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Law & Principles
In major win for Stitt, Chickasaw Nation signs new compacts
In a major victory for Gov. Kevin Stitt, the Chickasaw Nation has agreed to new state-tribal compacts on tobacco and license tags that address key issues raised by the governor.Ray Carter | January 22, 2024
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Law & Principles
Oklahoma policy goals for 2024
Let’s cut taxes, change the way we select judges, move school-board elections to November, and more.Jonathan Small | January 22, 2024
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Budget & Tax, Good Government
Stitt: Time to cut taxes is now
Saying “government is going to spend whatever money you give them,” Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is urging lawmakers to reduce the state income tax.Ray Carter | January 19, 2024
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Law & Principles
OCPA praises effort to ban ranked-choice voting
OCPA President Jonathan Small today praised lawmakers for seeking to ban ranked-choice voting in Oklahoma, noting that ranked-choice voting undermines public confidence in election outcomes and reduces transparency.Staff | January 19, 2024
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Budget & Tax
Stress test: State can weather another ‘Great Recession’
If Oklahoma faces an economic recession comparable to the “Great Recession” of 2008 to 2010, state government is able to cover the associated downfalls over a five-year period, according to a study conducted by the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency.Ray Carter | January 18, 2024
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Millions diverted from law enforcement due to McGirt ruling
One ripple effect of the McGirt ruling is the diversion of millions of dollars from Oklahoma law enforcement, agency leaders recently told state lawmakers.Ray Carter | January 17, 2024
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Budget & Tax
Do Oklahoma tax cuts benefit only the rich? No.
Those who claim that cutting the state income tax would only benefit the wealthy aren’t living in reality.Curtis Shelton | January 15, 2024
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Higher Education
Will universities give the land back?
If these virtue-signalers are serious, they will work to make “land acknowledgement” statements legally binding offers. Give the land back to the tribes (or to the tribes from whom those tribes took it).Jonathan Small | January 15, 2024
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Budget & Tax, Education
Oklahoma school reserves hit $1.2 billion high
The amount of money that Oklahoma public schools carried over at the end of the last state budget year, a sum representing both cash-flow reserves and savings, hit a new high of $1.2 billion on June 30, 2023, according to state government figures.Ray Carter | January 15, 2024
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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
Labor commissioner Osborn touts transgenderism, abortion
Oklahoma Labor Commissioner Leslie Osborn is drawing scrutiny for her participation in a group that touts transgenderism and abortion to youth.Ray Carter | January 12, 2024