RIED Report Names Legislators Supporting Big Business
The RIED Report for 2016 was recently released. A couple years back, there was a good article by the Oklahoma Constitution where candidates' scores were compaed to the various indeces.By: Constitution Staff
In June, the Research Institute for Economic Development (RIED) released their legislative scorecard showing that eight members of the state Senate and six members of the state House of Representatives scored a perfect 100 on the 2014 RIED Report. The non-partisan organization produces the annual scorecard, grading Oklahoma legislators’ votes on business issues. But, many challenge RIED’s validity. Rather than being a pro-business scorecard, the RIED Report is better characterized as supporting corporate welfare. The scores were given to lawmakers who served in the second session of the 54th Oklahoma Legislature that adjourned on May 23rd.
