Articles
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Budget & Tax
Film rebate program is corporate welfare
Comparing the state’s film rebate program with Oklahoma’s Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship program can show the distinction between the a tax credit and a rebate.Curtis Shelton | May 18, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
School-choice measure clears budget committees
Legislation to significantly increase the size of a state school-choice program that helps children attend private schools has easily advanced from budget committees in both the House and Senate.Ray Carter | May 17, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
Budget plan includes tax cuts, school choice, and savings
Gov. Kevin Stitt and legislative leaders have announced a state budget agreement that cuts taxes for all Oklahomans, increases school-choice opportunities for families, and leaves state government with more than $1 billion in savings.Ray Carter | May 13, 2021
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Budget & Tax
Lottery tickets provide better return than film subsidies
Advocates of supersizing Oklahoma’s film-subsidy program to as much as $50 million annually say the program will provide significant economic benefit to Oklahoma.Ray Carter | May 11, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Health Care
House Medicaid plan ill-advised
House Republicans have voted to further boost the added cost by up to another $277 million per year.Jonathan Small | May 10, 2021
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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States like West Virginia and Michigan have recently repealed film subsidy programs, claiming that giving film makers millions in subsidies is simply not worth it.Ray Carter | May 7, 2021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