Articles
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Law & Principles
Legislative session ends with few accomplishments
When they effectively ended the session, lawmakers left with few accomplishments to tout.Ray Carter | May 28, 2020
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Budget & Tax, Education
State’s red tape for private schools may violate federal law
The dispute threatens to impede effective COVID-19 response across Oklahoma.Ray Carter | May 27, 2020
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Health Care, Economy
OKC doctor says shutdown ‘a mass casualty incident’
Americans may be paying for the extended shutdowns for some time as unrelated health issues that are not being treated now continue to emerge.Mike Brake | May 26, 2020
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Law & Principles
Legislature overrides veto, may restrict citizen choice on tag renewal
Lawmakers voted Friday to override Gov. Kevin Stitt’s veto of a tag-agent bill, saying it would increase consumer choice in vendors. But the text of the new law undermines that claim.Ray Carter | May 22, 2020
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Budget & Tax
Lawmakers override veto, will borrow millions to create jobs for professors
Members of the Oklahoma Legislature voted Friday to override Gov. Kevin Stitt’s vetoes of two bills impacting the state’s “endowed chair” program.Ray Carter | May 22, 2020
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Stitt vetoes tax hike
Gov. Kevin Stitt has vetoed legislation that would have increased property taxes on numerous Oklahoma businesses, saying the legislation would “hurt our state.”Ray Carter | May 21, 2020
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Budget & Tax
Stitt vetoes diversion of offender-management funds
“The state is not contractually obligated to increase private correctional facilities pay scales,” Stitt wrote.Ray Carter | May 20, 2020
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Budget & Tax, Good Government
Stitt vows transparency for CARES funding, warns cities can’t use it for shortfalls
Oklahomans will be able to view how the state spends $1.2 billion in federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding by going to the state’s online “checkbook,” Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Wednesday.Ray Carter | May 20, 2020
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Budget & Tax
Lawmakers exempt themselves from budget sacrifice
One thing was never aggressively pursued as a cost-saving measure: forgoing a 35 percent increase in legislative pay set to take effect in November.Ray Carter | May 20, 2020
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Education, Culture & the Family
Leader of 2018 teacher walkout arrested
One of the chief ringleaders of the 2018 teacher walkouts in Oklahoma has been arrested for lewd proposals to a minor.Ray Carter | May 20, 2020