Articles
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Budget & Tax, Health Care
Senate Bill 131 bad for taxpayers, Medicaid patients
Beginning July 1, Oklahoma’s Medicaid program will open up eligibility to certain able-bodied adultsKaitlyn Finley | May 10, 2021
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Budget & Tax
Does Oklahoma’s film tax credit violate the state constitution?
SB 608 may violate parts of the Oklahoma state constitution.Ryan Haynie | May 7, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Culture & the Family
Other states repeal film subsidies
States like West Virginia and Michigan have recently repealed film subsidy programs, claiming that giving film makers millions in subsidies is simply not worth it.Ray Carter | May 7, 2021
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Budget & Tax
Biden’s coercive tax policies
President Joe Biden has proposed to increase the federal corporate tax rate, raising the rate from 21 percent to 28 percent, to help pay for his infrastructure plan.Curtis Shelton | May 3, 2021
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Budget & Tax
Giving tax money to people who oppose your values
Oklahoma already provides $8 million in annual film subsidies. But a new proposal would ramp that up to at least $20 million, and perhaps as much as $50 million, per year.Jonathan Small | May 3, 2021
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Budget & Tax
Review shows film subsidies a net drain on state government
Oklahoma lawmakers are considering a dramatic increase in state film subsidies, potentially funneling as much as $50 million a year to filmmakers.Ray Carter | April 29, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Culture & the Family
Oklahoma tourism impact from films could be negative
Although independent analysis has shown the film-subsidy program loses money for the state, some of its boosters argue that the films shot in Oklahoma will augment Oklahoma’s national image.Ray Carter | April 28, 2021
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Budget & Tax
House passes ‘magical’ film subsidy bill
House lawmakers voted to provide up to $20 million in annual subsidies to film productions after a legislator declared it a “magical” bill that will produce $17 for every $1 in subsidies issued.Ray Carter | April 22, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
McGirt scope continues to grow
Recent action by the Muscogee Creek Nation (MCN) shows that we still don’t know just how wide the scope of the McGirt v. Oklahoma decision could be.Curtis Shelton | April 22, 2021
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Budget & Tax
OCPA: $50 million for Hollywood is fiscal and social folly
Jonathan Small, president of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA), today called on lawmakers to reject legislation that would provide up to $50 million annually in state subsidies to film productions.Staff | April 20, 2021