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Below find recent news articles containing quotes and analysis from CAP's Public Policy staff.
  • Income Tax Cuts May Get Bigger (Tulsa World, Jan. 1, 2006)     [NEW]
  • Budget Ax Strikes the Most Vulnerable (Tulsa World, Jan. 1, 2006)     [NEW]
  • A Closer Look at TABOR (Tulsa World, Dec. 25, 2005)
  • Tax Limits Debates Loom in Kansas, Oklahoma (The Bond Buyer, Dec. 23, 2005)
  • Payday Loan Industry Shows to be a Debt Trap (Journal Record, Dec. 5, 2005)
  • Report Urges Payday Loan Restrictions (Tulsa World, Dec. 2, 2005)
  • Effect of Rebates, Income Tax Cuts Debated (Tulsa World, Dec. 1, 2005)
  • OU Students Warned About Petition (Oklahoma Daily, Nov. 30, 2005)
  • Payback Time: High Interest Rate and Short Terms Have a Way of Adding Up. And Then it's Payback Time (Tulsa World, Nov. 28, 2005)
  • Officials Wary of Budget Cuts (Associated Press, Nov. 18, 2005)
  • Economists Predict '06 Good For State (Oklahoman, Nov. 15, 2005)
  • With Temperatures Diving This Week, Our Heating Bills Will be Rising (Oklahoman, Nov. 15, 2005)
  • Don't Repeat Colorado's Mistake (Oklahoman, Nov. 6, 2005)
  • Backers Firm on Tax Law Changes; Proponents of TABOR Proposal See No Reason to Sweat Colorado Vote (Tulsa World, Nov. 3, 2005)
  • Think Tanks Differ on TABOR Interpretations (Journal Record, Nov. 3, 2005)
  • Group Launches Initiative to Encourage College Savings (Norman Transcript, Oct. 27, 2005)
  • Group to Give Money, Study College Savings Plan (Oklahoman, Oct. 27, 2005)
  • Taxpayer Bill of Rights Debated (Oklahoman, Oct. 26, 2005)
  • Colorado TABOR Vote Looms (Tulsa World, Oct. 23, 2005)
  • States Eyeing Colorado Spending Limit (Washington Times, Oct. 9, 2005)
  • Limits Sought on State Spending (Tulsa World, Sept. 21, 2005)
  • Low-Income Workers Feel Stretched as Minimum Wage Level Holds Firm (Oklahoman, Sept. 21, 2005)
  • Report: Tax Cuts Help Wealthy Most (Tulsa World, Sept. 15, 2005)
  • Fuel Tax Relief Bill Not Good Idea, Groups Say (Pryor Daily Times, Sept. 14, 2005)
  • Views Vary on Gas-Tax Reprieve (Tulsa World, Sept. 6, 2005)
  • Uncovered: More Oklahomans Lack Health Insurance (Tulsa World, Sept. 4, 2005)
  • Thirty-Five Percent of State Families Earn Less Than Needed, Report Says (Oklahoman, Aug. 31, 2005)
  • Government Spending Limit Urged in State (Oklahoman, Aug. 31, 2005)
  • Census Data: Poverty Rate Falling, Number of Uninsured Rising (Journal Record, Aug. 31, 2005)
  • State Poverty Numbers Decline (Tulsa World, Aug. 31, 2005)
  • Poverty Declines in State, But Uninsured Rate Grows (Oklahoman, Aug. 31, 2005)
  • Payday Blues: The Payday Loan Industry Wins Again (Urban Tulsa, Aug. 24, 2005)