Oklahoma
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Determined progress on the “civil rights issue of our time,” despite unfortunate Republican opposition.
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Budgets/TaxesGovernmentPolitics
Even With Trump’s Support, U.S. Labor Is Singing the Blues
by Thomas Hemphill February 1, 2017The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its annual report on union membership last week, and the numbers are not favorable for the U.S. labor movement.
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Budgets/TaxesFeatured
Playing Both ‘Cops and Robbers’ on Asset Forfeiture
by Jesse Hathaway June 22, 2016A new digital system unveiled by Oklahoma government police is just the latest example of civil asset forfeiture laws encouraging cops to become the robbers they’re supposed to be catching.
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Budgets/TaxesFeaturedHealth Care
Oklahoma Medicaid ‘Rebalancing’ is Simply Medicaid Expansion
by Matthew Glans May 17, 2016Medicaid expansion is an expensive endeavor that many critics believe does not provide better or more affordable health care. Many of the expansion plans that states are now considering use federal dollars to expand their Medicaid programs to a larger portion of their state, creating new costs the federal government may not always be able to cover and leaving state taxpayers on the hook for the new liabilities.
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Environment/EnergyFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Dr. Mark Zoback: Fracking and Oklahoma Earthquakes
by Isaac Orr April 26, 2016In this edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast, Dr. Zoback and research fellow Isaac Orr discuss why the earthquakes are happening in Oklahoma, and the best ways state regulators can reduce, or eliminate them. Make sure to tune into this very special edition!
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Video: Oklahoma’s Earthquakes Are ‘Unrelated’ to Fracking
by Isaac Orr March 18, 2016Anti-fracking activists have pointed the finger at fracking for the dramatic rise in earthquakes in Oklahoma over the last several years, however a new video featuring Dr. Mark Zoback, a professor of geophysics at Stanford University, explains fracking is not to blame for the quakes.