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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By:
Steve Lewis
January 13, 2017 // 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.
To better inform more House members about the state budget, Speaker Charles McCall has made…
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By:
Steve Lewis
January 6, 2017 // Updated: May 2, 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 turning of a new year is a time when people tend to reflect on…
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By:
David Blatt
January 3, 2017 // Updated: May 1, 2019
In late December, the State Equalization Board met and approved a preliminary estimate of state revenues for the upcoming budget year, FY 2018. This estimate will be the basis of Governor Fallin’s Executive Budget, to be released on the first day…
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By:
David Blatt
December 21, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Oklahoma Policy Institute issued the following statement after the State Equalization Board certified $869 million less for next year’s budget than this year’s authorized budget:
As we enter the holiday season, Oklahomans today learned that the state faces a budget…
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The movement to legalize marijuana is riding high. This year voters in California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada joined Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and Alaska in legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, while Arkansas, Florida, Montana, and North Dakota voted to allow…
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By:
David Blatt
December 13, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
As Oklahoma’s 2017 legislative session approaches, the combination of continued budget shortfalls at the state level and a new national Administration and Congress committed to far-reaching changes to critical programs have created an unprecedented level of uncertainty and apprehension. OK…
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