Articles
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Budget & Tax
What drives income tax revenues: Tax rates or economic growth?
Oklahoma’s marginal personal income tax rate has been reduced to 5% from 5.65% in 2007. Over those ten years, revenue from the personal income tax has fluctuated.Curtis Shelton | July 10, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Income taxes & team success
Want to help the Thunder win an NBA championship? Eliminate the state income tax!Mike Brake | July 10, 2017
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Education
Oklahoma education spending continues to rise
The idea that public schools in the United States in 2017 are being starved of what they need to fulfill their task, given the history of public education funding, is more than a stretch.Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. | July 10, 2017
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Higher Education
Regents miss opportunity
The various boards of regents that govern Oklahoma’s colleges and universities have approved increases in tuition and fees for the coming academic year.Jonathan Small | July 7, 2017
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Budget & Tax
State policy rankings show where Oklahoma can improve
The interim between legislative sessions offers the opportunity to step back and consider the long-term policy direction of our state.Curtis Shelton | July 5, 2017
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Criminal Justice
An update on criminal justice reform in Oklahoma
As these measures show, policymakers are working to follow the direction set by voters with State Questions 780 and 781.Cody Ray Milner | July 5, 2017
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Higher Education
Heard it through the grapevine
One thing we should expect from government officials is a respect for basic arithmetic.Jonathan Small | June 30, 2017
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Law & Principles
Playground fight ends at Supreme Court
Trinity Lutheran Church operates a preschool in Boone County, Missouri. The state, to encourage tire recycling and improve safety for children, gives grants for resurfacing playgrounds with rubber made from ground-up old tires.Trent England | June 27, 2017
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Higher Education
David Boren, Don Betz should correct the record
Yesterday, OCPA President Jonathan Small sent a letter to two Oklahoma university presidents to correct the record on claims about state funding to higher education.Trent England | June 23, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Energy
A tale of two sectors
Here’s a tale of two sectors. Sector One is in a slump, due to declining prices... So, Sector One faces reality and significantly cuts costs. That’s called good sense and responsibility. Sector Two is facing the same downturn. But its managers and employees stubbornly resist every call to cut spending.Jonathan Small | June 23, 2017