revenue collections, FY… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma’s Individual Income Tax Basics

A new fact sheet from Oklahoma Policy Institute explains the basic of Oklahoma’s individual income tax. The income tax is the largest source of state revenue, making up about one-third of all tax collections. The fact sheet explains three important… Read more [More...]

Protecting Core Services: Revenue Options for a Balanced Budget

With next year’s certified revenues over $500 million less than current year appropriations, deeper budget cuts that could seriously impact the well-being of Oklahoma businesses, families and communities are looming. An OK Policy issue brief makes the case that in… Read more [More...]