The 2018 Session of the Oklahoma State Legislature recently adjourned, and what a session it was. For the first time since State Question 640 passed in 1992, the Legislature was able to raise revenues by green-lighting an increase in the Gross Production Tax rate as well as increases in fuel and cigarette taxes (with all of these increases passing the 75% threshold, as required by the State Constitution). These revenues will fund a statewide increase in teacher pay -- with individual salaries increasing, on average, by about $6,000 -- but it took a dramatic teacher walk-out to accomplish this raise. Our guest (to go over all of the above, and much more) is David Blatt, director of the nonpartisan, nonprofit OK Policy Institute.
Looking Back on the 2018 Session (and Special Sessions) of the State Legislature
