Articles
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Budget & Tax
Voters could receive cost estimate for ballot measures
In future elections Oklahoma voters may be provided the estimated cost of ballot measures and potential funding sources under legislation approved by the Oklahoma Senate.Ray Carter | March 9, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
Tax hikes, pay raises, fail to stem Oklahoma teacher shortage
This week members of the Oklahoma Senate effectively admitted that the teacher pay raise plan has failed.Ray Carter | March 5, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
Budget surplus provides opportunity for tax reform
The current surplus for Oklahoma’s budget provides an excellent foundation for real tax reform in Oklahoma that will brighten Oklahoma’s long-term future.Curtis Shelton | March 3, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Economy
Use some bailout funds to reduce Oklahoma’s personal income tax
With Democrats holding Congress and the White House, most officials expect states to soon receive yet another round of federal bailout funding.Jonathan Small | March 3, 2021
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Budget & Tax
Taxpayer-cost bill wins House passage
Oklahoma voters would be informed of the taxpayer cost created by ballot measures in future elections under a bill approved by the Oklahoma House of Representatives.Ray Carter | March 2, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
Open transfer wins strong Senate support
Legislation increasing the opportunity for children to transfer from one public school to another won easy approval in the Oklahoma Senate.Ray Carter | March 2, 2021
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Budget & Tax
Senators seek to prevent employer tax increase
Seeking to prevent a double-digit tax increase on Oklahoma employers, members of the Senate Appropriations Committee voted unanimously to allow the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission to direct millions of dollars in federal bailout funding to the state’s unemployment insurance fund.Ray Carter | February 24, 2021
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Judicial Reform, Budget & Tax, Education
‘3F’ scholarship bill narrowly advances
Members of a state House committee approved legislation allowing students at Oklahoma’s worst public schools to receive state scholarship funding to attend private schoolsRay Carter | February 23, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Culture & the Family
Bill may tie worker license to social-justice support
Ray Carter | February 18, 2021
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Budget & Tax
Biden’s minimum-wage hike could harm Oklahoma economy
President Joe Biden’s proposed minimum-wage increase would put Oklahoma’s long-term economic outlook on shaky ground.Curtis Shelton | February 11, 2021