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

On March 12, a contingent of nine Republican members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives discussed their advocacy of legislation ai...

As the income-tax-phaseout discussion continues, what's shaping up at the Oklahoma state capitol is a clash of visions. Also in this is...

Andrew Spiropoulos discusses tax-funded advocacy at the state capitol and more in February's issue of Perspective. Also in th...

Oklahoma is losing people (and their income) to no-income-tax states. Given that Oklahoma is considering reducing or eliminating its per...

History teaches us that technology can be a great force for human freedom, but it can also be used to strengthen despotism. In these rem...

It is a grave error to attempt to discuss tax reform without discussing spending reform. Current and future spending determines the futu...

On September 25, 2001, Oklahoma voters went to the polls and passed a constitutional amendment—Right to Work (RTW)—which gave workers th...

There is no such thing as “free money” from Uncle Sam. Absent the recent run-up in federal grants to Oklahoma—which has spurred higher s...

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

Last month Oklahoma’s higher education regents approved tuition and fee increases for the state’s public colleges and universities. No ...

Last year, OCPA conducted a study on how many Oklahomans it takes to fund one government job. We did the study again this year and the r...

OCPA distinguished fellow J. Rufus Fears gives a guided tour of taxation—from ancient Egypt and Israel, through Greece and Rome, to the...

With interstate compacts on health care, states can tell the feds: Back off. Also in this issue: State Government Spending Continues...

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

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...

Here’s an eye-opening school statistic for you: only half of Oklahoma’s public education employees are teachers. The bu...

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

Personal income is an important economic measure of a state’s well-being. Higher levels of personal income mean that a state’s residents...

Education policy is back in the news like it hasn’t been in years. And if it feels like nothing's changed, that’s because in some ways i...