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Law & Principles
Cherokee Federal and Grassley dispute compliance in child-trafficking investigation
After being awarded a contract worth $706 million to process illegal immigrants, Cherokee Federal was asked to provide information to the chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Did Cherokee Federal cooperate? Depends on who you ask.Ray Carter | April 16, 2025
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Law & Principles
Initiative-petition reforms head to Oklahoma House floor
Legislation that would require initiative-petition efforts to gather signatures from across the state and that also includes several transparency reforms is now headed to the floor of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.Ray Carter | April 15, 2025
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Law & Principles
Oklahoma school-board election shift moves ahead
Legislation that would shift Oklahoma’s school-board elections to better-known election dates that draw higher turnout has cleared two House committees and is now eligible to be heard by the entire membership of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.Ray Carter | April 15, 2025
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Judicial Reform
Stitt appoints Travis Jett to Oklahoma Supreme Court
Gov. Kevin Stitt has appointed attorney Travis Jett to fill a position on the Oklahoma Supreme Court that came open after voters ousted longtime liberal incumbent Justice Yvonne Kauger last November.Ray Carter | April 14, 2025
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Law & Principles
Oklahoma Republican Party opposes California election scheme
Officials with the Oklahoma Republican Party have filed a lawsuit challenging a state question that would junk the state’s current election system and instead force Oklahoma voters to participate in a California-style system.Ray Carter | April 14, 2025
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Health Care
Indiana seeks work requirements for Medicaid-expansion population
State lawmakers in Indiana have voted to impose work requirements as a condition of eligibility for able-bodied adults added to that state’s Medicaid program through Obamacare expansion.Ray Carter | April 14, 2025
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Education
Many high-funded Oklahoma schools have low instructional spending, poor performance
State data show that even in many of Oklahoma’s highest-funded ($20,000 per student or more) school districts, less than half of the funding goes to instruction—and academic outcomes remain poor.Ray Carter | April 14, 2025
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Law & Principles
An agenda for Oklahoma statewide candidates
Message-tested platitudes are not enough. Oklahoma’s aspiring political leaders must commit to do hard things.Jonathan Small | April 14, 2025
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Budget & Tax
OCPA praises Senate passage of income-tax repeal
OCPA President Jonathan Small today praised members of the Oklahoma Senate for voting to put the state income tax on a gradual path to full repeal.Staff | April 11, 2025
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Budget & Tax
Oklahoma Senate votes to gradually eliminate state income tax
Members of the Oklahoma Senate have voted to gradually eliminate Oklahoma’s personal income tax. The measure is now only one vote away from the governor’s desk.Ray Carter | April 10, 2025