Articles
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Economy
Hern launches policy institute to expand opportunities for future generations
U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Tulsa, who rose from poverty to become a highly successful businessman before entering Congress, is launching the Hern Policy Institute to help future generations access the same opportunities he enjoyed.Ray Carter | January 22, 2026
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Higher Education
Whistleblower: OU dental school prioritizing high-tuition foreign students as some Oklahomans get squeezed out
A whistleblower says the University of Oklahoma’s dental school is increasingly prioritizing high-paying foreign students over U.S. applicants, limiting opportunities for Oklahomans—even though language barriers and lower-quality prior training drain faculty time and diminish instruction for American students.Ray Carter | January 21, 2026
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Culture & the Family
A church service interrupted, and a warning about America’s future
A group of progressive activists stormed a Sunday service at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, turning a house of worship into a political stage and violating the boundaries that protect religious freedom, private property, and community order. This is not an isolated protest—it’s a warning flare for our society.Ryan Haynie & Matt Oberdick | January 21, 2026
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Budget & Tax, Good Government
Minnesota’s fraud crisis should prompt Oklahoma lawmakers to act
Massive welfare fraud scandals in Minnesota have drawn national outrage—and Oklahoma shouldn’t kid itself that similar problems aren’t happening here.Jonathan Small | January 21, 2026
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Law & Principles, Good Government
Accused criminal’s reelection highlights Oklahoma election-date problem
A Warr Acres city councilman was reelected without a single vote cast—then arrested days later on charges of first-degree rape and multiple counts of lewd acts with children—highlighting what critics call a structural flaw in Oklahoma’s low-profile, off-cycle elections.Ray Carter | January 20, 2026
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Higher Education
OU debacle highlights dysfunction in higher ed
OU officials now admit a graduate assistant acted “arbitrarily” when he gave a student a zero for stating there are two sexes, but the episode exposes far more than one rogue instructor.Jonathan Small | January 19, 2026
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Education
Literacy improvement a major focus of Oklahoma leaders
Oklahoma lawmakers are making early literacy a top priority this session, filing a slate of bills aimed at reversing the state’s decline in reading outcomes. Led by House Speaker Kyle Hilbert, legislators want to revive and strengthen proven, science-based reading reforms.Ray Carter | January 16, 2026
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Oklahoma House Speaker: No taxpayer benefits for illegals
Oklahoma House Speaker Kyle Hilbert has introduced two bills aimed at ensuring that taxpayer-funded assistance programs—from SNAP and TANF to Medicaid and WIC—are provided only to individuals who are lawfully present in the United States.Ray Carter | January 16, 2026
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Law & Principles, Economy
Study warns minimum-wage hike would cost Oklahoma 16,000 jobs, hit small businesses hardest
New research from the National Federation of Independent Business finds that the minimum wage increase proposed in State Question 832 would significantly damage Oklahoma’s economy, costing an estimated 16,112 jobs over 10 years—nearly 9,700 of them at small businesses—and reducing economic output by $697 million.Curtis Shelton | January 15, 2026
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Higher Education
OSU keeps employee who confronted conservative student, records show
An Oklahoma State University employee who sparked national controversy for berating a conservative student—and for falsely claiming that student-government rules banned his Turning Point USA hat—remains on staff.Ray Carter | January 15, 2026