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Law & Principles, Good Government
At CPAC, McCall touts Oklahoma school choice, tax cuts
Addressing one of the nation’s largest gatherings of political conservatives on Feb. 23, House Speaker Charles McCall touted Oklahoma’s record as a leader on school choice and a model of fiscal governance where tax cuts are prioritized in policymaking.Ray Carter | February 23, 2024
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
OCPA praises House action on income taxes
OCPA President Jonathan Small issued the following statement following passage by the House Rules Committee of HB 2949, which would provide income tax relief for working Oklahomans.Staff | February 22, 2024
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Oklahoma House committee advances pro-growth tax cuts
Members of an Oklahoma House committee overwhelmingly approved a significant income-tax cut paired with a new tax on wind energy and voted to put the income tax on the path to full repeal.Ray Carter | February 22, 2024
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Law & Principles
Oklahoma Senate committee votes to scrap parent penalty
Members of an Oklahoma Senate committee have voted to repeal a portion of state law that threatens parents with up to a year in jail if they try to enroll their children in a school by falsely claiming to live in that district.Ray Carter | February 21, 2024
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Education, Law & Principles
Oklahoma Republicans join Democrats to reduce parent role in school-board races
A handful of House Republican lawmakers joined Democrats to kill a bill that would have moved school-board elections to the November ballot. However, a similar bill remains alive.Ray Carter | February 20, 2024
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Education, Law & Principles
Oklahoma lawmakers seek to protect teachers from union pressure
Oklahoma school officials would be prohibited from pressuring teachers to participate in union activities under legislation that has advanced from the Senate Education Committee.Ray Carter | February 20, 2024
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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
Bill restricting child exposure to porn clears committee
Legislation that would require porn sites to allow parents to block child access and require age verification has sailed through a state Senate committee with bipartisan support.Ray Carter | February 19, 2024
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Education, Law & Principles
Oklahoma education group: Parents not ‘tuned in’ to school needs
An activist group has urged lawmakers to kill a bill that would move school-board elections to the November general-election ballot, claiming increased voter turnout would be bad because those additional voters are not “tuned in” to school needs.Ray Carter | February 16, 2024
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Law & Principles
Swope, Strom bills are an attack on parents
Some Oklahoma politicians think they should control how your children are raised.Jonathan Small | February 16, 2024
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Law & Principles
Ban RCV to prevent election disasters … like this one
Elections should be conducted so that voters can understand the process and trust the results. RCV fails this test. To avoid all these unnecessary risks, Oklahoma should protect our elections and ban RCV.Trent England | February 15, 2024