By:
Gene Perry
February 3, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Political debates often divide us between Republicans and Democrats, between conservatives, progressives, and libertarians. Winner-take-all political campaigns tend to emphasize those divides.
But when we envision what a good future looks like for our state, Oklahomans aren’t that far apart.…
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By:
Guest
January 31, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Jia Wang, one of OK Policy’s 2013-14 Research Fellows, is a fourth year PhD student in Economics at the University of Oklahoma. Her research interest lies primarily in public economics, especially government expenditure/taxation policy and economic development incentive programs.
Policymakers…
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By:
David Blatt
January 29, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
A budget committee hearing last week laid out in stark terms what’s at stake in the coming legislative session and made clear that in preparing next year’s budget, bold measures will be needed to avoid potentially devastating cuts.
On the…
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By:
David Blatt
January 15, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The cost of tax breaks for oil and gas production in Oklahoma is escalating rapidly. This fiscal year and next, total incentives for oil and gas production in the form of lower tax rates and rebates are projected to exceed…
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By:
David Blatt
January 14, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Today’s Graph of the Day shows that the number of correctional officers staffing Oklahoma prisons has fallen by 24.5 percent since 2000 and by 20 percent just in the past five years, while the number of inmates continues to rise.
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By:
Gene Perry
January 13, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
In 1987, the median family made $21,691. Today they make more than twice as much. In 1987, the average gas price was $1 a gallon; today it is nearly $3. In that year, the Oklahoma Gazette voted Remington Park Race…
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By:
David Blatt
January 9, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Tax breaks for horizontal drilling and other forms of oil and gas production are projected to cost the state over $300 million this fiscal year and next, according to new calculations by Oklahoma Policy Institute. This does not include the…
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By:
David Blatt
January 7, 2014 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Despite almost four years of economic growth, Oklahoma’s core services have never fully recovered from the steep drop in revenues and repeated budget cuts that accompanied the Great Recession. Now we are facing another stretch of rough budget times and…
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By:
Gene Perry
December 17, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Oklahoma Policy Institute released the following statement in response to the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s decision to strike down HB 2032, the income tax cut and capitol repairs law, because it violates the single subject rule in Oklahoma’s Constitution:
The Supreme…
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By:
David Blatt
December 12, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
OK Policy is pleased to host our first State Budget Summit Thursday, January 16th at the Oklahoma History Center. You can click here to register for the event.
With the theme of “Navigating the Perilous Fiscal Waters”, the summit will…
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