A provision inserted by Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) would exempt many domestic oil and gas drillers from having to pay any corporate taxes.
Oklahoma
Posted inLaw and Justice
DOJ Closes Tulsa Massacre Probe as Trump Takes Office
Investigators made solid progress in just three months, but the case is now mothballed.
Posted inPolitics
The Chasm Between Oklahoma and Connecticut
Stark differences color red- and blue-state lawmakers’ policy choices—which makes all the difference in residents’ well-being.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Red-State War Against Women, Gays, Transgender Americans …
Republicans’ culture-war legislation is both wedge-issue politics and a subjugation of women and minorities.
Posted inWorking in America
Throwing Money at People—Not Corporations—to Come to Town
Tulsa pays remote workers to move there, and it’s proved to be a better strategy than paying corporations to relocate there.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: Death (Well, Actually, Trump) Stalks Tulsa
The rare comparison between a U.S. president and an unwelcome German visitor. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for June 20, 2020.
Posted inWorking in America
Is Tulsa a Remote Possibility for Workers?
Oklahoma’s second-largest city bets that people who can work anywhere will settle down in this affordable community, especially if they get the chance to try it out first.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
What’s the Matter with Oklahoma?
Oklahoma was once a center of left-populism. Could it be that again?
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Oil Battles Wind on the Great Plains
The wind industry’s rising success in Oklahoma has kicked off a high-dollar lobbying fight by fossil fuels executives determined to regain ground.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Oklahoma’s Abortion Battle Goes National
The Supreme Court will decide whether a law that bans the abortion pill is constitutional.