By:
David Blatt
January 14, 2010 // Updated: May 1, 2019
In writing about the state’s current budget woes, I’ve tended to say that Oklahoma is in the midst of its worst fiscal crisis since the oil bust of the 1980’s. Whether we were around during those days or not, I…
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By:
David Blatt
January 13, 2010 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Just a quick post to let you know that the Oklahoman today ran an op-ed setting out the policy proposals we have developed for managing budget downturns. The op-ed was based on the full issue brief and 1-page summary we…
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By:
David Blatt
January 8, 2010 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Everyone knew it would be bad. Could we have known it would be this bad? Nearly one year ago, in February of 2009, several months after the national economic recession finally hit Oklahoma, the Board of Equalization certified an official…
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By:
David Blatt
December 23, 2009 // Updated: May 1, 2019
The State Board of Equalization yesterday certified official revenue projections for this year and next. Based on actual revenue collections through November and forecasting data for the next seven months, the various agencies involved in generating the certified estimate are…
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By:
David Blatt
December 17, 2009 // Updated: May 1, 2019
As a result of Oklahoma’s severe budget shortfalls, every state agency and program is absorbing substantial budget cuts that are having a real impact on Oklahoma families and communities. But tax expenditures – the term encompassing the array of exemptions,…
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Well, it happened again. This month Leadership OK (LOK) was in McAlester instead of in Muskogee, but there was something familiar about what we heard and how the class reacted.
Last month, after a presentation by Neal McCaleb, President of…
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By:
Paul Shinn
December 15, 2009 // Updated: May 1, 2019
On January 1st, tax cuts with a revenue impact exceeding $100 million, which include the full repeal of the state’s estate tax and a steep increase in the standard deduction, will take effect in Oklahoma. Do these tax cuts reflect…
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By:
David Blatt
December 10, 2009 // Updated: May 1, 2019
As state leaders struggle to find solutions to this year’s revenue shortfalls and funding gaps, it is not too soon to draw lessons from the current state fiscal crisis to design policies that will allow us to respond better the…
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By:
David Blatt
December 8, 2009 // Updated: May 1, 2019
As state leaders struggle with how to manage the enormous budget shortfalls the state faces this year and next, the focus is understandably on decisions that must be made over the coming weeks and months. But while short-term challenges are…
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By:
David Blatt
November 23, 2009 // Updated: May 1, 2019
If state fiscal conditions can be likened to the weather, it’s been apparent for many months that Oklahoma is in the midst of a toad strangler of a rain, to borrow the Tulsa World’s colorful characterization. Going into the current…
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