Articles
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Judicial Reform
Oklahoma Supreme Court has been dismantling work-comp reform
The Oklahoma Legislature enacted comprehensive workers’ compensation reform, but the Oklahoma Supreme Court has been rolling it back.Curtis Shelton | September 6, 2024
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Education
Oklahoma schools get $58.9 million for literacy efforts
Oklahoma schools will receive $58.9 million in federal funding over the next five years to provide reading and literacy programs across Oklahoma, State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced.Ray Carter | September 5, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Liberal activists target state Supreme Court races
Liberal activists are targeting state Supreme Court races across the country, but not in Oklahoma. Why? Perhaps because the Oklahoma Supreme Court has already been rated one of the nation’s most liberal.Ray Carter | September 4, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Oklahoma Supreme Court legislates on abortion
After the Dobbs decision, abortion advocates asked state courts to exercise raw judicial power. Unsurprisingly, those advocates found an ally in the Oklahoma Supreme Court.Ryan Haynie | September 3, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Democrat judges defy Oklahoma’s GOP trend
Oklahomans may be surprised to learn that nearly half the members of the Oklahoma Supreme Court were appointed by Democrat governors.Ray Carter | September 3, 2024
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Budget & Tax
A look at Oklahoma CareerTech spending
Adjusted for inflation, state appropriations to Oklahoma CareerTech are lower than they were two decades ago.Curtis Shelton | August 30, 2024
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Budget & Tax
Oklahoma grocery-tax change: A tax cut for the rich?
Class-warfare arguments decrying an income-tax cut as a benefit for “the rich” ignore the fact that the same thing holds true for repeal of the sales tax on groceries. Oklahoma’s upper-income households get much more benefit from the grocery tax repeal than lower-income households do.Ray Carter | August 29, 2024
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Culture & the Family
Taxes, school choice impact Oklahoma legislative races
Republican voters this week ousted an Oklahoma state senator who was a vocal supporter of tax increases and who repeatedly voted against school-choice measures.Ray Carter | August 28, 2024
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Education
For local school-board member training in Oklahoma, there’s now a conservative alternative
Oklahoma law requires local school-board members to complete annual training. There’s now a conservative alternative to the training provided by the OSSBA.Rick Farmer, Ph.D. | August 27, 2024
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Higher Education
State political climate has modest impact on college choice
High-school students least willing to attend college in Oklahoma are largely white, upper-income, politically active liberals who are disproportionately female and overwhelmingly identify as LGBTQ.Ray Carter | August 27, 2024