Articles
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Budget & Tax
What drives income tax revenues: Tax rates or economic growth?
A 2007 tax cut has shown the benefits of reducing Oklahoma's income tax.Curtis Shelton | April 6, 2021
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Budget & Tax
Oklahoma tax credits not uncommon
Using the tax code to influence behavior has been common at all levels of government for decades, and Oklahoma is no exception.Curtis Shelton | April 6, 2021
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Budget & Tax
Beware the bailout
The Oklahoma state government is expected to receive $2.1 billion in bailout funding, but that money comes with a catch.Jonathan Small | April 5, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
Price tag for ‘fully funded’ schools: another $2.1 billion?
Democrats, teacher union officials and allied groups have staunchly opposed even minor education reforms this year, arguing that lawmakers should instead “fully fund” traditional public schools.Ray Carter | April 1, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
‘Ghost student’ bill clears final hurdle, signed by governor
Legislation that would reduce payments to schools for students they do not teach won Senate approval and was quickly signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt.Ray Carter | March 31, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
Many rural schools gain when ‘ghost students’ eliminated
A new Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA) analysis shows that more than half of schools, the majority of which are rural districts, would have received increased funding this year if their share of state appropriations was based on current-year student enrollment.Ray Carter & Curtis Shelton | March 30, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Economy
Stitt considering expansion of ‘Skills to Rebuild’ program
An Oklahoma career tech superintendent who created a 2020 program to help retrain mid-career adults displaced by the pandemic wants to take that successful program statewide.Mike Brake | March 26, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education, Law & Principles
Agreement means equitable funding for Oklahoma students
The State Board of Education has voted to settle a longstanding lawsuit by requiring that public charter schools be funded on an equitable basis with their traditional public-school counterparts.Ray Carter | March 26, 2021
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Budget & Tax
McGirt fallout could hit public schools
A tax protest brought by theOneta Power company in Broken Arrow is once again bringing the Supreme Court ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma to the forefront.Curtis Shelton | March 24, 2021
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Budget & Tax
No new tax cuts?
States with a stable economy have created a great opportunity for tax relief as the national economy begins to recover from the pandemic.Curtis Shelton | March 16, 2021