Health care lecturer: Free market would solve insurance issues
Health care finance is a hot-button topic these days. We have covered our fair share of the issue, from price transparency in the form...
12 days from revenue deadline, Fallin blasts ‘partisan gridlock’
(Update: This post was updated at 4:40 p.m. to include response comments from Rep. Scott Inman.)
At a packed press conference this afternoon, Gov. Mary...
Flashpoint, OkPolicy breakfast reveal budget solutions
During a budget-briefing breakfast hosted by Oklahoma Policy Institute on April 26, executive director David Blatt drew upon Bob Dylan’s saddest lyrics to warn...
Capital punishment: Commission urges ‘serious reforms’
More than a year's worth of work has culminated in an almost 300-page report released by a bipartisan group tasked with reviewing Oklahoma's capital...
Kate Barnard: An icon for Oklahoma progressives
I have found my silver lining! The dark cloud of election night and a Donald Trump presidency has lifted — or at least thinned.
Nov. 9, 2016,...
Large tax bundle passes House JCAB with only GOP votes
Chairwoman Leslie Osborn put a large package estimated to raise more than $400 million in front of the House Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget...
Drew Edmondson joins crowded governor’s race
Just before 9 a.m., former Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson announced via Facebook that he is entering the state's 2018 race for governor.
Making his...
Trump’s 100 days of environmental destruction
Imagine a leader who was ignorant of the fact that all wealth and prosperity ultimately comes from the Earth.
Imagine a leader who chose to...
In search for revenue, DAs scan license plates
(Editor’s note: This story was authored by Clifton Adcock for Oklahoma Watch and appears here in accordance with the non-profit journalism organization’s republishing terms.)
With less...
Education is not and never has been a priority in Oklahoma
Fiscal issues necessitate budget cuts. Expenses exceed income, and something has to give.
In Oklahoma's boom-and-bust economy, our politicians confront fiscal crises all too often....
