Articles
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Budget & Tax, Higher Education
Despite higher ed officials' claims, spending at an all-time high
Over the past year, Oklahoma’s higher education administrators have been quick to vocalize a doomsday scenario for Oklahoma’s colleges and universities if the state legislature reduced appropriations again.Cody Ray Milner | August 14, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Higher Education
ECU closes branch campus, continues spending spree
ECU doubled its spending, from $22 million to $44 million. Yet it's the students who pay the bigger cost as ECU is now closing a campus.Cody Ray Milner | August 14, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Misleading statements harmful
Oklahoma President David Boren made a dead-last claim regarding state support for higher education.Jonathan Small | August 11, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Court upholds taxpayer protections
The Oklahoma Supreme Court today struck down the revenue provisions in Senate Bill 845 and, in so doing, upheld limits on legislative power that were added to the Oklahoma Constitution by voters a quarter century ago.Trent England | August 10, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Oklahoma’s private sector boosts household income
Household income matters because personal income is an important economic measure of a family’s well-being.J. Scott Moody & Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | August 10, 2017
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Budget & Tax
How does Oklahoma’s tax burden compare to other states?
While many believe Oklahoma is a low-tax state, research by former Tax Foundation economist William Freeland questions this assumption.Curtis Shelton | August 8, 2017
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Budget & Tax
New fiscal rankings show Oklahoma’s strong fiscal condition
The facts support Oklahoma's strong fiscal condition, cast doubt on any claims of notable risk for bond holders of Oklahoma state debt, and contradict calls for higher state taxes in Oklahoma.Jonathan Small & William Freeland | July 24, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Rainy day fund raid vindicated? Not so fast
After draining all $240 million out of Oklahoma’s Constitutional Reserve Fund, Secretary of Finance Preston Doerflinger decided to then ask the state Attorney General whether doing so was even legal.Trent England | July 19, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Which governors are leading on tax, spending issues?
ALEC recently released its State of the States 2017 report, which analyzes economic policy proposals in governors’ state of the state addresses from across the country.Curtis Shelton | July 17, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Rating agencies used as weapons against taxpayers
It’s no secret that Oklahoma is hurting because Oklahomans are hurting.David Autry | July 14, 2017