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Economy
Corporate welfare efforts ignore true growth areas?
In recent years, Oklahoma lawmakers have offered millions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies to “green” energy businesses. But the associated job creation has been anemic and those corporate-welfare efforts overlook, or even undermine, existing businesses that are already producing high-paying jobs across Oklahoma, according to one state business leader.Ray Carter | August 30, 2022
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Economy
Environmental-policy folly is no laughing matter
In states across the country and nations across the globe, politicians’ embrace of a “Green New Deal” style of environmental policy has often been a comedy of errors. But the real-world results are no laughing matter.Jonathan Small | August 1, 2022
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Education, Economy
Educational choice must accompany increased spending
The chairman of the Senate Education Committee says Oklahoma spends around $15,000 per student when all funding sources are included. Is that enough?Jonathan Small | July 25, 2022
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Economy
Tax reform can help combat inflation
Though the causes of inflation are multifaceted and sometimes international in scope, some Oklahoma lawmakers have offered solutions to combat the rise in prices.Curtis Shelton | March 17, 2022
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Economy
Stitt, other governors say vaccine mandate harming economy
Gov. Kevin Stitt and 14 other Republican governors say President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate is adding to the national labor shortage and associated supply-chain problems, further augmenting the highest level of inflation in 30 years and associated consumer harm.Ray Carter | November 23, 2021
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Economy
Oklahoma must position itself for growth
Fiscal Year 2021 saw a robust turnaround for the state’s economy, but there is still work to be done.Curtis Shelton | August 19, 2021
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Economy
McGirt called threat to state’s economic future
Ryan Leonard, special counsel for Native American affairs for Gov. Kevin Stitt, said the jurisdictional chaos created by the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma represents a huge threat to long-term economic growth in the state.Ray Carter | August 16, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Economy
To spur labor participation, remove the penalty on work
Oklahoma's unemployment rate has rebounded at a relatively faster clip than the rest of the country, but when it comes to the state's labor participation rate, the opposite is true.Curtis Shelton | August 11, 2021
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Economy
‘Duct tape’ economic development
Business incentives are to state economic growth what baling wire and duct tape are to home repair.Jonathan Small | July 9, 2021
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Economy
Black Wall Street showed benefit of free markets
Oklahomans should not ignore other lessons provided by the rise and resurrection of “Black Wall Street,” Tulsa’s Greenwood district.Jonathan Small | June 16, 2021