By:
Guest
October 19, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Carl Davis is Research Director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that works on federal, state, and local tax policy issues.
When is a charitable contribution not a “donation” at all? If a taxpayer…
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By:
Gene Perry
October 11, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Hundreds of thousands of Oklahoma families are able to put enough food on the table because of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). But research increasingly shows that it accomplishes much more than that.
Growing up in poverty is shown…
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By:
Gene Perry
September 21, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
One of the most hotly debated State Questions that Oklahomans will decide this year is SQ 779. The measure would increase the sales tax to improve education funding — with most of the new funding dedicated to teacher raises. While…
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By:
Gene Perry
September 19, 2016 // Updated: October 26, 2020
It’s well known that state aid funding in Oklahoma has struggled in recent years — since 2008 we’ve cut per student state aid by 24.2 percent after inflation, the largest drop in the U.S. Cuts to state aid affect all…
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By:
Gene Perry
September 12, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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SQ 779 is a constitutional amendment that would raise the state sales and use tax by one percentage point.…
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Camille Landry is a writer, activist, and social justice advocate who lives in Oklahoma City. This post is part of our “Neglected Oklahoma” series, which tells the stories of Oklahomans in situations where the basic necessities of life are hard…
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By:
Guest
September 1, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Deborah Phillips is Professor of Psychology and William Gormley is Professor of Government and Public Policy at Georgetown University. Their Tulsa-based research on early childhood education has appeared in the top scientific journals in their fields, in national media outlets,…
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Kylie Thomas was an OK Policy summer intern. She is a Master’s student in economics at American University and previously earned her Bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Tulsa.
When the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) passed in…
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Late this summer, just as parents started to wonder precisely where they’d put that school supplies list, Tulsa Public Schools announced that all elementary schools in the district would serve free breakfast and lunch to all students in the coming…
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By:
Steve Lewis
August 19, 2016 // 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. You can find past Capitol Updates archived on his website.
There’s a published story last…
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