By:
Guest
February 17, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Annie McKay is Executive Director of the Kansas Center for Economic Growth (KCEG). This post previously appeared on the KCEG blog.
Ever since Kansas enacted substantial income tax cuts in 2012 and 2013, we have eagerly awaited the prosperity and…
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David Blatt
February 13, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The average Oklahoman would get just $29 from Governor Mary Fallin’s proposed income tax cut, while one-quarter of the total benefit would go to the wealthiest 1 percent of households, according to a new analysis prepared by the Institute for…
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Guest
February 10, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Dan Rickman is Regents Professor of Economics and Oklahoma Gas and Electric Services Chair in Regional Economic Analysis at Oklahoma State University. This is a revised version of a brief published by the Scholars Strategy Network, of which he is…
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Guest
February 7, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
JeVonna Caine,one of OK Policy’s 2013-14 Research Fellows, is pursuing a Masters of Public Health in Health Administration and Policy from the OU Health Sciences Center, while also working at the State Department of Health in the Health Planning &…
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David Blatt
February 5, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
With state agencies and schools still struggling to climb out of deep budget holes from the last recession, Governor Mary Fallin’s FY 2015 Executive Budget proposes even deeper cuts that could seriously harm our families and our economy.
With initial…
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Gene Perry
February 3, 2014 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Oklahoma Policy Institute released the following statement in response to Governor Fallin’s 2015 state budget proposal:
Oklahoma already faces a difficult challenge this year to balance the budget without harming important services. Governor Fallin’s proposed budget takes a bad situation…
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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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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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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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