Articles
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Health Care
Senate Bill 605 is bad policy, no matter where you try it
Oklahoma should reject proposals like state Senate Bill 605 to further expand Medicaid. Similar Medicaid expansion plans have been scrapped in states like Iowa and New Hampshire due to high costs.Kaitlyn Finley | March 18, 2019
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Good Government
Pointless politics
Politics is full of good intentions and well-meaning ideas, so why does government so often stumble?Jonathan Small | March 15, 2019
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Education
Study says Oklahoma charters can deliver more bang for the buck
Top charter schools can deliver more learning per dollar spent, on average, than regular public schools, according to a new study by a former Oklahoma Secretary of Education.Mike Brake | March 14, 2019
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Good Government
OCPA statement on Gov. Stitt signing agency accountability bills
Jonathan Small | March 13, 2019
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Budget & Tax
Report: State economy grows even as oil prices remain low
The latest monthly report from the Oklahoma State Treasurer’s office indicates that the state economy continues to grow even as oil prices remain low.Curtis Shelton | March 12, 2019
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Budget & Tax, Good Government
Limited government should also be effective
A limited government shouldn’t mean an ineffective one. Oklahoma’s current government structure pits its executive branch against itself and makes any real reform difficult.Curtis Shelton | March 11, 2019
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Budget & Tax
Coastal fairy tales
Oklahoma’s revenue shortfalls were not the result of coastal fairy tales about tax cuts. They were the result of the Great Recession – and then a recession from a protracted energy price war waged by OPEC – that caused thousands of our fellow Oklahomans to lose their jobs.Jonathan Small | March 8, 2019
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Education
Teacher-liability bills advance
Two bills that would provide liability insurance as a benefit for public school teachers and other school employees are advancing in the Oklahoma Legislature.J.E. McReynolds | March 7, 2019
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Good Government
OCPA statement on agency accountability agreement
After Gov. Kevin Stitt and legislative leadership announced an agreement on state agency accountability, Jonathan Small, president of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA), released the following statement.Staff | March 5, 2019
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Budget & Tax, Good Government
The opportunity cost of Oklahoma’s corporate welfare
Oklahoma lost $152 million in 2017 from corporate incentives and could reduce its total overall tax burden by 2.7 percent if it ended all corporate welfare programs.Curtis Shelton | March 4, 2019