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">OK POP Museum backers plan $6 million local match; state bond issue uncertain

May 18th, 2012 · No Comments · House, Organizations, Senate

Tulsa civic leaders announced Friday that they intend to commit more than $6 million in local matching funds to help fund construction of the OK POP Museum. Backers of the popular culture project are seeking a $42.5 million state bond issue, but that funding is anything but assured.

">Think tank director: Income tax-cut plan not revenue neutral; House Dems remain opposed

May 18th, 2012 · No Comments · House, Organizations

The agreement announced Thursday evening to reduce Oklahoma’s top marginal income tax rate to 4.8 percent is not revenue neutral as House and Senate leaders insisted for months any such proposal must be, says David Blatt.

">Economists Arthur Laffer, Mickey Hepner debate wisdom, economic effect of eliminating state income tax

May 9th, 2012 · No Comments · Organizations

Nationally known economist Arthur Laffer, the “Father of Supply-Side Economics,” argues that eliminating or substantially reducing state income tax rates can have a dynamic effect on the economy, generating growth in other tax categories to offset what would otherwise be a sizeable revenue loss. University of Central Oklahoma economist and business school Dean Mickey Hepner [...]

">GRDA goes ahead with authorizing purchase of Tulsa building; legislative criticism continues

May 9th, 2012 · No Comments · House, Organizations, Senate

The board of directors of the Grand River Dam Authority approved plans Wednesday to buy a Tulsa office building, in the face of growing criticism from the legislature.

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