Articles
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Budget & Tax
Film rebate program is corporate welfare
Comparing the state’s film rebate program with Oklahoma’s Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship program can show the distinction between the a tax credit and a rebate.Curtis Shelton | May 18, 2021
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Education, Culture & the Family
Tulsa students may see little benefit from open-transfer law
Students in Tulsa Public Schools had virtually no in-person instruction for nearly a year. Lawmakers eased the open-transfer process partly to help those students. But exemptions in the transfer law mean Tulsa students may still have few options. Of 11 districts that share a border with Tulsa Public Schools, just four may be required to even consider transfers from Tulsa Public Schools.Ray Carter | May 17, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
School-choice measure clears budget committees
Legislation to significantly increase the size of a state school-choice program that helps children attend private schools has easily advanced from budget committees in both the House and Senate.Ray Carter | May 17, 2021
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Culture & the Family
Family beats any government program
A stable family contributes to a child’s long-term success - yet too much government policy ignores that reality.Jonathan Small | May 17, 2021
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Health Care
Officials admit: Some on state waiting list may be dead now
Able-bodied adults added due to Medicaid expansion are financially prioritized over individuals with developmental disabilities on the waiting list.Ray Carter | May 14, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
Budget plan includes tax cuts, school choice, and savings
Gov. Kevin Stitt and legislative leaders have announced a state budget agreement that cuts taxes for all Oklahomans, increases school-choice opportunities for families, and leaves state government with more than $1 billion in savings.Ray Carter | May 13, 2021
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Education
OKCPS board member decries ‘racism on this board’
According to Oklahoma City School Board member Ruth Veales, the members of the Oklahoma City school board are themselves racist—and have been for years.Ray Carter | May 13, 2021
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Education
School choice offers escape from critical-race-theory harm
Expansion or creation of new school-choice programs, including Education Savings Accounts (ESAs), could help negate the issue of critical race theory.Ray Carter | May 13, 2021
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Higher Education
Coddle culture threatens core freedoms, Piper says
The coddle culture of colleges has now bled out into the broader culture and threatens basic freedoms, according to author and former Oklahoma Wesleyan University President Everett Piper.Ray Carter | May 12, 2021
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Health Care
Hospitals defend rapid-pay system criticized by state audit
Hospital officials are urging lawmakers to reject a Medicaid cost-control plan and instead preserve a rapid-pay system that a state audit indicated has resulted in as much as $845 million in ineligible taxpayer-funded payments to providers.Ray Carter | May 12, 2021