Articles
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Criminal Justice
Does SQ 805 allow criminals to break into your home with impunity?
“Property crime” is an umbrella term that encompasses everything from destruction of property to robbery to embezzlement. Because SQ 805 would apply to many property crimes, it’s not uncommon for people to get confused about what that means.Ryan Haynie | September 10, 2020
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Budget & Tax, Education
Parental demand may change school-choice landscape
Schools that are currently refusing to provide in-person instruction are drawing fierce backlash from parents across Oklahoma. One legislative leader on education issues says that parental activism may be changing the political landscape for school-choice issues.Ray Carter | September 10, 2020
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Criminal Justice
Myth vs. Fact: SQ 805 and sexual crimes
As it turns out, child prostitution and human trafficking are included on the list of violent offenses. They remain untouched by SQ 805.Ryan Haynie | September 4, 2020
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Education
Facing parent pushback, Owasso district announces reopening
With its school-board members facing a voter-recall effort, officials at Owasso Public Schools announced Friday that the school will reopen for in-person instruction on September 17.Ray Carter | September 4, 2020
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Budget & Tax
Oklahoma increases transportation ranking without massive spending hikes
In 2004, Oklahoma had 1,168 structurally deficient bridges and ranked 49th in a federal report on bridge upkeep. Fifteen years later, the state has made a monumental jump to 9th with only 86 bridges now reported structurally deficient.Curtis Shelton | September 4, 2020
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Education
Owasso school board’s actions prompt recall effort
Earlier this year in Owasso, school officials celebrated when the support of about 1,000 voters allowed the issuance of $11 million in bonds. But when it comes to reopening the district for in-person instruction, critics say the wishes of a far larger group of parents are being ignored.Ray Carter | September 3, 2020
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Education
Norman teachers’ kids get in-school classes during shutdown
Even as other parents struggle to both work and ensure their children are cared for during an “online only” school day, the children of teachers in the Norman school district will be educated in the physical classroom.Ray Carter | September 3, 2020
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Law & Principles
New documentary defends the Electoral College
A new book and a new feature-length documentary from OCPA’s “Save Our States” Project make the case for Hamilton’s “excellent” system.Staff | September 2, 2020
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Law & Principles
Officials offer few solutions as alleged rapist is freed
Due to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that effectively reestablished the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s tribal reservation in Oklahoma, an alleged serial rapist may never face trial.Ray Carter | September 2, 2020
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Education
Choice is what parents need in the era of COVID
As long as the monopoly remains a monopoly, it can’t accommodate high-pressure differences on binary questions.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | September 2, 2020