While Oklahoma lawmakers introduce tax reduction measures every legislative session, this year has proven a rare opportunity for some of these bills to get serious consideration. — authored by House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, and others, and Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville — would phase out the state’s and provides a particularly troubling example. Approved last week by the House of Representatives, this bill would shrink the state budget, endanger public services, benefit mostly non-Oklahomans, reduce our state’s economy, and hurt in-state businesses.Tax cuts are not free; we pay...…While Oklahoma lawmakers introduce tax reduction measures every legislative session, this year has proven a rare opportunity for some of these bills to get serious consideration. — authored by House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, and others, and Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville — would phase out the state’s and provides a particularly troubling example. Approved last week by the House of Representatives, this bill would shrink the state budget, endanger public services, benefit mostly non-Oklahomans, reduce our state’s economy, and hurt in-state businesses.Tax cuts are not free; we pay...WW…

Note: The Cliff Effects calculator contained here was updated in May 2021 to add Medicaid expansion for adults and updated poverty levels for 2021.The Oklahoma Policy Institute released a December 2020 who need them. A to thousands of Oklahoma households. Because public benefits are so complex and interconnected, OK Policy introduced a benefits simulator that provided data for that report. In this piece, we will show how the simulator works, how families can use it to make decisions about applying for and retaining benefits, and how we can improve the assistance programs these families...…Note: The Cliff Effects calculator contained here was updated in May 2021 to add Medicaid expansion for adults and updated poverty levels for 2021.The Oklahoma Policy Institute released a December 2020 who need them. A to thousands of Oklahoma households. Because public benefits are so complex and interconnected, OK Policy introduced a benefits simulator that provided data for that report. In this piece, we will show how the simulator works, how families can use it to make decisions about applying for and retaining benefits, and how we can improve the assistance programs these families...WW…

Retired Oklahoma state and local public servants have now gone 10 years without a cost of living adjustment, while inflation has eaten away at their income. For decades they taught our children, kept our streets safe, guarded prisons, fought fires, and provided essential health and social services. They dedicated their lives to making our state better. Now it’s past time to repay our debt to them. We should start on this by providing a long-overdue cost of living adjustment (COLA).Public employment has long been a path to the middle class, particularly for women and people of color, who are...…Retired Oklahoma state and local public servants have now gone 10 years without a cost of living adjustment, while inflation has eaten away at their income. For decades they taught our children, kept our streets safe, guarded prisons, fought fires, and provided essential health and social services. They dedicated their lives to making our state better. Now it’s past time to repay our debt to them. We should start on this by providing a long-overdue cost of living adjustment (COLA).Public employment has long been a path to the middle class, particularly for women and people of color, who are...WW…