A proposed state question might help relieve some of the pressure on Oklahoma’s prison system, but not everyone is for it.
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Chicken-Fried News: We’re No. 2!
Oklahoma has been named the second worst state to live in.
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Commentary: Fracking fracas
It was only a matter of time before Tulsa, after its own nearby oil strikes, was proclaiming itself The Oil Capital of the World.
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No bull’s-eye
I wrote to Amber Sharples, OAC executive director, and asked what study or report backs up that statistic. She didn’t reply, so I suspect it is one of those things “everyone knows” for which there is no proof. —Carl Hall, Edmond Editor’s note: The statistic comes from a 2008 Oklahoma economic impact study conducted by […]
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None dare call it ‘expansion’
Credit: Brad Gregg The Affordable Care Act, you might recall, allows states to get federal funds to expand Medicaid coverage for people earning less than 133 percent of the federal poverty level. Such a move would provide health insurance for almost 200,000 uninsured Oklahomans, but Gov. Mary Fallin rejected the federal dollars late last year. […]
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Kiss my assets
According to the nonprofit Corporation for Enterprise Development, the state ranks 33rd in the U.S. for financial security, which determines if people have enough savings to handle a job loss, a medical emergency or a similar money-draining crisis. CFED’s 2012 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard found that nearly 27 percent of Oklahomans are “asset poor.” More […]
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Downtown digs
The study, commissioned in January 2011, was to be presented to the Oklahoma City Council at its Sept. 27 meeting, but when the meeting began to run long, the presentation was delayed until the Oct. 11 meeting. “It’s a very profound study and one that merits the full attention of the council,” said Ward 3 […]
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Mass transit ABCs
The Association of Central Oklahoma Governments, a voluntary membership organization comprised of several local governments, has secured about $1 million in federal funding to perform a commuter corridor alternatives analysis study, said Doug Rex, director of transportation and planning services for ACOG. To receive the federal funds, local governments must come up with 20 percent […]
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Discrimination contemplation
Among the report’s findings were statistics indicating lower earnings for gay men, work place discrimination against LGBT people in Oklahoma, with specific statistics drawn from Tulsa, and the benefits of nondiscrimination policies in the public and private sector. State Sen. Andrew Rice, D-Oklahoma City, said he commissioned the study because he was working with different […]