Perennially debated issues at the state legislature have their own peculiar rhythm. With proposed tax cuts or exemptions, for example, t...

For some time now OCPA has made the case—in policy papers and newspaper columns and blog posts—that Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation sys...

OCPA distinguished fellow Andrew Spiropoulos has long argued (see here and here, for example) that Oklahoma’s system for handling worker...

Perennially debated issues at the state legislature have their own peculiar rhythm. With proposed tax cuts or exemptions, for example, t...

Debates over the source and limits of power are as old as humanity, and as fresh as the joust between President Barack Obama and presump...

One way is to increase the after-tax income of these businesses by eliminating the state personal income tax, because sole proprietorshi...

Previously in these pages we have used a powerful new database of Oklahoma’s businesses—the National Establishment Time-Series (NETS) Da...

One of my dearest friends is Dalen McVay, an attorney in Enid, OK. A recent winner of Garfield County’s Outstanding Young Lawyer award, ...

Almost a year ago, lawmakers in Illinois made it easier for states like Oklahoma to recruit businesses from Illinois by significantly in...

In the last two issues of Perspective, we looked at two avenues of job creation: the in- and out-migration of business establishments, a...

From 1999 to 2008, Oklahoma’s benefits payout grew at a rate 30 times higher than in the states that have reformed their systems to a pr...

OKLAHOMA CITY (January 5, 2010) – Here’s an eye-opening school statistic for you: Only half of Oklahoma’s public educat...

What is Oklahoma’s business climate? That is an old question, and one that is usually answered with one anecdote or another. Depending o...

"Among the biggest obstacles to restoring American freedom and prosperity is the fact too many corporate executives are all too happy to...

Oklahoma’s fiscal shape could worsen next year when short-term budget enhancements disappear, experts told Oklahoma’s business community...

As the current legislative session began, analysts for the Oklahoma Policy Institute and the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs were on ...

In today’s quickly changing world, private businesses are taking advantage of innovative programs such as allowing for employee telecomm...

Oklahoma children with special needs would benefit from a plan that would allow them to get scholarships to attend private schools from ...

A recent article in the New York Post (‘Adios, New York') is evidence that tax policy matters for economic growth. High taxes at the sta...

President Barack Obama has said that the science of global warming is “beyond dispute” and therefore settled. This is the justification ...