By:
David Blatt
September 4, 2009 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Note: Occasionally we are re-running blog posts on topical subjects that you may have missed the first time around. Last week, the Tulsa World reported that DVIS (Domestic Violence Interventions Services) of Tulsa has been awarded a $426,335 grant from…
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By:
David Blatt
September 3, 2009 // Updated: May 2, 2019
In a recent post on our blog, Paul Shinn looked at state tax incentives and made the case for holding them to the same standards of accountability as direct government spending programs. In the new blog at Tax.com, David Brunori,…
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By:
David Blatt
August 31, 2009 // Updated: May 1, 2019
The continued weakness of natural gas prices and production is the most important factor accounting for Oklahoma’s disappointing revenue collections. July collections from natural gas production to the General Revenue Fund (GRF) totaled just $22.2 million in July – a…
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By:
Paul Shinn
August 27, 2009 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Our new Stimulus Update looks at the $52 billion in education funding in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA, better known as the stimulus). The education programs, in contrast to most other ARRA funds coming to state and local…
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By:
Paul Shinn
August 25, 2009 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Six months into the federal stimulus program (the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or ARRA), most of the discussion has centered on infrastructure projects and the impact on economic recovery and jobs, if any. Today, we’d like to focus on…
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By:
David Blatt
August 20, 2009 // Updated: May 1, 2019
As a follow-up to our earlier post about the announced cuts to state agencies resulting from the shortfall in July revenue collections, we have prepared a spreadsheet that shows how much of a cut each agency will receive in dollar…
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By:
David Blatt
August 12, 2009 // Updated: May 1, 2019
As you’ve no doubt already heard, the worst fears about state revenue collections in the beginning of the new fiscal year were confirmed yesterday with the release of July General Revenue (GR) collections. The Treasurer’s office announced that July revenues…
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By:
Paul Shinn
August 11, 2009 // Updated: May 2, 2019
I recently attended a meeting of the state’s Incentive Review Committee. This board of citizens is appointed by elected leaders to review some of the hundreds of tax incentives we give to encourage specific economic activities. Dr. Larkin Warner, a…
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By:
Paul Shinn
August 6, 2009 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Like most people who watch public budgets, we tend to focus on what is being spent, at the expense of what is being bought. Our upcoming Online Guide to Oklahoma Budget and Taxes looks at state and local expenditures more…
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By:
Paul Shinn
August 4, 2009 // Updated: May 1, 2019
It will be worth your time to check out Better, Faster, Cheaper, a blog produced by former Indianapolis Mayor Steve Goldsmith for the Kennedy School of Government. Among its gems is an excellent article by William Eggers, The Pension Time…
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