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In a recent editorial, the Tulsa World questioned the call that is frequently heard to ‘right-size’ state government. After three successive years of deep cuts to public services, the editorial asked ‘where does it end?’:
But how do we define…
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By:
Kate Richey
March 4, 2011 // Updated: July 25, 2015
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What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts.
While tax day is still over a month away, the state tax structure got some serious attention this week…
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By:
David Blatt
August 26, 2010 // Updated: May 1, 2019
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The recent history of state appropriations, displayed here from our FY ’11 Budget Highlights fact sheet, shows a series of successive ups and downs:
We see that the state appropriated budget for the current year, FY ’11, is 5.8 percent…
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