By:
David Blatt
February 13, 2017 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Ten states, including Oklahoma, have enacted tax cuts in recent years that are deferred to a future date based on state revenues reaching a certain level or rate of growth. A new report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,…
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By:
Gene Perry
February 9, 2017 // Updated: May 2, 2019
At OK Policy, our core mission is to encourage state policy changes that ensure responsible funding of public services and expanded opportunity for all Oklahomans. To that end, we’ve identified a number of policies as top priorities in Oklahoma’s 2017 legislative session.
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Background
Each year, the single most important piece of legislation adopted by the Legislature is the General Appropriations (GA) bill. The GA bill typically…
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Background
In a tax code that provides many tax breaks for high-income individuals and businesses, Oklahoma offers just three tax credits that help support…
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Background
Back in 2014, when the state’s economy was enjoying strong growth tied to high energy prices, lawmakers approved a cut in Oklahoma’s top…
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Oklahoma is once again facing a massive budget shortfall. According to preliminary estimates, lawmakers will have about $740 million less for next year’s budget…
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By:
Gene Perry
February 6, 2017 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Oklahoma Policy Institute released the following comment in response to Governor Fallin’s State of the State address:
We applaud Governor Fallin’s call to fix Oklahoma’s structural budget deficits and reverse years of funding cuts that are damaging the health and…
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Today is the first day of the 2017 legislative session. Governor Mary Fallin will kick things off with her State of the State address in the House chambers beginning at noon. You can follow her speech online here. Governor Fallin…
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By:
Gene Perry
January 19, 2017 // Updated: June 6, 2019
To understand how state and local governments operate in Oklahoma, we especially need to understand the budget. The budget is how we allocate resources across all of our publicly-supported institutions – not just state and local government agencies, but also…
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By:
Gene Perry
January 17, 2017 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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Estimates show Oklahoma faces another large budget hole next year.
The State Equalization Board met in December and certified $6.038 billion in available revenue for next year, which is $740 million less than…
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