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Budget & Tax
More people moving out of Oklahoma than moving in
A recent analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City shows more people moving out of Oklahoma than moving in. This has closely followed the business cycle of the oil industry and changes to the personal income tax.Curtis Shelton | April 16, 2019
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Budget & Tax
State tax collections continue to climb
Total Gross Receipts collected in March 2019 were $1.06 billion—an increase of 10.3 percent, or $101 million, from the same month in the prior year.Curtis Shelton | April 15, 2019
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Budget & Tax
Misplaced priorities at TSET
Curtis Shelton | April 11, 2019
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Budget & Tax
Total gross receipts increase again
The Oklahoma State Treasurer released the monthly report for March revenue collections.Curtis Shelton | April 8, 2019
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Budget & Tax
With an eye on commodity prices, policymakers look for ‘stability through savings’
A crash in oil prices from 2014 to 2016 also cratered Oklahoma government revenues. That scenario could repeat should oil prices experience a similar decline again, based on a new report, a finding with much significance as Gov. Kevin Stitt and lawmakers debate whether and how much to increase state savings for future downturns.Ray Carter | April 5, 2019
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Budget & Tax
New Tax Foundation property tax map
Many tax consumers claim Oklahoma is a low-tax state, but state taxes are near the national average. It is local taxes that are low, as shown by the Tax Foundation's latest map of per capita property tax collections.Curtis Shelton | April 2, 2019
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Budget & Tax
Coastal fairy tales on education
Beware the coastal fairy tales on education.Jonathan Small | March 29, 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