Articles
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Budget & Tax
Rolling back pension progress is unhealthy
Every pension plan should have a goal of becoming fully funded, with assets equal to 100 percent of pension obligations.Curtis Shelton | August 22, 2020
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Law & Principles
Oklahoma AG defends election security laws, opposes ballot harvesting
Attorney General Mike Hunter pushed back Friday against a Democratic lawsuit that seeks the elimination of many absentee-ballot safeguards and the legalization of “ballot harvesting” in Oklahoma.Ray Carter | August 22, 2020
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Law & Principles
Federal government approves new state-tribal compacts
The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) has allowed two new state-tribal gaming compacts to take effect, a move that could result in greater competition in Oklahoma’s casino market and provide a higher share of gaming revenue to state government.Ray Carter | August 20, 2020
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Criminal Justice
Hate crimes create ‘thought police’
Oklahoma should consider repealing or striking down its hate crime statute. We shouldn’t ask law enforcement to be the Thought Police.Ryan Haynie | August 20, 2020
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Higher Education
Oklahoma Christian University hosts social-justice training
As part of its focus on diversity, Oklahoma Christian University recently hosted a speaker who encourages her clients to read or view works that include a project linking the United States’ founding to slavery and another work criticized as portraying all white people as racists.Ray Carter | August 20, 2020
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Education
Teacher numbers decline despite pay raises
Lawmakers were told Wednesday to expect an outright decline in the number of teachers in state schools this year.Ray Carter | August 20, 2020
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Education
Stitt education program proving popular across Oklahoma
Nearly one in three Oklahoma school districts has already applied for a program launched by Gov. Kevin Stitt that will provide advanced courses online.Ray Carter | August 20, 2020
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Law & Principles
Slave-owning past remains problem for Choctaws
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is now opposing federal efforts to require that descendants of the tribe’s former slaves be given promised rights before the tribe can receive federal housing funds.Ray Carter | August 19, 2020
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Education
Oklahomans say per-student funding should follow the student
By a two-to-one margin, Oklahomans say that if schools don’t open in the fall, parents should be able to take their tax dollars and go to another school.Brandon Dutcher | August 19, 2020
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Higher Education
OU institute declared Chinese propaganda entity
The U.S. Department of State has declared that the Confucius Institute U.S. Center, which has long operated an institute at the University of Oklahoma, is a foreign mission of the People’s Republic of China.Ray Carter | August 17, 2020