Oklahoma Senate approves another tax cut bill
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) A proposal to slash Oklahomas personal and corporate income tax and offset the lost revenue by eliminating dozens of tax breaks has cleared the Oklahoma Senate. The Senate voted...
View ArticlePreparations are already underway for a tax cut battle next year
Some are dismayed no tax cuts passed the Oklahoma legislature, others are pleased. Its a battle that will continue in the next session. Count among those pleased with the failure of tax cuts this year,...
View ArticleA Discussion of Both Tax-Cut Plans Now on the Table in the Oklahoma State...
While the debate in Washington, amid these dreaded days of "sequestration," is about whether to increase revenues or cut spending --- or somehow achieve a compromise that does both --- here in...
View ArticleDavid Blatt of the Oklahoma Policy Institute on How Our State Can Redress Its...
As our state's newly inaugurated legislative session continues, there's been no shortage of bills that've attracted attention from the national media -- for less than favorable reasons -- including...
View ArticleDavid Blatt of the Oklahoma Policy Institute Describes Our State's Massive...
As 2016 gets underway, the most vexing question confronting Oklahoma legislators, policymakers, and various state agency heads is...how will the Sooner State solve the glaring budget hole that...
View ArticleAn Argument Against The Soon-To-Be-Voted-On Vision Tulsa Sales Tax Program
Last week on our program, we spoke with two members of the Tulsa City Council about the Vision program , which was recently approved by the Tulsa City Council in unanimous vote and is likewise...
View Article"Days of Reckoning" Arrive at the State Capitol: A Chat with Wayne Greene of...
On this installment of ST, we speak with Wayne Greene, the editorial pages editor at the Tulsa World. As noted at the World's website , Greene is a "fourth-generation Oklahoman in his third decade with...
View ArticleStudioTulsa Presents "Along the Watershed" -- StateImpact's 2014 Doc on...
There are six waterways in eastern Oklahoma that are considered so environmentally and economically significant they're given special consideration and protection from the state. These so-called Scenic...
View ArticleAs "the 11th Hour" Approaches, We Consider Certain Efforts to Balance the...
In a budget year with a predicted $1.3 billion shortfall, today is a major day in the Oklahoma Legislature; it's the last day (ostensibly) during which the state legislature can consider revenue bills....
View ArticleLooking Back at the Recently Completed Oklahoma Legislative Session
"An inadequate budget has state continuing to sink to the bottom." "Legislature cuts budgets for all, except the Legislature." Such have been two recent headlines for editorials appearing in the Tulsa...
View ArticleIn the Wake of the Revenue Failure, Discussing the State Budget for This Year...
Earlier this week, on Tuesday the 21st, the State Board of Equalization met in Oklahoma City to approve revised revenue estimates for FY 2017 and FY 2018. The revised estimates for FY 2017 are for...
View ArticleConfronting a Newly Created $214 Million Budget Deficit at the State Capitol
Last week's Oklahoma Supreme Court decision invalidating the State Legislature's cigarette cessation fee means that there's now a $214 million budget deficit in this year's budget. This gives Oklahoma...
View ArticleStep Up Oklahoma: Why This Group Was Created, What It's Seeking, & How It...
How will this state's very serious budget problems get solved? And when? What, in the end, is it going to take? On this edition of StudioTulsa, we learn about Step Up Oklahoma, which is, per its...
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