The Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) made waves in April when Director Ed Lake sent a letter to employees and providers warning that DHS is facing “cuts we simply cannot make without significant consequences for the people who depend…
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May 6, 2016 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Ken Miller, PhD, is the Oklahoma State Treasurer and an economics professor at Oklahoma Christian University. This post originally appeared as an article in the April 2016 Oklahoma Economic Report and is reprinted with permission.
This month’s Gross Receipts to…
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Oklahoma continues to give up well over $400 million per year in tax breaks to oil and gas producers, even as oil prices fall and the industry sheds thousands of jobs, according to data compiled from the Oklahoma Tax Commission.…
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Add this to the list of potential fallout from the state’s unprecedented budget disaster: Oklahoma may soon be forced to release people accused of violent crimes because the state can’t afford to pay for their legal representation.
This nearly came…
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Cody Minyard is an OK Policy intern and a political science senior at the University of Oklahoma. He is a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
During this legislative session, the projected deficit has reached $1.3 billion. Without solutions that…
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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. You can sign up on his website to receive the Capitol Updates newsletter by email.…
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One of the recurring revenue options that Gov. Mary Fallin laid out in her FY 2017 Executive Budget involved “modernizing the sales tax.” This was presented as something of a catch-all category described as “keeping the same low rates and…
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April 27, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Tiara Blue is an instructor at Murray State College in Tishomingo and a contributing writer for NonDoc.
Foresight. I underlined this word twice in my notes for the late Professor J. Rufus Fears’ “Ancient Rome” course. I was just a…
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Gene Perry
April 25, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Oklahoma’s massive budget shortfall means that lawmakers face stark choices this year. They can choose devastating cuts to Oklahoma public schools, health care, and other essential services. Or they can shore up the state’s finances and invest in a stronger…
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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. You can sign up on his website to receive the Capitol Updates newsletter by email.…
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