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Health Care
Medicaid expansion a budget-buster
When Oklahoma lawmakers assemble in February, they will be assured by many experts that expanding Medicaid under Obamacare will be cheap and that the federal government will foot most of the bill. But those experts are wrong. They have been wrong every time.Jonathan Small | December 28, 2018
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Budget & Tax
How money walks: Nevada
While Nevada saw tremendous growth over the last two decades, Oklahoma has experienced an outflow of wealth.Curtis Shelton | December 26, 2018
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Health Care
Experts consistently got it wrong on Medicaid expansion
Health care experts from independent research groups and state agencies wildly underestimated the number of newly eligible able-bodied adults that would sign up for Medicaid under Obamacare.Kaitlyn Finley | December 21, 2018
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Good Government
Privacy protects free speech
Instead of putting Oklahomans on lists and violating their privacy, the Ethics Commission should be working to strengthen our democratic system by protecting Oklahomans’ rights to free speech and personal privacy.Jonathan Small | December 21, 2018
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Education
School districts spent millions on travel
During the 2017-18 school year, while teachers were marching on the state Capitol and some school districts were cutting back to four-day weeks, Oklahoma’s two largest districts spent nearly $2.5 million on travel to various conferences and other trips.Mike Brake | December 20, 2018
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Budget & Tax
How money walks: Washington
Washington has gained $19 billion in annual adjusted gross income, mostly from California ($7.32 billion). This is partly because Washington has remained competitive with no income tax.Trent England & Curtis Shelton | December 19, 2018
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Good Government
OCPA files open records request on proposed rule 2019-02
The Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA) today filed an open records request with the Oklahoma Ethics Commission seeking details of the Commission’s work with an out-of-state political organization or other outside groups on proposed rule 2019-02. OCPA Executive Vice President Trent England released the following statement.Staff | December 18, 2018
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Good Government
OCPA statement on Oklahoma Ethics Commission’s proposed rule 2019-02
Responding to the Oklahoma Ethics Commission’s proposed rule 2019-02, which would classify as “indirect lobbying” even casual conversations about legislation and could require organizations to publish membership lists, Jonathan Small, president of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA), released the following statement.Staff | December 17, 2018
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Education
Positive Tomorrows poised to help more homeless students
With a new building, help from a school-choice program, and a “high-structure, high-love” philosophy, Oklahoma’s only school for homeless children is set to transform even more lives.Staci Elder Hensley | December 17, 2018
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Health Care
OCPA statement on Obamacare case Texas v. United States
After a federal judge ruled Obamacare unconstitutional today, Jonathan Small, president of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA), released the following statement.Staff | December 14, 2018