By:
Gene Perry
September 26, 2017 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Yesterday was the first day of the special legislative session called by Governor Fallin to fix Oklahoma’s chronic budget problems. One day in, the outcome of special session is still very much up in the air. With so much at…
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By:
Gene Perry
September 18, 2017 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Governor Fallin has officially called the Oklahoma Legislature into a special session beginning September 25 in order to fix the state budget, which has a more than $200 million hole due to the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s rejection of a cigarette fee.…
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By:
David Blatt
September 12, 2017 // Updated: May 2, 2019
“The purpose and intent of State Question 640 is now eviscerated…” So declared Oklahoma Chief Justice Douglas Combs in a dissent to last month’s 5-4 Supreme Court decision upholding a new state law that partially removed a tax exemption on…
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By:
Steve Lewis
September 8, 2017 // Updated: May 2, 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.
The Supreme Court ruled last week on the constitutionality of HB 2433 that, last session, removed the…
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By:
Guest
September 5, 2017 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Marcus McEntire is a freshman Republican legislator representing HD 50 (Duncan). A small business owner, he attended and graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in communication studies, earned a Master of Divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological…
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By:
Gene Perry
August 31, 2017 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Oklahoma Policy Institute released the following statement on today’s Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling upholding a law that partially ends the state sales tax exemption for auto sales:
The court’s ruling confirms that lawmakers have numerous options to fill the budget…
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By:
Gene Perry
August 29, 2017 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Now that the Oklahoma Supreme Court has thrown out a key part of the budget passed by lawmakers earlier this year, it’s clear the lawmakers must return to the Capitol for a special legislative session to fix the problem. Oklahoma…
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By:
Steve Lewis
August 18, 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.
Those who are golfers, which I’m not, are familiar with a Mulligan. But you don’t have to…
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By:
David Blatt
August 14, 2017 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Last week’s Supreme Court’s ruling that struck down a $1.50 per-package smoking cessation fee passed by lawmakers in May has created a genuine state emergency. Without quick and decisive action, Oklahoma faces unimaginable cuts to health care and other protections…
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By:
Gene Perry
August 10, 2017 // Updated: May 1, 2019
The SOS Coalition, which includes Oklahoma Policy Institute and 20 other organizations, released the following statement on today’s Oklahoma Supreme Court decision that threw out a cigarette fee and created a $214 million hole in the budgets of SoonerCare ($70…
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