Articles
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Health Care
Medicaid fraud issues arising nationwide
Reviews of Medicaid spending across the nation indicate billions of dollars are being wasted on individuals who do not qualify for the welfare program, echoing similar findings in Oklahoma during a 2020 review.Ray Carter | June 27, 2025
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Culture & the Family
Oklahoma’s 2025 economic reforms strengthen families, reward work, expand freedom
In 2025, Oklahoma policymakers enacted a series of economic reforms that are also social-policy reforms. Strong families, meaningful work, and limited government all rise and fall together.Matt Oberdick | June 27, 2025
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Education
If a child can’t read, the system has failed
It’s time for all state-funded universities to follow the lead of our legislators and the OSDE by fully abandoning debunked literacy programs and committing exclusively to phonics-based literacy reform.Matt Oberdick | June 26, 2025
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Law & Principles
Tulsa mayor vows to stop prosecuting crimes committed by Indians
Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols has signed an agreement with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation that prohibits city police and courts from prosecuting any alleged criminal who is a member of one of over 500 federally recognized tribes.Ray Carter | June 25, 2025
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Education
A discredited reading-instruction method is (still) failing our kids
It’s time to hold professors and teachers accountable for continuing to use a discredited method.Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. | June 25, 2025
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Education
Two ways to address Oklahoma’s illiteracy crisis
Oklahoma policymakers must continue to press for reading reforms—while also empowering parents to choose schools that enthusiastically embrace the science of reading.Brandon Dutcher | June 24, 2025
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Education
Oklahoma ranked as a top 10 state in education choice
A new report ranks Oklahoma among the 10 best states in the nation for parental empowerment and educational choice.Ray Carter | June 23, 2025
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Health Care
With Medicaid expansion, Oklahoma has higher costs, worse outcomes
Oklahoma’s Medicaid expansion was sold on a promise to financially enrich state hospitals and improve Oklahomans’ health outcomes. Five years and billions of taxpayer dollars later, is it working?Ray Carter | June 23, 2025
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Higher Education
No need for college tuition increases
This year, legislators provided more than $1 billion in appropriations to Oklahoma colleges and universities. That negates any need for tuition increases.Jonathan Small | June 23, 2025
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Law & Principles
Justice Thomas echoes OCPA brief in Supreme Court opinion
In a case involving minors who identify as transgender, Justice Clarence Thomas this week brilliantly rejected the notion that unelected experts should dictate constitutional interpretation or override legislative judgment.Ryan Haynie | June 20, 2025