As we’ve discussed in various blog posts and issue briefs, most state agencies received basically flat funding or were dealt budget cuts of 5 to 7 percent for the new fiscal year beginning July 1st, even as inflation leads to…
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Paul Shinn
June 29, 2009 // Updated: May 2, 2019
OK Policy is pleased to launch a new monthly Stimulus Update publication. Each month we will take a quick look at one set of federal stimulus (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or ARRA) programs. Each issue includes a short review…
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The Tulsa World ran our op-ed laying out the budget challenges that state agencies are now beginning to confront as the new fiscal year approaches:
We won’t know until next June the full impact on public services or our health…
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There has been some discussion in recent days about the performance of the Oklahoma State Lottery, including this editorial from The Oklahoman, after the Lottery Commission adopted a budget for FY ’10 that projects $66.6 million in revenues for education…
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Numbers You Need is a monthly publication from OK Policy that presents key data on the state’s economy, work force, human services, and budget in one concise easy-to-read fact sheet. Each issue of Numbers You Need provides monthly updated figures,…
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Doc Hoc over at OkieFunk likes our recent recomendations about what to do to help through the fiscal crisis. Oklahomans for Responsible Government, not so much.…
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On June 4th, Treasurer Scott Meacham announced a mid-year FY ’09 revenue shortfall in the General Revenue Fund, requiring agencies to take cuts to their FY ’09 appropriations totaling $6.8 million.This OSF spreadsheet allocates the shortfall across the state agencies.…
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On Thursday, Treasurer Scott Meacham declared a revenue shortfall for the current budget year, FY ’09, and announced that state agencies would be required to take an across-the-board cut in their allocations for June, the final month of the fiscal…
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By:
Paul Shinn
June 4, 2009 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Just a day after Governor Brad Henry signed the state budget for FY ’10, Oklahoma Policy Institute released its annual budget review. And the new fiscal year, which starts July 1, promises to be an interesting one:
all agencies face…
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By:
Paul Shinn
June 2, 2009 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Federal stimulus money has been in the news nationally and in Oklahoma. It has expanded or stabilized a wide range of public services. The recently-completed state budget for FY’10 used $641 million of stimulus funding to make up for over…
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