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Modest state spending restraint, prompted last spring in the face of an unprecedented pandemic-driven economic shutdown, may make dealing with this year’s state budget slightly easier, although it will not eliminate budget challenges, based on information presented at the December meeting of the State Board of Equalization.

It’s simple: When you step into your doctor’s office or go to the hospital for a routine service or procedure, you should know the cost.

Moore Public Schools has seen steady enrollment growth throughout the past decade, with the student count growing by nearly 14 percent since 2010.

Earlier this month, the satirical website, The Babylon Bee, posted an article titled, “Teachers Union Opposes Vaccine As It Might Force Teachers To Teach Again.” The real world substantially duplicated parody in Oklahoma on Thursday as the Oklahoma Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union, declared its continued opposition to school reopening after Gov. Kevin Stitt announced that teachers will be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccinations.

After months of delay, the State Board of Education has quietly approved Christian Heritage Academy’s application to serve children who are beneficiaries of a state scholarship program.

Members of the State Board of Education have voted to suspend school A-F report cards for another year, but will require schools to administer state tests to provide some level of public reporting on how students have fared throughout COVID-19 shutdowns and forced virtual education.

Following the 2016 presidential election, reports of Russian efforts to interfere in the U.S. election process prompted numerous congressional investigations and bipartisan efforts to better protect election security, U.S. Sen. James Lankford noted.

Does America still want to have a free and growing entrepreneurial economy?

Dwayne, a cardiologist in Oklahoma City, has spent his entire life caring for and saving the lives of Oklahomans with heart diseases—a task that became exponentially harder when the Oklahoma government shut down “elective surgeries” at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Susan is the owner of Eco Wood Solutions in Norman and, like so many others, she was concerned when the City of Norman forced her to close her business during the COVID-19 outbreak. Susan was anxious not only about the future of her business but also the lives of her 16 employees who would have to be laid off.