Articles
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Energy
‘Green’ technology poses long-term threat to roads
Growing use of alternative-fuel vehicles threatens to dramatically reduce funding for Oklahoma’s roads and bridges by slashing gasoline consumption.Ray Carter | February 4, 2021
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Education
OSDE directs teachers to controversial organization
During the week of the 2020 presidential election, the Oklahoma State Department of Education encouraged teachers to use materials produced by an organization that critics say has actively worked to brand orthodox Christians and mainstream conservative organizations as “hate groups.”Ray Carter | February 4, 2021
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Good Government
Legislation to impede church closings advances
Legislation that would protect places of worship from government-ordered closures during a pandemic has advanced from a state House committee.Ray Carter | February 3, 2021
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Higher Education
Oklahoma college removes Land Run monument
A concrete depiction of the 1889 Oklahoma Land Run that stood for decades outside Oklahoma City Community College is no more—fallen as many monuments have to protesters who claim such historical artifacts wound their sensibilities.Mike Brake | February 3, 2021
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Judicial Reform
Judicial selection may soon occur in public
The state body that selects all major judicial nominees has long operated in secret but could soon be required to conduct its work in public, thanks to legislation approved by a state Senate committee.Ray Carter | February 2, 2021
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Education
Legislation advances to boost charter-school red tape
Members of a state Senate committee voted Tuesday to increase the regulatory burden facing some groups seeking to provide parents with additional public-school options by opening a charter school.Ray Carter | February 2, 2021
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Health Care
Democrats criticize effort to control growing Medicaid cost
Gov. Kevin Stitt recently told lawmakers that Oklahoma must join the 40 states that use managed care as part of their Medicaid system.Ray Carter | February 1, 2021
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Education
Stitt targets ‘ghost student’ funding
In his State of the State address, Gov. Kevin Stitt called on all schools to provide full-time, in-person instruction as an option.Ray Carter | February 1, 2021
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Education
Four-day school week survives new law
The State Board of Education voted to give a one-year exemption to all Oklahoma public schools from a state law that requires districts to provide at least 165 days of instruction starting next year.Ray Carter | January 28, 2021
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Higher Education
Touting ‘diversity’ and ‘inclusion,’ OU warns students ‘Boomer Sooner’ could be problematic
A mandatory diversity training program informs OU students that “Boomer Sooner” is steeped in racism and can represent a form of oppression.Ray Carter | January 28, 2021