By:
Gene Perry
September 17, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019
New Census data shows Oklahoma made little progress in reducing the percentage of families living in poverty in 2014. In that year, almost one out of six Oklahomans (16.6 percent) were making less than the poverty line of $24,000 a…
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Despite Oklahoma’s prosperity, too many children go without access to regular, healthy food. State food banks continue to report giving away record amounts of food, and the state’s SNAP enrollment has not significantly declined since…
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By:
Chan Aaron
August 24, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Chan Aaron is an OK Policy 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 States…
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With the Community Eligibility Provision, participating schools can eliminate school meals paperwork and serve all students at no charge. Our report explains the program’s benefits and how it works, as well as its potential for Oklahoma schools...
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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.
Last May, U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse…
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By:
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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By:
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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By:
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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By:
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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