Articles
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Law & Principles
Lankford, Inhofe, defend election-security laws
The case involves challenges to two Arizona election laws, including a law criminalizing ballot-harvesting, which is a practice strongly associated with vote fraud.Ray Carter | June 4, 2020
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Health Care
House fails to stop surprise medical billing
This session the Oklahoma House Representatives failed to pass SB 1646, legislation which would have protected patients from bogus surprise medical bills.Kaitlyn Finley | June 3, 2020
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Education
School reopening plan released
A new plan released by the Oklahoma State Department of Education indicates learning in the coming school year is expected to occur in the traditional classroom setting.Ray Carter | June 3, 2020
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Culture & the Family
Norman mayor may have violated own order
Norman Mayor Breea Clark participated in a June 1 protest related to the death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd during an arrest. In doing so, Clark may have violated her own order restricting public gatherings to reduce COVID-19 spread.Ray Carter | June 2, 2020
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Budget & Tax
Lawmakers begin to roll back historic pension progress
After a decade of replenishing the state’s retirement system, a new law is estimated to add nearly $1 billion in unfunded liability to the retirement system and does so at the worst possible time.Curtis Shelton | June 2, 2020
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Education
OEA honors House Democrat
The Oklahoma Education Association (OEA) has given an award to state Rep. Jason Dunnington for several bills he filed this year, including one which would have restricted the treatment psychologists can provide to children who identify as transgender.Ray Carter | June 1, 2020
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Health Care
Medicaid expansion the wrong path for Oklahoma
Even before COVID-19, nearly every state that expanded Medicaid under Obamacare drastically underestimated the cost—putting their already-stretched state budgets in a bind.Kaitlyn Finley | May 28, 2020
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Budget & Tax, Education
K-12 school budget built on one-time funding
Gov. Kevin Stitt said the plan set up the state for significant budget challenges next year.Ray Carter | May 28, 2020
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Education
Leader of teacher walkout loses teaching license
One of the chief ringleaders of the 2018 statewide teacher walkout was stripped of his teaching license following his arrest for making lewd proposals to a minor.Ray Carter | May 28, 2020
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Law & Principles
Legislative session ends with few accomplishments
When they effectively ended the session, lawmakers left with few accomplishments to tout.Ray Carter | May 28, 2020