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Three new bills target rising home insurance costs in Oklahoma (Capitol Update)

Senate Minority Leader Julia Kirt, D-Oklahoma City, has introduced three consumer-focused insurance reform bills aimed at responding to the recent significant increases in property insurance rates across Oklahoma. The first is Senate Bill 1435, which was passed out of the Senate Business and Insurance Committee last Thursday. The committee is chaired by Sen. Bill Coleman,

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Weekly Wonk: Common good is Oklahoma’s strength | Agency budgets are a piece of a larger state fiscal puzzle | Uncompensated Care—What’s That?

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk shares our most recent publications and other resources to help you stay informed about Oklahoma. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In The Know. Click here to subscribe to In The Know. This Week from OK Policy

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Legislative Updates: Immigration (February 6, 2026)

Welcome to the first immigration newsletter of 2026! Oklahoma’s legislative session started this Monday, but immigration-related bills are already moving through committee. Since it is an election year, we can expect legislators to be particularly eager to push through anti-immigrant legislation, so stay tuned to our weekly newsletters where we recap the latest developments on

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