Articles
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Criminal Justice
Members bring valuable perspective to Pardon and Parole Board
District Attorney Laura Austin Thomas claims Kelly Doyle and Adam Luck cannot be impartial, citing their positions with organizations that support those recently released from prison. In reality, it’s their positions with those organizations that make them ideal for the board.Ryan Haynie | July 1, 2020
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Criminal Justice
Julius Jones: How jury selection is (and isn’t) relevant
Social media is buzzing around the case of Julius Jones—particularly his recent application for commutation.Ryan Haynie | July 1, 2020
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Budget & Tax
Voters ousting lawmakers who support tax hikes
When lawmakers reconvene in 2021, tax increases could be a topic of legislative debate again.Ray Carter | July 1, 2020
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Culture & the Family
State to provide county data on COVID-19 threat
Oklahomans will soon be able to review color-coded, county-level data that shows COVID-19 risk in their local area, Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Tuesday.Ray Carter | June 30, 2020
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Education
U.S. Supreme Court upholds tax-credit scholarship program
In a ruling with implications for Oklahoma, the U.S. Supreme Court has found that Montana government officials cannot prevent children who participate in a state tax-credit scholarship program from using their scholarships to attend religiously affiliated private schools.Ray Carter | June 30, 2020
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Higher Education
‘Social justice’ rampant at OU
Social justice education pervades American higher education. Alas, it’s come to Oklahoma’s universities too.David Randall, Ph.D. | June 30, 2020
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Education
Bigots lose, school choice wins, today at Supreme Court
Today, the Supreme Court sided with religious minorities in a dispute that arose in Montana but that also helps protect a program in Oklahoma.Trent England | June 30, 2020
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Culture & the Family
Absentee ballot requests surge for June 30 election
Due in part to COVID-19 concerns, the June 30 election on the Medicaid-expanding State Question 802 could see more votes cast by absentee ballot than any state election in years.Ray Carter | June 29, 2020
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Education
Teacher unions seek police ouster from schools
Teacher unions are among those now seeking to have police evicted from public schools as activists decry those officers’ presence as a sign of “systemic racism.”Ray Carter | June 29, 2020
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Culture & the Family
Stitt: Oklahoma’s COVID trends defy media portrayal
Gov. Kevin Stitt says the state is still among the safest in the nation when it comes to the virus.Ray Carter | June 29, 2020