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SQ 802 will dramatically improve financial well-being in Oklahoma
On June 30, Oklahomans will decide State Question 802 that would add Medicaid expansion to the Oklahoma Constitution. Arguments in favor of SQ 802 have rightly been centered around its well-documented...
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Following the COVID-19 pandemic’s tremendous economic impact, this holiday season may witness more Oklahomans than ever before interacting with state and federal public assistance programs or tax...
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Paid Family and Medical Leave is a crucial step towards modernizing our economy
The topic of paid family and medical leave (PFML) has been on state policymakers’ radars throughout the last two decades, with California being the first state to guarantee paid family leave in 2002....
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Well-designed paid family and medical leave programs assist working families
Paid family and medical leave is a policy that provides employees who have paid a set amount into the system with a certain amount of paid time off from work to attend to their family, whether it’s...
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The cheeseburger economics of the minimum wage
When talking about raising the minimum wage, opponents sometimes claim that a higher minimum wage will raise the prices of goods, especially in labor-intensive industries like restaurants. This is...
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“Long COVID” increases the urgency for a state paid family and medical leave...
“Long COVID”— that is, the persistence of COVID-related symptoms for months after being sick — is likely to cause many Oklahomans to experience long-term health conditions that could impact their...
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Smart investments are the key to an equitable economic recovery from the...
On March 6, 2020, Oklahoma reported its first confirmed case of COVID-19 and declared a statewide emergency 10 days later. As the pandemic now enters its third year, Oklahomans continue grappling with...
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HB 1933 attacks an indispensable support to our workforce
Update, 4/26/22: HB 1933 was approved by the Senate. — Oklahoma’s lawmakers should recognize the importance of a well-designed unemployment insurance program and strengthen this necessary program...
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Protecting Oklahoma’s economy requires labor force-oriented solutions
To protect the long-term health of our economy, Oklahoma’s lawmakers should enact policies that will strengthen Oklahoma’s labor force participation, which has been declining for more than a decade....
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Expanding unemployment insurance to more workers would protect families and...
Unemployment insurance became a lifeline to many Oklahomans during the pandemic. In a period of widespread job loss, the transfer payments that this program provided working people with the means to...
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