Articles
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Education
Oklahoma Senate votes to bar teacher coercion
Under legislation approved by the Oklahoma Senate, it could soon be illegal for school officials to pressure or require teachers to participate in union activities.Ray Carter | March 7, 2024
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Education
With anti-school-choice Republicans ousted, Texas seeks to catch up to Oklahoma on school choice
After the March 5 primaries in Texas—what one school-choice advocate called “a massive moment in American politics”—parental choice may finally come to the Lone Star State.Ray Carter | March 6, 2024
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Judicial Reform
In minimum-wage case, Oklahoma Supreme Court defies judicial norms
The Oklahoma Supreme Court’s recent failure to perform one of the most basic duties of its job comes at a time when lawmakers are considering a measure to reform how judges are appointed to Oklahoma’s major courts.Ray Carter | March 6, 2024
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Education, Culture & the Family
Experts: Schools should teach children the success sequence
For years, researchers have found that people who do three basic things—graduate high school, get a full-time job or enter college, and marry before they have children—almost always avoid poverty as adults and are able to provide for themselves and their family. Now, experts say information on that “success sequence” needs to make the leap from research papers to the classroom.Ray Carter | March 5, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Has the JNC process been scandal-free? No.
Even if we assume that there has been no bribery in the courts, it’s misleading to suggest the Judicial Nominating Commission process has been scandal-free.Ryan Haynie | March 5, 2024
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Education
Deer Creek incident shows need to move school-board elections to November
The toe-licking antics in Deer Creek highlight how far afield an administration can stray when officials don’t face serious oversight.Jonathan Small | March 4, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Senator ‘outraged’ by Dobbs wants to stop Oklahoma judicial reform
Tired of our state’s current, secretive process for selecting judges, many would prefer to use the nation’s most time-tested method. Why is one of Oklahoma’s most left-leaning politicians worried?Trent England | March 4, 2024
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Budget & Tax
With grocery tax behind us, it’s time to cut the state income tax
Even with repeal of the state portion of the sales tax on groceries, Oklahoma lawmakers can still afford to cut the state’s income-tax rate given this year’s substantial growth revenue. It’s time to cut Oklahoma’s penalty on work.Jonathan Small | March 4, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Oklahomans may get shot at judicial-selection reform
Voters may get the chance to change Oklahoma’s judicial-selection model to mirror the process established by the United States’ founding fathers in the U.S. Constitution.Ray Carter | February 29, 2024
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Budget & Tax
Oklahoma revenues rose as tax rate fell
Growing the size of government is never the goal of tax cuts, of course. But the deficits predicted by tax cut opponents have not materialized.Curtis Shelton | February 29, 2024