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Education, Law & Principles
Oklahoma groups want school board elections on Election Day
Voter turnout for local school board elections is notoriously low. Several Oklahoma groups are working to boost voter turnout by moving those elections to Election Day.Brandon Dutcher | February 1, 2024
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Special sessions routine for Oklahoma Legislature
Members of the Oklahoma Senate have routinely convened in special session in recent years—regardless of the extra expense to taxpayers—to consider things like increasing taxes and spending money on corporate welfare programs.Ray Carter | February 1, 2024
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Budget & Tax
OCPA praises House passage of tax cut
OCPA President Jonathan Small today praised members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives for voting to cut Oklahoma’s top personal income tax rate to 4.5 percent.Staff | January 31, 2024
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Budget & Tax
Oklahoma House passes tax cut; ball now in Senate’s court
Members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives have voted overwhelmingly to reduce Oklahoma’s top personal income tax rate to 4.5 percent, immediately, and have sent the measure to the Oklahoma Senate.Ray Carter | January 31, 2024
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Judicial Reform
First principles dictate robust judicial reform in Oklahoma
You can’t remove politics from judicial selection. But why allow the politics to be dominated by progressive trial lawyers rather than by the people’s elected officials?Ryan Haynie | January 30, 2024
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Law & Principles
OCPA praises Drummond’s challenge of Biden administration
OCPA President Jonathan Small today praised Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond for fighting the Biden administration’s efforts to force Oklahomans to fund abortion referrals.Staff | January 30, 2024
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Budget & Tax
Oklahoma tax-cut session proceeds, despite Senate
A special legislative session to reduce Oklahoma’s personal income-tax rate convened on Jan. 29 with little fanfare—or fireworks.Ray Carter | January 29, 2024
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Education, Law & Principles
Oklahoma parents resort to desperate measures to save their children
To obtain a better education for their kids, some parents lie about their place of residence and thus face up to a year in jail. (To determine residency, one Tulsa Union employee demanded to inspect a 12-year-old girl’s bedroom.) Oklahoma can do better.Jonathan Small | January 29, 2024
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Higher Education
False: Frontier’s phony fact checks
As leftist bias and technological change wreak havoc on traditional journalism, some activist scribes have found a new model. One Oklahoma-based website hides behind preposterous claims of journalistic ethics to mask its own objectives. No wonder trust in the media continues to plummet.Trent England | January 26, 2024
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Education
Already short school year includes virtual days at some Oklahoma schools
In most states, public schools provide around 180 days of instruction per year. But in Oklahoma, schools can provide 165 days or fewer. Indeed, students in one district may receive just 148 days of in-person instruction in a school year.Ray Carter | January 25, 2024