By:
Gene Perry
November 9, 2017 // Updated: May 2, 2019
A new analysis of the Congressional GOP tax plan reveals that in Oklahoma, the wealthiest 1 percent will receive the greatest share of the total tax cut in year one, and their share would grow through 2027. The value of the…
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By:
David Blatt
November 7, 2017 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Note: This post has been updated to reflect the most recent information (11/7/17: 9:00 pm)
You are needed right now to contact your Representative and urge him or her to support the comprehensive budget plan contained in HB 1054.
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By:
Gene Perry
November 6, 2017 // Updated: May 2, 2019
In a recent editorial, The Oklahoman newspaper accused critics of Oklahoma’s huge tax breaks for the oil and gas industry of ignoring reality. They wrote that the claim that oil and gas companies pay far less taxes in Oklahoma than…
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By:
Steve Lewis
November 3, 2017 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol.
I can’t imagine that any Oklahoma citizen not participating in or observing full time the actions in…
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By:
Guest
November 2, 2017 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Shelley Cadamy is a native Oklahoman. She has worked in economic development in Oklahoma since 1994 and is a foster/adoptive parent.
Nine years ago, I fostered and then then adopted my three kids. They’re biological siblings, now 12, 15, and…
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By:
David Blatt
November 1, 2017 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Last week, lawmakers’ attempt to address the state budget crisis in special session collapsed. They rejected proposals that would have filled the entire budget hole and averted imminent and catastrophic cuts to the three health care and social service agencies —…
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By:
David Blatt
October 31, 2017 // Updated: May 1, 2019
We expect a lot from the Oklahomans who work for state government. These are the men and women we entrust to care for victims of abuse and neglect, supervise the most dangerous criminal offenders, stop the spread of infectious diseases,…
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By:
Gene Perry
October 23, 2017 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Oklahoma Policy Institute issued the following statement on the new budget proposal announced by Governor Fallin and Republican legislative leaders:
Since the beginning of special session four weeks ago, the bipartisan framework needed to end our budget emergency has been clear.…
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By:
Steve Lewis
October 20, 2017 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol.
What’s going on with the special session?
I’m reliably informed that Republican House members, in their caucus…
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By:
Gene Perry
October 18, 2017 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This week the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services began alerting care providers that they will have to shut down the state’s entire outpatient behavioral health system, with just a few exceptions, if lawmakers don’t find ways…
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