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The OK Policy Blog showed that Oklahoma has gone from providing cash assistance to half of all families in poverty in 1996 to just one in ten today. We also featured Camille Landry’s latest post in our “Neglected Oklahoma” series which shared the story of a homeless vet in Oklahoma City and highlighted an upcoming lecture at TU by Theda Skocpol on climate change.
- 8.6 percent – Share of Oklahoma City’s jobs that are accessible in one hour by public transit, 17th worst job access among the nation’s 100 largest cities
- 23.2 percent – Share of an Oklahoma family’s (median) income spent on health insurance premiums, 11th highest among the states
- 129 – The number of Oklahoma women (per 100,000) that are currently incarcerated, nearly twice the national average (66) and more than any other state
Policy Notes
- The New York Times showed that maternity is dramatically more expensive in the United States than in other developed countries.
- The New York Times reported on a new study showing that the biggest, most profitable American companies paid only a fraction of the taxes they would owe under the official corporate rate.
- Wonkblog writes that the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate to provide health care, which the Obama administration just delayed for a year, should be repealed.
