Articles
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Education, Higher Education
Forming teachers: The education school challenge
Colleges and graduate schools of education are of critical importance—they prepare the teachers who will in turn prepare the rising generation of Americans for adult life and citizenship. Unfortunately, it has been clear for some time that education schools are, on the whole, not delivering the level of formation and training for teachers that parents, schools, and society have a right to expect.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | August 1, 2019
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Good Government
Review of state spending nearer with launch of LOFT
Members of the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT) Oversight Committee held the group’s first meeting Tuesday, convening briefly to name two subcommittees that will develop proposals regarding the hiring of an executive director and administrative rules to guide the entity’s work.Ray Carter | July 31, 2019
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Budget & Tax
Tribal casino and gaming compacts getting renewed attention
Whereas the majority of casinos in other states are commercially owned, Oklahoma’s casino and gaming compacts have effectively established a monopoly for tribal casinos and gaming. Gov. Kevin Stitt believes it’s time to renegotiate the compacts.Jonathan Small & Curtis Shelton | July 31, 2019
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Health Care
Health care working group membership announced
The co-chairs of a newly formed legislative health care working group are among the leading proponents of Medicaid expansion in Oklahoma.Ray Carter | July 30, 2019
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Judicial Reform
Oklahoma added to ‘judicial hellhole’ top-10 list
The American Tort Reform Foundation (ATRF) has announced it now ranks Oklahoma among the nation’s 10 worst “judicial hellholes,” a jarring reversal after several years of progress.Ray Carter | July 29, 2019
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Health Care
Mapping out Medicaid
Kaitlyn Finley | July 29, 2019
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Health Care
Lawmakers to review Medicaid expansion as petition proceeds
A newly formed working group, comprised of state House and Senate members, will examine Medicaid in the coming months.Ray Carter | July 26, 2019
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Good Government
Trump deregulation gets praise, but officials say more needed
Officials in Oklahoma and elsewhere praise the progress President Trump has made on deregulation, but caution that much work remains.Ray Carter | July 25, 2019
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Education
Could school funding reform increase integration, test scores?
According to one expert, education officials can encourage integration without heavy-handed tactics, such as forced busing, if they embrace open-enrollment policies and a robust charter-school sector—and base school funding on current-year student counts.Ray Carter | July 25, 2019
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Budget & Tax
For wealth migration, overall tax burden matters
While the income tax rate may be a good indicator of a state’s potential for growth, a state’s overall tax burden is also an important metric to consider when assessing a state’s financial competitiveness.Curtis Shelton | July 24, 2019