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Budget & Tax
Oklahoma senators sign tax-cut pledge
A dozen Oklahoma state senators, who represent a combined one million Oklahomans, have signed a pledge to cut the state income tax this year.Staff | February 5, 2024
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Special sessions routine for Oklahoma Legislature
Members of the Oklahoma Senate have routinely convened in special session in recent years—regardless of the extra expense to taxpayers—to consider things like increasing taxes and spending money on corporate welfare programs.Ray Carter | February 1, 2024
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Budget & Tax
OCPA praises House passage of tax cut
OCPA President Jonathan Small today praised members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives for voting to cut Oklahoma’s top personal income tax rate to 4.5 percent.Staff | January 31, 2024
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Budget & Tax
Oklahoma House passes tax cut; ball now in Senate’s court
Members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives have voted overwhelmingly to reduce Oklahoma’s top personal income tax rate to 4.5 percent, immediately, and have sent the measure to the Oklahoma Senate.Ray Carter | January 31, 2024
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Budget & Tax
Oklahoma tax-cut session proceeds, despite Senate
A special legislative session to reduce Oklahoma’s personal income-tax rate convened on Jan. 29 with little fanfare—or fireworks.Ray Carter | January 29, 2024
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Budget & Tax
Time for income tax cuts for working families, small businesses
OCPA Jonathan Small today urged lawmakers to cut Oklahoma’s personal income tax to help struggling families and encourage business growth.Staff | January 25, 2024
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Budget & Tax, Good Government
Stitt: Time to cut taxes is now
Saying “government is going to spend whatever money you give them,” Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is urging lawmakers to reduce the state income tax.Ray Carter | January 19, 2024
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Budget & Tax
Stress test: State can weather another ‘Great Recession’
If Oklahoma faces an economic recession comparable to the “Great Recession” of 2008 to 2010, state government is able to cover the associated downfalls over a five-year period, according to a study conducted by the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency.Ray Carter | January 18, 2024
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Millions diverted from law enforcement due to McGirt ruling
One ripple effect of the McGirt ruling is the diversion of millions of dollars from Oklahoma law enforcement, agency leaders recently told state lawmakers.Ray Carter | January 17, 2024
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Budget & Tax
Do Oklahoma tax cuts benefit only the rich? No.
Those who claim that cutting the state income tax would only benefit the wealthy aren’t living in reality.Curtis Shelton | January 15, 2024