By:
Steve Lewis
November 6, 2023 // Updated: November 6, 2023
During the decade downturn in the state’s economy, state agencies were hollowed out. When the economy turned around, the governor insisted on agencies submitting flat budget requests to the legislature and “saving” the increased revenue in various accounts. Then he used the “savings” to demand tax cuts.
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By:
Emma Morris
September 14, 2023 // Updated: September 28, 2023
NOTE: On Sept. 11, 2023, Gov. Stitt called for a special session in October 2023 to address tax reforms. One of the items included in the governor’s request was a “path to zero income tax.”
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Oklahoma should…
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By:
Paul Shinn
August 16, 2023 // Updated: November 20, 2023
While this program could make private and homeschooling more practical or affordable for a few families, taxpayers will mostly be paying for people to do what they were willing to pay for on their own. As a result, we’ll be handing millions of tax dollars to the most well-off among us while propping up private schools, whose enrollment has stagnated in recent years.
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By:
Emma Morris
August 10, 2023 // Updated: August 17, 2023
[FY 2024 Budget Highlights]
Throughout the 2023 legislative session, lawmakers discussed further reducing state revenue by cutting various taxes, with the understanding that any major tax and spending changes would only be passed as part of the state budget. As…
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[Download this report as a pdf] | [See charts] | [FY 2024 Budget Analysis]
The FY 2024 budget makes some key investments in agencies, but misses opportunities to help everyday Oklahomans.
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023 (FY…
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OK Policy shares a first look at the FY2024 budget with wins, missed opportunities, and decisions that don't center the needs of everyday Oklahomans.
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• Current Tax Cut Proposals Don’t Help Most Oklahomans [Printable PDF]
With less than two weeks left in the 2023 legislative session, lawmakers have very little time remaining to reach agreement on, reveal, and adopt the Fiscal Year 2024 state…
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By:
Paul Shinn
April 26, 2023 // Updated: May 8, 2023
Oklahoma legislators are considering several unpredictable, expensive, and dangerous proposals to drastically change our state education policy. These proposals would use tax dollars to fund private education for fewer than 1 in 10 Oklahoma children and take funding from public schools.
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By:
Emma Morris
April 25, 2023 // Updated: May 13, 2023
• Information sheet about the Sales Tax Relief Credit [PDF]
In recent years, state leaders have continually proposed eliminating the state portion of the sales tax on groceries. The House of Representatives passed House Bill 1955 in late March to…
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Changes to funding our educational system — especially sweeping changes that could cascade negative fiscal impacts to other state agencies and programs — should be based on reliable data and should include input from Oklahoma parents and caregivers. Here are 10 questions we think lawmakers should be asked about these proposals. (And as with any math problem, lawmakers should be asked to show their work.)
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