Articles
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Budget & Tax
Economic effects on Oklahoma tax revenues
As the data shows, the challenge in Oklahoma over the last few years is that Oklahomans have had to make due with less.Curtis Shelton | September 26, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Culture & the Family
'Dragalicious' for kids, 'Ru Paul’s Drag Race,' get Oklahoma government support
Smoking and second-hand smoke are health risks. So are many other behaviors.Staff Reports | September 26, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Health Care
Cost Avoidance #1: Less fraud in Medicaid
Federal reform is necessary to save Medicaid, both from compromising care for the most vulnerable and from bankrupting states and the country.Trent England | September 25, 2017
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Budget & Tax
“Cost avoidance” for special session
Now the Oklahoma legislature is coming back for a special session, at a cost of around $30,000 per day. Lawmakers should focus on ending the session as quickly as possible without raising taxes.Trent England | September 22, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Focusing the special session
There's a readily achievable solution to the budget shortfall that prompts the special session. It’s called cost avoidance, as in spending only on critical needs.Jonathan Small | September 22, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Budget background for special session
Entering the special session, state spending is at an all-time high, appropriations make up only one third of the budget, and Oklahoma's tax burden is already higher than historical benchmarks.Curtis Shelton | September 19, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Solving revenue volatility in Oklahoma
Tax volatility is not about changes in tax rates, but rather changes in the revenue base against which taxes are levied.Cody Ray Milner | September 18, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Kansas tax cuts were successful
The liberal media ignore the many successes of the Kansas income-tax cuts.Dave Bond | September 14, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Oklahoma state government spending is higher than ever
In discussions about taxes and state government spending in Oklahoma, some advocates insist that available funding has been slashed to the bone for important public services.Curtis Shelton & Dave Bond | September 14, 2017
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Budget & Tax
“Messaging” matters, so do facts
Representative Leslie Osborn claims Oklahomans are “tired of us doing things the way we’ve always done them.” This begs the question: what has the state been doing?Curtis Shelton | August 28, 2017