CEI Weekly: CEI Labor Project Inspires Reform in Oklahoma
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CEI Weekly
February 3, 2012
>> Featured Story
In 2011, CEI labor policy analysts created the Big Labor vs. Taxpayers Index to measure the influence of union lobbyists on state governments. The purpose of the Index was to educate lawmakers and taxpayers about union handouts at the state level. Now, in early 2012, the Index is certainly making a difference: Oklahoma Senator David Holt is introducing legislation to empower Oklahoma taxpayers, citing his state’s poor ranking on CEI’s Index. Read Research Associate Jack Mann’s OpenMarket commentary on Sen. Holt’s announcement for more details.
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