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Oklahoma Policy Institute
Tulsa, Oklahoma ·Oklahoma Policy Institute (OK Policy) is a non-partisan independent policy think-tank. It was launched in early 2008, growing out of work that had previously been conducted by the public policy department of Community Action Project of Tulsa County.
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Expanding unemployment insurance to more workers would protect families and Oklahoma’s economy
- April 5, 2023
- Oklahoma Policy Institute
- GABRIELA RAMIREZ-PEREZ
Unemployment insurance became a lifeline to many Oklahomans during the pandemic. In a period of widespread job loss, the transfer payments that this program provided working people with the means […]
Targeted relief can help Oklahoma families weather inflation
- June 14, 2022
- Oklahoma Policy Institute
- Josie Phillips
By gavelling in for a special legislative session to address inflation relief, lawmakers have the opportunity to enact real and positive tax reform. The slate of bills introduced by House leadership offer […]
Unemployment insurance keeps Oklahomans safe, supports the economy
- June 2, 2021
- Oklahoma Policy Institute
- Courtney Cullison
Since March 15, more than 450,000 people have filed new unemployment claims in Oklahoma. These unemployment claims make up nearly 10 percent of our civilian labor force, and it means that a lot of […]
Minimum wage isn’t what it used to be – it’s worse
- July 13, 2017
- Oklahoma Policy Institute
- Courtney Cullison
The federal minimum wage was established in 1938 at 25¢ an hour (about $4.26 in today’s dollars). Since then it’s been adjusted 29 times to keep up with inflation and […]
2017 Policy Priority: Reform excessive court fines and fees
- February 9, 2017
- Oklahoma Policy Institute
- Oklahoma Policy Institute
Tens of thousands of Oklahomans enter the justice system each year and come out with thousands of dollars in debt to the court. For low-income Oklahomans, paying this debt can […]
The Cost of Tax Cuts in Oklahoma
- July 25, 2016
- Oklahoma Policy Institute
- David Blatt
Repeated cuts to the state income tax made since the mid-2000s are one of the most significant reasons for an ongoing financial crisis that is eroding important public services and […]
Confront the ‘parasite economy’ by raising the minimum wage
- July 21, 2016
- Oklahoma Policy Institute
- David Blatt
Every three months, the ADP Research Institute releases its Workforce Vitality Index, a measure of private sector job and wage growth. For the past two quarters, Washington state has led […]
High Road WIOA: Building Higher Job Quality into Workforce Development
- December 17, 2015
- Keystone Research Center
- Stephen Herzenberg
In response to the federal Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act (WIOA), most states are now in the latter stages of developing federally required plans and policies for operating their systems […]
The State of Working Oklahoma: The Uneven Recovery Leaves Many Behind
- January 1, 2007
- Oklahoma Policy Institute
- David Blatt, Jim Alexander, and Steven Dow
By most standards of economic growth, the Oklahoma economy has been doing very well. Gross State Product (GSP) – a measure of the value of all goods and services produced […]