Articles
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Higher Education
Federal crackdown on illegal discrimination targets OU–Tulsa School of Community Medicine
The University of Oklahoma–Tulsa School of Community Medicine was among those identified as being under federal investigation for alleged impermissible race-based scholarships and race-based segregation.Ray Carter | April 17, 2025
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Law & Principles
Oklahoma lawmakers focus on reducing regulation
Within a matter of hours on the same day, members of the Oklahoma Legislature advanced two measures designed to significantly restrict regulation in Oklahoma.Ray Carter | April 16, 2025
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Education
Oklahoma lawmakers vote to end discrimination against special-needs children
Members of an Oklahoma House committee have voted to end a two-tiered system that forces the families of children with special needs to jump through hoops that other families are not subjected to when accessing a school-choice program.Ray Carter | April 16, 2025
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Budget & Tax
This state slashed its income tax, yet state revenues grew
North Dakota’s income-tax rate has been cut in half over the last two decades, yet state revenues grew by 245 percent.Curtis Shelton | April 16, 2025
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Law & Principles
Cherokee Federal and Grassley dispute compliance in child-trafficking investigation
After being awarded a contract worth $706 million to process illegal immigrants, Cherokee Federal was asked to provide information to the chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Did Cherokee Federal cooperate? Depends on who you ask.Ray Carter | April 16, 2025
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Law & Principles
Initiative-petition reforms head to Oklahoma House floor
Legislation that would require initiative-petition efforts to gather signatures from across the state and that also includes several transparency reforms is now headed to the floor of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.Ray Carter | April 15, 2025
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Law & Principles
Oklahoma school-board election shift moves ahead
Legislation that would shift Oklahoma’s school-board elections to better-known election dates that draw higher turnout has cleared two House committees and is now eligible to be heard by the entire membership of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.Ray Carter | April 15, 2025
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Judicial Reform
Stitt appoints Travis Jett to Oklahoma Supreme Court
Gov. Kevin Stitt has appointed attorney Travis Jett to fill a position on the Oklahoma Supreme Court that came open after voters ousted longtime liberal incumbent Justice Yvonne Kauger last November.Ray Carter | April 14, 2025
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Law & Principles
Oklahoma Republican Party opposes California election scheme
Officials with the Oklahoma Republican Party have filed a lawsuit challenging a state question that would junk the state’s current election system and instead force Oklahoma voters to participate in a California-style system.Ray Carter | April 14, 2025
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Health Care
Indiana seeks work requirements for Medicaid-expansion population
State lawmakers in Indiana have voted to impose work requirements as a condition of eligibility for able-bodied adults added to that state’s Medicaid program through Obamacare expansion.Ray Carter | April 14, 2025