Articles
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Law & Principles
With election over, time to focus on policy
Oklahoma voters have made their choices at the ballot box. Now it is time to focus on good policy. To that end, several major reforms could increase opportunity for all.Jonathan Small | November 15, 2022
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Law & Principles
McGirt critics get strong voter support on ‘reservations’
The endorsements and other forms of tribal support had little real impact on the race.Ray Carter | November 14, 2022
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Law & Principles
Lawmaker’s smear campaign fails
An Oklahoma court has ordered the expungement of bogus victim protective orders sought by a legislator’s wife while the lawmaker was in a tough reelection campaign.Staff | November 10, 2022
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Law & Principles
Stitt wins reelection; money can’t buy Hofmeister love
While that record-setting spending spree might have flooded the airways and mailboxes with anti-Stitt messages, it didn’t make Hofmeister a more attractive candidate to Oklahomans than previous Democratic nominees.Ray Carter | November 9, 2022
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Law & Principles
Oklahoma licensure boards likely violate federal law
Because Oklahoma’s state licensure boards are dominated by industry players who compete with those they regulate, and because no politically accountable entity is authorized to overrule a licensure board’s decision, much of the state licensure system likely violates federal antitrust law and leaves Oklahoma subject to successful lawsuits, according to a state watchdog entity.Ray Carter | October 21, 2022
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Education, Law & Principles
Fact checking the attacks on HB 1775
Oklahoma teachers are prohibited from teaching that any race is inherently better or worse, or deserves to be discriminated against. They’re welcome to teach about bigotry, but not to try to convince students to be bigots. The fact that a few teachers and politicians find this troubling is itself troubling, and revealing.Trent England | October 10, 2022
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Law & Principles
As radical teachers complain, HB 1775 author says it is ‘doing what it is supposed to do’
By declaring House Bill 1775 is now impeding their work, some teachers—including one self-described radical—are indirectly indicating some concepts broadly associated with Critical Race Theory have been infused into classroom instruction.Ray Carter | October 5, 2022
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Law & Principles
Stitt signs law preventing youth transgender surgeries
Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed legislation that blocks certain funding to Oklahoma Children’s Hospital at OU Health if the facility provides puberty blockers or performs transgender surgeries on youth.Ray Carter | October 4, 2022
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Law & Principles
Blind trust in prosecutors unwise
Oklahomans should be somewhat skeptical of prosecutions and investigations—because politicians often have a hand in them.Jonathan Small | October 4, 2022
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Health Care, Law & Principles
Child-transgender limits headed to governor
Legislation that supporters said would force the closure of a clinic that provides puberty blockers and transgender-surgery services to Oklahoma children won easy approval in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.Ray Carter | September 29, 2022