Articles
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Higher Education, Law & Principles
Court order protects students from OSU retaliation
OSU argued that students should be forced to reveal their identities if they challenge the university’s policies on free speech. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit disagreed, siding with the students.Ray Carter | February 9, 2024
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Law & Principles
Bill mandating arbitrary DHS investigation of parents should be killed
Legislation that would subject Oklahoma parents to a Department of Human Services background check if they homeschool their children, or even move to another school district, should be killed.Staff | February 6, 2024
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Law & Principles
Governor notes Oklahoma ‘reservations’ not normal
In this year’s “State of the State” address, Gov. Kevin Stitt bluntly noted that those supposed reservations in Oklahoma have no relationship to Native American reservations in other states.Ray Carter | February 6, 2024
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Education, Law & Principles
Oklahoma school virtual days harming parents’ jobs
Some Oklahoma public schools’ excessive use of virtual days for non-emergency situations is threatening the incomes of working parents or requiring them to use up most of their vacation time, according to state Sen. Kristen Thompson.Ray Carter | February 1, 2024
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Education, Law & Principles
Oklahoma groups want school board elections on Election Day
Voter turnout for local school board elections is notoriously low. Several Oklahoma groups are working to boost voter turnout by moving those elections to Election Day.Brandon Dutcher | February 1, 2024
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Special sessions routine for Oklahoma Legislature
Members of the Oklahoma Senate have routinely convened in special session in recent years—regardless of the extra expense to taxpayers—to consider things like increasing taxes and spending money on corporate welfare programs.Ray Carter | February 1, 2024
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Law & Principles
OCPA praises Drummond’s challenge of Biden administration
OCPA President Jonathan Small today praised Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond for fighting the Biden administration’s efforts to force Oklahomans to fund abortion referrals.Staff | January 30, 2024
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Education, Law & Principles
Oklahoma parents resort to desperate measures to save their children
To obtain a better education for their kids, some parents lie about their place of residence and thus face up to a year in jail. (To determine residency, one Tulsa Union employee demanded to inspect a 12-year-old girl’s bedroom.) Oklahoma can do better.Jonathan Small | January 29, 2024
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Education, Law & Principles
Oklahoma lawmakers look to limit school misuse of virtual days
Two state lawmakers hope to rein in public-school reliance on virtual-learning days, which have been strongly linked to major learning loss due to the often-subpar product provided.Ray Carter | January 23, 2024
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Law & Principles
In major win for Stitt, Chickasaw Nation signs new compacts
In a major victory for Gov. Kevin Stitt, the Chickasaw Nation has agreed to new state-tribal compacts on tobacco and license tags that address key issues raised by the governor.Ray Carter | January 22, 2024