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Law & Principles
New York group seeks to overhaul Oklahoma election system
Supporters of State Question 836 portray their push for a California-style “top two” election system as a local, grassroots movement. But one of its drivers is a New York–based activist group that boasts of “10 years of conversations and organizing in the Sooner State.”Ray Carter | December 9, 2025
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Economy
Minimum-wage hikes don’t magically cut evictions—they shift who gets hurt
Some people claim that minimum-wage increases reduce evictions, but the evidence behind that claim is thin and ignores basic supply-and-demand realities.Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. | December 8, 2025
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Higher Education
Second OU instructor accused of discrimination
After an OU graduate instructor with “she/they” pronouns gave a Christian student a zero on an essay, a second instructor (also with “she/they” pronouns) now faces allegations of viewpoint discrimination.Ray Carter | December 8, 2025
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Higher Education
OU Graduate Student Senate defends discrimination
At the University of Oklahoma, escalating campus radicalism is on display as the Graduate Student Senate urges administrators to condemn a student who objected to receiving a zero on a reaction essay in which she argued there are only two sexes and that gender roles are rooted in biological reality.Ray Carter | December 5, 2025
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Law & Principles
Among states that have reported data, Oklahoma leads the nation in food-stamp fraud
As part of a federal crackdown on food-stamp fraud, states were asked to submit data on duplicate beneficiaries, dead enrollees, and stolen benefits. So far, Oklahoma stands out with the highest per-capita fraud rate of any reporting state.Ray Carter | December 5, 2025
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Higher Education
OU student: No intent to cause controversy with essay
University of Oklahoma junior Samantha Fulnecky says she was blindsided when her reaction essay—arguing that gender is binary and grounding her view in Christian convictions—earned a zero. She says she didn’t know her online instructor identified as transgender and wasn’t trying to provoke anyone.Ray Carter | December 3, 2025
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Law & Principles
Eric Swalwell touted as open-primary success
Activists pushing State Question 836 claim a California-style “top two” primary will give Oklahoma more moderate candidates, yet their own flagship report praising that system held up one of Congress’s most aggressively partisan Democrats—Eric Swalwell—as a model success.Ray Carter | December 2, 2025
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Higher Education
OU probes claim of religious discrimination after student given zero
A University of Oklahoma instructor has been placed on administrative leave while officials investigate a junior student’s allegation that she was discriminated against for expressing Christian beliefs in an assigned “reaction paper” on gender.Ray Carter | December 1, 2025
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Education
Momentum builds to revive Mississippi-style reading reform in Oklahoma
The State Chamber is urging lawmakers to revive the Mississippi-style early literacy law that once helped Oklahoma make major gains but was later gutted, triggering a steep decline in reading outcomes.Jonathan Small | December 1, 2025
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Higher Education
Pattern of anti-Christian bias? OU hit with new complaint
A new discrimination complaint at the University of Oklahoma is reigniting long-running concerns about hostility toward Christian or conservative viewpoints on campus.Ray Carter | November 25, 2025