By:
Steve Lewis
February 23, 2018 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol.
With what was termed the last hope for raising revenue this session, HB 1033XX, failed…
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By:
David Blatt
February 22, 2018 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Miami Public Schools in Ottawa County serves about 2,500 K-12 students in seven schools. This year, four school librarian positions were eliminated, leaving the district without a single librarian.
In Newkirk, there is no librarian and no speech or drama…
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By:
Steve Lewis
February 9, 2018 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol.
The legislative session started Monday, and it may be one of the most difficult ever. Legislators must…
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By:
Gene Perry
February 8, 2018 // Updated: May 2, 2019
For Immediate Release
Oklahoma Policy Institute Executive Director David Blatt released the following statement on the amendment to HB 1037, the income tax component of the Step Up Oklahoma plan, which passed out of House committee today:
The move to…
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By:
Gene Perry
February 7, 2018 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Just a few weeks ago, the Step Up Oklahoma coalition announced their plan for a variety of tax increases and reforms to resolve some of Oklahoma’s long-standing budget problems. Since then, the proposal has attracted support from a broad range…
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By:
Gene Perry
February 5, 2018 // Updated: May 1, 2019
For Immediate Release
Oklahoma Policy Institute Executive Director David Blatt released the following statement in response to Governor Fallin’s State of the State address and FY 2019 Executive Budget:
Governor Fallin has identified the right goals for this year’s legislative…
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By:
Steve Lewis
February 2, 2018 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol.
The House and the Senate appropriations committees have continued their budget hearings looking at agency requests for…
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By:
Gene Perry
January 25, 2018 // Updated: May 2, 2019
With the 2018 legislative session fast approaching, today we released OK Policy’s top policy priorities for the coming year.
OK Policy is committed to supporting fair and adequate funding of public services and expanded economic opportunity for all Oklahomans through…
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OK Policy is committed to supporting fair and adequate funding of public services and expanded economic opportunity for all Oklahomans through research and advocacy. During the 2018 legislative session, we will work to…
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See the full list of our 2018 policy priorities.
Download this fact sheet as a PDF.
Background
In a tax code that provides many breaks for high-income individuals and businesses, Oklahoma offers just three tax credits that help support the…
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