Articles
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Budget & Tax
Low casino fees a problem for Henry administration too
Gov. Kevin Stitt isn’t the first statewide officeholder to raise the issue of casino operating fees.Ray Carter | December 6, 2019
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Higher Education
Oklahoma colleges given low rating in free-speech report
A new report by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) finds that three major Oklahoma colleges maintain highly restrictive speech codes, and two others maintain policies that are less restrictive but still impose some barriers to free speech.Ray Carter | December 4, 2019
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Health Care
Oklahoma Medicaid growth crowds out other priorities
Over the past 20 years, Medicaid’s share of total state spending has grown faster than any other category of state spending.Kaitlyn Finley | December 4, 2019
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Education
Teacher numbers climb, but trend may not last
New figures suggest pay increases have attracted more teachers to Oklahoma schools, but much of the increase remains attributable to reliance on emergency-certified teachersRay Carter | December 2, 2019
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Education, Culture & the Family
Teachers’ union encourages members to politicize Thanksgiving, Christmas gatherings
The parent organization of the Oklahoma Education Association is encouraging its members to “incorporate your commitment to social justice at your celebrations this year.”Ray Carter | November 27, 2019
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Education
State testing outcomes prompt question: When will results improve?
Despite a dramatic increase in school funding and the adoption of what state officials say are higher academic standards, Oklahoma students’ academic performance on state tests mostly remained stagnant in 2019 or lower than in 2017.Ray Carter | November 27, 2019
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Education
Notable decline seen in state school grades
For every Oklahoma school that achieved a higher grade on this year’s Oklahoma School Report Card, more than two schools saw their state letter grade fall.Ray Carter | November 26, 2019
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Culture & the Family
Proud to be an American?
The Oklahoman recently printed the obituary of a remarkable man whose life story should put protestors to shame.Mike Brake | November 26, 2019
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Budget & Tax
Never enough: Here come the state agency wish lists
So far, Oklahoma state agencies have requested $454 in additional funding for the next fiscal year—and the wish list keeps getting longer.Curtis Shelton | November 25, 2019
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Economy
Economists use beer to highlight socialism’s failings
Socialism may be gaining in popularity among certain groups, but it remains a thoroughly discredited economic system, as two experts highlight in their book Socialism Sucks: Two Economists Drink Their Way Through the Unfree World (Regnery, 2019).Ray Carter | November 22, 2019