Articles
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Budget & Tax, Good Government
The mission creep
The Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust is guilty of frivolous spending. TSET promotes smoke-free bars and nightclubs and buys billboard space for "water recipes."Jonathan Small | November 17, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Good Government
Did Harvey Weinstein benefit from Oklahoma’s Hollywood handout?
Current state law provides “a cash rebate of 35-37% on qualifying Oklahoma expenditures to film and television productions filming in the state,” plus a sales tax exemption.Trent England | November 3, 2017
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Good Government
The right path
While Americans have different views about what’s to be done with those who have come to our country illegally, most are open to some form of leniency for those brought here as children.Jonathan Small | November 3, 2017
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Good Government
Oklahoma Bar Association, far left attack Scott Pruitt
Hopefully, the OBA will do the right thing and not be used as a tool of the far left. But either way, the episode is a reminder to Oklahomans that we let a private political group have government power at our peril.Jonathan Small | November 1, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Good Government
Conservative leaders' open letter to policymakers
Policymakers must make the same difficult choices being made by the most vulnerable, by working Oklahoma families, and by small businesses and other job creators in Oklahoma.Larry Parman, Tom Coburn & Frank Keating | October 3, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Good Government
Conservative leaders urge Oklahoma politicians to protect taxpayers
We are a coalition of conservative citizens, many of us serving in leadership of state or local organizations, who write to urge you to address the need for more consolidation and other efficiencies in all areas of state government and to resist raising taxes on your constituents.Jonathan Small | September 28, 2017
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Good Government
TSET: Don’t Smoke, Get Drunk!
Why does a state agency award grants for “alcohol use prevention” while promoting bars and nightclubs?Trent England | September 27, 2017
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Good Government
Blue-state blues
We keep hearing the same argument: More revenue will make it easier to fund state government.Jonathan Small | August 10, 2017
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Good Government
Election integrity back on the front burner
According to a recent report from the Heritage Foundation, voter fraud isn’t the myth that it’s claimed to be by liberal think tanks and the mainstream media.J.E. McReynolds | August 2, 2017
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Good Government
Staff Member at Taxpayer-Funded Organization Works to Oppose Presidential Appointment
Hayley Jones serves on the executive staff for the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration as deputy general counsel, paid on the taxpayer's dime. She also subverts government appointments.Jay Chilton | January 31, 2017