Articles
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Good Government
Oklahoma’s digital transformation
Oklahoma’s Secretary of Digital Transformation and Administration, David Ostrowe, is looking to move state government into the future by focusing on transparency and integration. It’s high time state government entered the 21st century.Curtis Shelton | April 4, 2019
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Judicial Reform
Judicial-selection reform clears Senate committee
Legislation making its way through the Oklahoma Legislature would reform and modernize the 1967-era geographical districts by which state Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals judges are appointed.Mike Brake | April 4, 2019
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Education
Study finds school choice improves mental health
School choice plays a significant role in improving overall student mental health, including lowering adolescent suicide rates. That’s according to a groundbreaking new study.Staci Elder Hensley | April 3, 2019
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Education
New survey asks pastors: Do schools influence faith formation?
New research by the Barna Group shows education’s impact on the transmission of moral values is increasingly an issue of concern for religious leaders, many of whom now view schools as a negative influence when it comes to a child’s faith formation.Ray Carter | April 3, 2019
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Budget & Tax
New Tax Foundation property tax map
Many tax consumers claim Oklahoma is a low-tax state, but state taxes are near the national average. It is local taxes that are low, as shown by the Tax Foundation's latest map of per capita property tax collections.Curtis Shelton | April 2, 2019
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Health Care
Three reforms for Oklahoma health care
Instead of expanding Medicaid and increasing demand for government-subsidized health care by adding hundreds of thousands of able-bodied, working-age adults onto the state’s bloated Medicaid program, Oklahoma policymakers should pursue real regulatory reform to allow free-market principles to organically increase the supply and lower the costs of health care for all Oklahomans.Kaitlyn Finley | April 1, 2019
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Budget & Tax
Coastal fairy tales on education
Beware the coastal fairy tales on education.Jonathan Small | March 29, 2019
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Good Government
Transparency and caution
As session continues, the focus now moves from accountability to transparency.Jonathan Small | March 22, 2019
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Education
Edmond parents report abuse in schools
During a special Thursday forum, parents told members of the Edmond School Board that students have been subjected to extreme bullying that includes physical assault and even being forced to ingest urine, and families are being forced to take extreme measures in response.Ray Carter | March 20, 2019
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Health Care
Senate Bill 605 is bad policy, no matter where you try it
Oklahoma should reject proposals like state Senate Bill 605 to further expand Medicaid. Similar Medicaid expansion plans have been scrapped in states like Iowa and New Hampshire due to high costs.Kaitlyn Finley | March 18, 2019