Articles
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Education, Law & Principles
Oklahoma lawmakers seek to protect teachers from union pressure
Oklahoma school officials would be prohibited from pressuring teachers to participate in union activities under legislation that has advanced from the Senate Education Committee.Ray Carter | February 20, 2024
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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
Bill restricting child exposure to porn clears committee
Legislation that would require porn sites to allow parents to block child access and require age verification has sailed through a state Senate committee with bipartisan support.Ray Carter | February 19, 2024
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Budget & Tax, Economy
With Oklahoma top 10 in GDP growth, Stitt says tax cuts can keep it going
Oklahoma’s state gross domestic product (GDP) growth is stronger than all but eight states, according to recent data. Some policymakers welcome that news and want to keep the trend going. Gov. Kevin Stitt says tax cuts—specifically, putting the state’s personal income tax on the path to full repeal—is the best way to achieve that goal.Ray Carter | February 19, 2024
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Education, Law & Principles
Oklahoma education group: Parents not ‘tuned in’ to school needs
An activist group has urged lawmakers to kill a bill that would move school-board elections to the November general-election ballot, claiming increased voter turnout would be bad because those additional voters are not “tuned in” to school needs.Ray Carter | February 16, 2024
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Law & Principles
Swope, Strom bills are an attack on parents
Some Oklahoma politicians think they should control how your children are raised.Jonathan Small | February 16, 2024
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Budget & Tax
Calls for tax cuts increase after revenue growth
After the State Board of Equalization approved the final revenue certification that determines how much money is available to lawmakers during the 2024 legislative session, Governor Stitt noted that tax cuts can be easily passed under these financial conditions.Ray Carter | February 15, 2024
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Law & Principles
Ban RCV to prevent election disasters … like this one
Elections should be conducted so that voters can understand the process and trust the results. RCV fails this test. To avoid all these unnecessary risks, Oklahoma should protect our elections and ban RCV.Trent England | February 15, 2024
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Budget & Tax
Revenue certification clears path for personal income-tax cuts
OCPA President Jonathan Small said the final revenue-certification by the state Board of Equalization, which determines how much money is available for legislators to appropriate this year, shows Oklahoma state government can easily provide tax cuts.Staff | February 15, 2024
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Law & Principles
Online child-protections advance
Two measures intended to reduce online child exploitation and harm won easy approval in Oklahoma House committees this week.Ray Carter | February 14, 2024
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Education
Some Oklahoma schools have more than a month of ‘virtual days’
Roughly one in five Oklahoma school districts shifted students to “virtual learning” for at least three work weeks of the school year. Two lawmakers say the overuse of “virtual days” is unfair to parents, students, and taxpayers.Ray Carter | February 13, 2024