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The State of Oklahoma reported a $141 million budget surplus this month, reports KOCO. The extra funds will be distributed to state agencies based on…
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A Tulsa World story about rural poverty in Oklahoma has been garnering a good deal of attention over the past week and a half. Nationwide, poverty is more…
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There's an initiative on the ballot this November to increase the sales tax by a penny on the dollar. All those pennies will go toward improving the…
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Oklahoma’s inmate population is growing far too fast, according to News OK. Since 1980, the state’s prison population grew 14 times faster than the…
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The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is now in crisis mode, reports KFOR. The agency has fallen $20 million behind…
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The unemployment rate in Oklahoma rose by two-tenths of a percentage point last month, reports KOTV. That brings the level up to 4.7 percent, making it…
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Despite Oklahoma’s $1.3 billion budget gap, there’s a law on the books that may trigger additional state income tax cuts in January of 2018. While the…
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After a stern editorial scolding from The New York Times last week regarding its staggering budget crisis, Oklahoma appeared in the pages of The Economist…
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Floundering amid a devastating budget crisis, Oklahoma has turned to slashing higher education funding. State lawmakers have cut $67 million in higher ed…
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Last week Reuters found that Oklahoma state officials tried to protect oil companies from blame after earthquakes shook the state. Now StateImpact…