Articles
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Law & Principles
Voter ID could be placed in state constitution
Oklahomans could place voter ID requirements into the state constitution under a measure that has won committee approval in the state Senate.Ray Carter | February 16, 2022
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Criminal Justice
Sentencing reform advances, but lawmakers wary
Legislation to address disparities in Oklahoma’s sentencing laws, and indirectly lower the incarceration rate, has advanced from a state Senate committee, but lawmakers expressed concern about the complexity of a broad-based overhaul.Ray Carter | February 16, 2022
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Education
Former Oklahoma House Speaker Shannon endorses school choice
Now a former leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives is joining them, publicly voicing his support for empowering parents.Ray Carter | February 16, 2022
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Education
Oklahoma’s unaccountable public schools
Oklahoma’s public schools are not held accountable democratically, financially, or educationally. Real accountability to parents trumps fake accountability to government.Brandon Dutcher | February 16, 2022
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Education
Lawmakers approve student rescue from ‘F’ schools
A Senate committee has voted to provide an escape hatch for students currently trapped in public schools that receive F grades on state report cards.Ray Carter | February 15, 2022
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Education
Lawmakers vote to protect teachers from lawsuits
Oklahoma government would pay for insurance policies that protect teachers from frivolous lawsuits under legislation that advanced from committee on a party-line vote.Ray Carter | February 15, 2022
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Education
Parent empowerment bill wins committee approval
Legislation that would empower parents to choose from a greater range of education options for their children has advanced from a state Senate committee.Ray Carter | February 15, 2022
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Good Government
Predicting congressional elections
The partisan control of Congress is more a matter of self-fulfilling predictions than a matter of competitive elections.Rick Farmer, Ph.D. | February 15, 2022
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Education
Driving students away reaps benefit for public schools
Data released by the Oklahoma State School Boards Association indicates that Oklahoma public schools directly or indirectly reap as much as $534 million annually for students they don’t serve.Ray Carter | February 14, 2022
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Law & Principles
Hughes County sheriff says tribe ignoring McGirt duties, crime victims
Since the U.S. Supreme Court upended law-enforcement jurisdiction throughout most of eastern Oklahoma with its McGirt v. Oklahoma ruling, tribal government officials have claimed they will fill much of the resulting law-enforcement gap.Ray Carter | February 11, 2022