Articles
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Higher Education
Ban on racist stereotyping contrary to OU’s goals, president says
The president of the University of Oklahoma has declared his opposition to a bill that prohibits colleges from requiring students to take any orientation “that presents any form of race or sex stereotyping or a bias on the basis of race or sex".Ray Carter | May 7, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Culture & the Family
Other states repeal film subsidies
States like West Virginia and Michigan have recently repealed film subsidy programs, claiming that giving film makers millions in subsidies is simply not worth it.Ray Carter | May 7, 2021
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Culture & the Family
For OKC councilwoman, OCPA Fears Fellowship was ‘food for the soul’
Barbara Young, Oklahoma City's newest councilwoman, attended OCPA's Fears Fellowship, calling it “food for the soul” that ratified and strengthened views she had developed long before her first run for public office.Mike Brake | May 7, 2021
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Health Care
Lawmakers should reject Senate Bill 131
Efforts are underway to block Governor Kevin Stitt’s plan to reform Oklahoma’s Medicaid program and help manage the rising costs of the medical welfare program.Kaitlyn Finley | May 6, 2021
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Higher Education
OU professor plays role in Facebook ban of Trump
A University of Oklahoma law professor is a member of the Facebook Oversight Board that has upheld the platform’s suspension of former President Donald Trump.Ray Carter | May 6, 2021
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Higher Education
Landmark lawsuit targets Christian higher education
One of Oklahoma’s largest faith-based universities is among 25 higher education institutions named in a federal class-action lawsuit recently brought against the U.S. Department of Education.Staci Elder Hensley | May 6, 2021
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Education
Echoes of racist past now heard in modern classrooms
While many thought lessons of racism were a thing of the past, critics say “critical race theory” has revived them in modified form.Ray Carter | May 5, 2021
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Health Care
Oklahoma House seeks to grow state health agency
The Oklahoma House of Representatives recently passed Senate Bill 131, which would greatly increase the size and scope of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.Kaitlyn Finley | May 4, 2021
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Higher Education
OU students, staff to be graded on ‘antiracism’
A new report issued by the Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture (GCA) at the University of Oklahoma reveals that students and staff in the architecture program could soon be evaluated for their support of “anti-racist” beliefs.Ray Carter | May 4, 2021
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Education
Oklahoma PTA seeks veto of bill targeting critical race theory
The Oklahoma PTA (parent-teacher association) is urging Gov. Kevin Stitt to veto legislation that would make it illegal for schools to teach children that “one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex.”Ray Carter | May 4, 2021