Derek Wietelman is an OK Policy summer intern. He is an Oklahoma State University student pursuing a double major in statistics and political science, with minors in economics and environmental economics, politics, and policy.
Last May, U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse…
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Gene Perry
August 17, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Politicians love to talk about jobs. Promoting job creation is a go-to justification in many of Oklahoma’s policy decisions, whether it’s to extend tax breaks for oil companies or ban local minimum wage and paid sick leave laws.
However, aside…
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David Blatt
August 10, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Recently, the Oklahoma Native Assets Coalition (ONAC) announced a pair of exciting new initiatives for Native American families in Oklahoma. Supported by a $200,000 grant from the Michigan-based W.K. Kellogg Foundation, both initiatives aim to support savings as a way…
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Guest
July 29, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Laura Goldring is CEO and Founder at MaddieLuke, LTD based in Duncan, OK. An earlier version of this article was posted to LinkedIn.
If you have not seen the 2013 documentary, “A Place At The Table,” I strongly encourage you…
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Guest
July 27, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Britany Burris is a senior at Northeastern State University studying Political Science. She is a Disability rights and Deaf rights advocate here in Oklahoma, and she was a 2014 participant in OK Policy’s Summer Policy Institute.
On July 26, 1990,…
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Derek Wietelman is an OK Policy summer intern. He is an Oklahoma State University student pursuing a double major in statistics and political science, with minors in economics and environmental economics, politics, and policy.
Over the past few years, a…
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This is an expanded and revised version of an op-ed that ran in The Oklahoman.
The Oklahoma Republican Party recently ignited a local and national firestorm with a Facebook post pointing out a so-called irony of signs in national parks…
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Chan Aaron
July 20, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Chan Aaron is an OK Policy summer intern. He is pursuing an environmental policy degree at The University of Tulsa. He is also a graduate of Oklahoma State University with a degree in philosophy and a veteran of the United…
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This report was funded by a grant from the Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation.
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Oklahoma’s tough-on-crime criminal justice ethos results in one of the highest per-capita incarceration rates in the US. Thousands of these incarcerated…
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Finding affordable housing is one of the most difficult barriers faced by Oklahomans with a felony conviction in their past. Yet Oklahoma's major public housing assistance programs frequently exclude people with felony records, and even those who have been arrested without being charged, from getting help.
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