Articles
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Energy
‘Green’ technology poses long-term threat to roads
Growing use of alternative-fuel vehicles threatens to dramatically reduce funding for Oklahoma’s roads and bridges by slashing gasoline consumption.Ray Carter | February 4, 2021
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Education
OSDE directs teachers to controversial organization
During the week of the 2020 presidential election, the Oklahoma State Department of Education encouraged teachers to use materials produced by an organization that critics say has actively worked to brand orthodox Christians and mainstream conservative organizations as “hate groups.”Ray Carter | February 4, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
Top education retirees paid handsomely
While there has been no shortage of research papers and news stories about teacher salaries, these often ignore a large portion of educators’ compensation: retirement benefits.Curtis Shelton | February 4, 2021
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Higher Education
Does OU diversity training violate federal labor law?
The University of Oklahoma may be flirting with lawsuits alleging that they have created a hostile work environment with mandated diversity training material if that material blames white males for most of society’s injustices.Mike Brake | February 4, 2021
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Good Government
Legislation to impede church closings advances
Legislation that would protect places of worship from government-ordered closures during a pandemic has advanced from a state House committee.Ray Carter | February 3, 2021
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Education
Department of Education data provides ghost-student number
Schools with declining enrollment still receive state funding for children who no longer attend the school, known informally as “ghost students.”Curtis Shelton | February 3, 2021
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Higher Education
Oklahoma college removes Land Run monument
A concrete depiction of the 1889 Oklahoma Land Run that stood for decades outside Oklahoma City Community College is no more—fallen as many monuments have to protesters who claim such historical artifacts wound their sensibilities.Mike Brake | February 3, 2021
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Judicial Reform
Judicial selection may soon occur in public
The state body that selects all major judicial nominees has long operated in secret but could soon be required to conduct its work in public, thanks to legislation approved by a state Senate committee.Ray Carter | February 2, 2021
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Education
Legislation advances to boost charter-school red tape
Members of a state Senate committee voted Tuesday to increase the regulatory burden facing some groups seeking to provide parents with additional public-school options by opening a charter school.Ray Carter | February 2, 2021
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Economy
An economy of all people, by all people, and for all people
An economy built on equal rights for all people is now seen by many (including those pushing The 1619 Project in schools) as a form of white supremacy.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | February 1, 2021