Articles
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Law & Principles
Stop criminalizing speech
Using criminal penalties for protected speech should never be the default for lawmakers—even for speech we don’t like. Here are two bills that would criminalize speech.Ryan Haynie | March 21, 2024
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Law & Principles
How Oklahoma’s presidential votes officially count
Choosing the President of the United States is not as simple as voters going to the polls and holding an inauguration. In fact, it is a series of events that take place over several months. These include party primaries, conventions, and the general election. Each state and its parties have their own way of conducting these activities. Because the rules are different across the country, it is better described as a process than as a system. Oklahoma’s 2024 process looks like this.Rick Farmer, Ph.D. | March 20, 2024
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Law & Principles
House approves ban on ranked-choice voting
The Oklahoma House just passed a bill that would ban “ranked choice” voting, a model that has caused significant problems in other states, from being used in state elections.Ray Carter | March 14, 2024
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Law & Principles, Energy
Bad bill would hike utility costs for consumers
State lawmakers should protect Oklahoma consumers from financial exploitation.Jonathan Small | March 11, 2024
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Education, Law & Principles
Treat bill aids homeless children; Democrats oppose
Legislation tweaking Oklahoma’s parental choice tax-credit program has advanced from a Senate committee. But one Democrat questioned why homeless children were being offered the opportunity to benefit from the program.Ray Carter | February 26, 2024
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Law & Principles, Good Government
At CPAC, McCall touts Oklahoma school choice, tax cuts
Addressing one of the nation’s largest gatherings of political conservatives on Feb. 23, House Speaker Charles McCall touted Oklahoma’s record as a leader on school choice and a model of fiscal governance where tax cuts are prioritized in policymaking.Ray Carter | February 23, 2024
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
OCPA praises House action on income taxes
OCPA President Jonathan Small issued the following statement following passage by the House Rules Committee of HB 2949, which would provide income tax relief for working Oklahomans.Staff | February 22, 2024
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Oklahoma House committee advances pro-growth tax cuts
Members of an Oklahoma House committee overwhelmingly approved a significant income-tax cut paired with a new tax on wind energy and voted to put the income tax on the path to full repeal.Ray Carter | February 22, 2024
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Law & Principles
Oklahoma Senate committee votes to scrap parent penalty
Members of an Oklahoma Senate committee have voted to repeal a portion of state law that threatens parents with up to a year in jail if they try to enroll their children in a school by falsely claiming to live in that district.Ray Carter | February 21, 2024
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Education, Law & Principles
Oklahoma Republicans join Democrats to reduce parent role in school-board races
A handful of House Republican lawmakers joined Democrats to kill a bill that would have moved school-board elections to the November ballot. However, a similar bill remains alive.Ray Carter | February 20, 2024