Dave Hamby

Fourth generation Oklahoman by choice. Music is my love language. Wordhurler for @okpolicy. Unauthorized musings; opinions entirely my own.

[Oklahoma Policy Institute @OKPolicy]

Oklahoma’s #HousingCrisis is getting worse — and the #OKLeg did almost NOTHING to help in 2025. The one bill that passed? Gov. Stitt vetoed it.

Here’s how inaction is pushing more Oklahomans toward eviction & homelessness. 👇 https://t.co/DSAIbCKDjb

[Tres Savage @ThriceSavage]

Asked if he stands by his past endorsement of #oklaed Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters, Gov. Kevin Stitt responded, "I think you know the answer to that."

Also Stitt on Walters: "I don't think anybody takes the guy seriously." 💀

[Tyler Talley @tylertalley22]

"We are a welfare state; we are a state that has a lot of politicians that like to rib the federal government but count on that backstop of federal dollars. We can’t count on that anymore.” - Rep. Forrest Bennett, in debate against today's income tax cut bill. #okleg

[Oklahoma Policy Institute @OKPolicy]

@DavidChasanov @OKCFOX @AdamKing_News @wsuares He says he wants to be pro-business, but business leaders say they need strong public schools, a skilled workforce, reliable infrastructure, and healthy communities—not tax cuts. https://t.co/WVNycnUoEi

[Dave Hamby @hambylike]

Oklahoma is entering into this income tax elimination race against Mississippi. Mississippi. (Also Texas, but c’mon y’all. Ditch the lone star envy)

[NonDoc @nondocmedia]

"We kept spending down and we've done select, one-time, generational-type investments to move Oklahoma forward, while also being able to issue a real tax cut that will positively affect every Oklahoman." — #okleg House Budget Chairman @TreyOK_63 Caldwell https://t.co/9n1gCxD2UP

[Oklahoma Policy Institute @OKPolicy]

@PaulTyrrell4 @tulsaworld At his press conference today, the governor dodged the question: how much proposed tax cuts actually save Oklahomans, and when? Most families might see just a few dollars a week — and it might not kick in until 2027. That’s a lot of sizzle for no steak. https://t.co/WVNycnUoEi

[Oklahoma Policy Institute @OKPolicy]

The governor says he wants to make Oklahoma more “pro-business,” his rhetoric doesn’t match what business leaders call for: a skilled workforce, reliable infrastructure, and healthy communities. Instead, he's promised poorly designed tax cuts.

https://t.co/WVNycnUoEi

[Oklahoma Policy Institute @OKPolicy]

While the world watches the Vatican for white smoke, Capitol watchers in Oklahoma are scanning the horizon for something else: a glimpse of this year’s state budget. #OKLeg leaders promised transparency this year — so where is it? https://t.co/v4bzzBwLCk

[Oklahoma Policy Institute @OKPolicy]

Lowest per pupil expenditure for public education in the region. But we've expanded the private school tax credit/voucher program to $250M this year. Imagine that. https://t.co/n4Nd8EaioP

[Oklahoma Policy Institute @OKPolicy]

OK Policy's Shiloh Kantz: "(This private school tax credit) just rewards those people who can already afford private education, and it just leaves our public school students further behind, especially in a state where one in five kids live in poverty.”

[George Monks, M.D. @GeorgeMonks11]

⚫️The current Oklahoma measles outbreak (10 cases) is the largest we've had in 33 years (1992).
⚫️The current Oklahoma Whooping Cough outbreak is the largest we've had in 69 years(469 cases in 2024).
⚫️ Vaccine-preventable illness is on the rise.

[Dave Hamby @hambylike]

Every time I see this clip, I’m struck by his comment, “Why do *I* even have a department of forestry?”

YOU don’t have such a department. The people do.

[Tara Blume @tcblume]

Governor Stitt was questioned today about why he fired State Forester Mark Goeller after the March 14th fires. While not giving specifics, he suggested the agency is unnecessary. "Let's just get rid of the whole thing." Details 6pm @kfor
https://t.co/7MycXxJJGu

[George Monks, M.D. @GeorgeMonks11]

▪️The Oklahoma State Health Department is refusing to disclose what county the original two cases are located in.
▪️Texas and New Mexico are sharing county, age, and vaccination status.
@HealthyOklahoma

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

“I was hungry” and you cut $1 Billion in funding to schools and food banks.

“I was sick” and you worked to gut medicaid, depriving me of healthcare.

“I was a stranger” and you defined my humanity by legal status.

“What ever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus

[Oklahoma Policy Institute @OKPolicy]

#NowHiring: Join our team as a Communications Associate! Write and create content for our websites, social media, print, and multimedia platforms, and help promote policies that expand opportunities for ALL Oklahomans!

🗓️ Apply by March 23
#OklahomaJobs
https://t.co/AVYszXLyRx

[Jeffrey Sachs @JeffreyASachs]

They are so impossibly out of control on this. 5 alarm fire.

[Dave Hamby @hambylike]

@pmonies I think about that question a lot when I visit 23rd and Lincoln. Wearing hats indoors - especially in the peoples house - would have not been allowed by my mother.

[Andrea Hancock @andiehancock]

A new update to Oklahoma's social studies standards seem to point students toward election denialism — coming as a surprise to at least one OSBE member, who says he was not given time to review the proposed standards before voting on them. https://t.co/3echolWNtE

[Tres Savage @ThriceSavage]

This is a pretty absurd situation. If the changes made to the standards were so important, why couldn't they be revealed to the public and highlighted for the board to know what they were voting on? Details within.
https://t.co/VwlQsOskXX

[KFOR @kfor]

'Not what we voted for': Programs funneling farmers' food to schools, food banks cut https://t.co/CLZmnTQUdR