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Oklahoma Watch Study: Oil, gas production plummets before taxes rise
An Oklahoma Watch analysis of more than 3,000 horizontal wells shows that more than half of a typical well's projected lifetime oil and gas production will occur during its first three years, when it...
State Panel Advises Keeping 10 Business Breaks; Repeals Off Table for Now
A state oversight panel voted Tuesday to retain 10 business incentives after its consultants rescinded a recommendation to repeal one of them and the state commerce secretary intervened to rescue...
What Trump's presidency could mean for Oklahoma
The full impact of Donald Trump’s presidency in Oklahoma won’t become clear for some time, but its implications already loom large in the areas of health, energy, taxes and infrastructure spending. Policy analysts and political observers int...
As Obamacare prices soar in state, what are your options?
Oklahomans planning to sign up for 2017 health coverage under the Affordable Care Act might prepare for a possible case of sticker shock. Only one company, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma, is offering ACA individual health plans in this state...
State Question 790 reflects church-state tensions
State Question 790, which speaks to separation of church and state, has been overshadowed by other hot-button proposals on the Nov. 8 ballot, such as a penny sales tax for education and the sale of...