Articles
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Good Government
Don’t let the state dox its citizens
The reason we need rules against doxing is obvious. People post this information for only one reason: to facilitate violence and harassment.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | April 26, 2019
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Good Government
Survey: Oklahoma voters support redirecting some tobacco money to rural health care
Money received by Oklahoma government from tobacco companies has been deposited into the state’s Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund, beginning shortly after the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement was reached. TSET then spends interest earnings on various health-related expenditures. New polling shows Oklahomans are ready to overhaul that arrangement.Ray Carter | April 9, 2019
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Good Government
Officials warn legislation could roll back workers’ comp progress
Oklahoma’s new administrative system is more focused than the old, court-based system on compensating injured workers and getting them back to work. House Bill 2367 would make a number of changes in the new system first established by the 2013 legislation.Mike Brake | April 9, 2019
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Good Government
Oklahoma’s digital transformation
Oklahoma’s Secretary of Digital Transformation and Administration, David Ostrowe, is looking to move state government into the future by focusing on transparency and integration. It’s high time state government entered the 21st century.Curtis Shelton | April 4, 2019
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Good Government
Transparency and caution
As session continues, the focus now moves from accountability to transparency.Jonathan Small | March 22, 2019
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Good Government
Pointless politics
Politics is full of good intentions and well-meaning ideas, so why does government so often stumble?Jonathan Small | March 15, 2019
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Good Government
OCPA statement on Gov. Stitt signing agency accountability bills
Jonathan Small | March 13, 2019
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Budget & Tax, Good Government
Limited government should also be effective
A limited government shouldn’t mean an ineffective one. Oklahoma’s current government structure pits its executive branch against itself and makes any real reform difficult.Curtis Shelton | March 11, 2019
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Good Government
OCPA statement on agency accountability agreement
After Gov. Kevin Stitt and legislative leadership announced an agreement on state agency accountability, Jonathan Small, president of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA), released the following statement.Staff | March 5, 2019
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Budget & Tax, Good Government
The opportunity cost of Oklahoma’s corporate welfare
Oklahoma lost $152 million in 2017 from corporate incentives and could reduce its total overall tax burden by 2.7 percent if it ended all corporate welfare programs.Curtis Shelton | March 4, 2019