Last week Gov. Mary Fallin vetoed legislation which would have authorized an optional defined-contribution retirement plan for new state...

A recent editorial column in the Tulsa World made the case for common-sense pension reform by consolidating the various boards ...

As the OCPA team watched and tweeted Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin’s third State of the State address today, we were encouraged by several p...

OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 4, 2013) -- As the OCPA team watched Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin's third State of the State address today, we were enc...

A unique man, J. Rufus Fears, died last month. In addition to scholarly writings of erudition and insight, he was a classroom teacher wi...

As we’ve pointed out numerous times in these pages, Oklahoma’s pension crisis is far worse than the official estimates. The official es...

Throughout the country, pension reformers from across the political spectrum are protecting the taxpayers. The reforms in Rhode Island a...

Conservatives across Oklahoma must be asking themselves how it is possible that a government controlled by Republicans can’t pass govern...

The national focus on lucrative government retirements began in July 2010 when word leaked out about the outrageous government pensions ...

You may be aware that some retired government employees in Oklahoma (including politicians) are cashing fat retirement checks—with so...

With Oklahoma government spending at an all-time high (see chart), the time has come to set priorities and to exercise spending discipli...

On May 10 Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed five significant reform proposals that will, advocates say, begin transforming state gove...

Last year in these pages, we explained how Oklahoma’s public pension crisis is significantly larger than the official estimates.1 In a s...

On May 10 Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed five significant reform proposals that will, advocates say, begin transforming state gove...

When it comes to pension reform, state Treasurer Ken Miller is flat-out bringin’ it. Which is good. One of the reasons for Oklahoma’s p...

A new (March 24) report from The Fiscal Times lists Oklahoma as the second worst state in funding of government pensions. West Virginia ...

The dire financial condition of Oklahoma’s state pension systems is an undeniable reality. This is due to numerous factors, including ir...

Oklahoma’s excellent bond rating could be at risk, according to several sources, including a new analysis in the March 2011 edition of P...

Moody’s Investors Service recently made a major change in how it will calculate a state’s credit rating. Oklahoma policymakers should ta...

The state of Illinois recently raised its state income tax 66 percent and its corporate income tax nearly 40 percent, largely due to its...