Articles
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Budget & Tax
OSSAA generates millions annually
The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA), the governing body for high school sports and competitions, collected $9.7 million in revenue in 2024, with net income of $1.3 million, while paying its executive director nearly a quarter-million dollars annually.Curtis Shelton | August 19, 2025
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Law & Principles
When raising the wage means shrinking the workforce
Since 2000, California has steadily raised its minimum wage far above the federal level. During that same period, the state’s labor force participation rate has dropped sharply, with low-skilled workers leaving the workforce at the fastest pace.Curtis Shelton | August 18, 2025
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Education, Law & Principles
LNH reform opens doors for more special-needs children
Oklahoma lawmakers eliminated the one-year public school requirement for Lindsey Nicole Henry (LNH) scholarships, making it easier for families of children with special needs to afford private education that meets their needs. The reform ensures parents no longer have to choose between financial help and their child’s educational stability.Ray Carter | August 18, 2025
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Education
OCPA condemns OSSAA defiance of open-transfer law
OCPA President Jonathan Small criticized the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) for arbitrarily banning four teenagers from playing basketball for Glencoe High School.Staff | August 18, 2025
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Education, Law & Principles
Lawmaker: Time to dismantle OSSAA
The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association’s has voted to prevent four teenage boys from playing basketball for Glencoe High School because they transferred into the district, effectively undermining Oklahoma open-transfer law. Now one lawmaker is urging his colleagues to dismantle the OSSAA.Ray Carter | August 15, 2025
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Education
OSSAA embroiled in controversy & lawsuit … again
In what has become a recurring pattern, the governing board of the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) has been accused of interfering with student transfers despite state law allowing open transfer between public-school districts and the association’s own rules.Ray Carter | August 14, 2025
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Education, Culture & the Family
School counselor group embraces far-left policies
The American School Counselor Association, whose Oklahoma affiliate is tied to the state’s growing counselor workforce, has embraced left-wing causes including support for allowing biological males in girls’ sports, gun control, and citizenship for certain illegal immigrants, and opposition to restrictions on youth gender transitions.Ray Carter | August 13, 2025
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Culture & the Family
The case for waiting: Why our kids don’t need smartphones just yet
Something is deeply wrong with childhood in America—and we all sense it. Oklahoma’s new phone-free school law is a welcome corrective, but lasting change will come from parents and communities willing to push back against the cultural pressure to keep kids plugged in.Matt Oberdick | August 13, 2025
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Law & Principles
Seattle’s ‘top two’ primary shows why Oklahoma should steer clear
The top two finishers each ran on a platform of Trump-bashing, tax increases, and radicalism on issues such as transgenderism and illegal immigration.Ray Carter | August 12, 2025
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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
Oklahoma wins court fight to protect minors from gender-transition procedures
Aligning with a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Oklahoma’s 2023 law banning gender-transition surgeries, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones for individuals under 18.Ray Carter | August 11, 2025