Articles
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Good Government
Ban on controversial ‘training’ sidelined
Several state Republican lawmakers filed legislation this year to prevent government-funded entities from mandating the controversial training, which critics say endorses explicit racism and social division.Ray Carter | March 15, 2021
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Higher Education
OSU ‘diversity training’ says gender is ‘not only male and female’
Students at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater are required to take at least two courses that may have nothing at all to do with their major or minor fields of study in order to satisfy the university’s most recent “diversity and inclusion” benchmarks.Mike Brake | March 12, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
OK House: Yes on half-billion in tax credits; no school choice
House lawmakers voted to issue more than a half-billion in new tax credits and deductions with 66 percent going to the state’s largest corporations--but they sidelined a far smaller tax credit that would have benefitted low-income children by increasing school-choice opportunitiesRay Carter | March 11, 2021
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Education
Senate votes to move school board elections to November
Members of the state Senate have voted to shift many Oklahoma school-board elections to November in a move supporters say will increase voter participation and candidate filings.Ray Carter | March 11, 2021
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Health Care
Conservative groups announce opposition to price control legislation
Two conservative organizations have publicly voiced strong concern regarding legislation pending in Oklahoma that would tie prescription drug prices in the state to Canadian drug prices.Staff | March 10, 2021
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Health Care
‘Surprise’ medical bill protection clears Senate
Legislation that could prevent Oklahomans from receiving unanticipated and wildly inflated medical bills has received approval from the Oklahoma Senate.Ray Carter | March 10, 2021
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Education
Tulsa schools accused of mistreating special-needs child
A father says Tulsa school officials have ignored his son’s medical diagnoses and contributed to the child’s mental deterioration.Ray Carter | March 10, 2021
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Higher Education
Woke biology: Politicization comes to the hard sciences
The politicization of science education threatens Oklahoma’s liberty and prosperity alike.David Randall, Ph.D. | March 9, 2021
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Education
Tulsa superintendent bashes critics
Tulsa Superintendent recently slammed area citizens who have raised conflict-of-interest concerns about Gist and some members of the Tulsa Public Schools (TPS) Board of Education.Ray Carter | March 9, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
Educators voice support for school-choice bill
Legislation expanding an existing tax-credit program to encourage more donations to public schools and scholarship-granting organizations is drawing opposition from establishment “education” groups. But the bill is quietly receiving support from many Oklahomans who work on the front lines in schools who have seen the real-world challenges facing children and those who serve them.Ray Carter | March 9, 2021