Articles
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Health Care
Direct primary care puts the focus on patients
Not only do patients in a Direct Primary Care practice have faster, better access to their doctor, they also experience better health outcomes as well.Mike Brake | August 10, 2017
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Education
Oklahoma school districts pay $18,500 to hear private-school educator
Hats off to McAlester Public Schools for realizing that no one education sector—be it public, private, or home—has all the answers.Brandon Dutcher | August 10, 2017
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Law & Principles
Oklahoma Supreme Court hears arguments over authority of SQ 640
Supreme Court Justices listened to attorneys argue about whether State Question 640 applies to several revenue-raising measures passed in the final days of the 2017 legislative session.Jay Chilton | August 9, 2017
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Education, Law & Principles
Prior to preliminary hearing, DA drops Hofmeister charges, for now
Oklahoma’s superintendent of public instruction is at least temporarily free of a prosecution threat and can focus instead on her 2018 reelection campaign.Jay Chilton | August 9, 2017
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Budget & Tax
How does Oklahoma’s tax burden compare to other states?
While many believe Oklahoma is a low-tax state, research by former Tax Foundation economist William Freeland questions this assumption.Curtis Shelton | August 8, 2017
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Health Care
Protecting Medicaid
Medicaid must be dramatically reformed if we are to avoid bankruptcy for the states and return the program to its original goal of helping the most vulnerable.Jonathan Small | August 4, 2017
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Good Government
Election integrity back on the front burner
According to a recent report from the Heritage Foundation, voter fraud isn’t the myth that it’s claimed to be by liberal think tanks and the mainstream media.J.E. McReynolds | August 2, 2017
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Law & Principles
OBA and far left attack Pruitt
Why would a liberal U.S. senator look to a private state lawyers’ group to go after a member of the president’s Cabinet?Jonathan Small | July 28, 2017
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Budget & Tax
New fiscal rankings show Oklahoma’s strong fiscal condition
The facts support Oklahoma's strong fiscal condition, cast doubt on any claims of notable risk for bond holders of Oklahoma state debt, and contradict calls for higher state taxes in Oklahoma.Jonathan Small & William Freeland | July 24, 2017
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Criminal Justice
Justice reform second chance
When Oklahoma voters approved State Questions 780 and 781 in 2016, they made themselves perfectly clear: Criminal justice reform is a top priority for Oklahoma.Jonathan Small | July 21, 2017