Articles
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Good Government
Groundwork being laid for next presidential administration
The 2024 presidential election is roughly one year away and Republican primary voters have yet to cast a single vote to select their nominee, but work is already underway to help staff and guide the next presidential administration should a conservative win.Ray Carter | November 13, 2023
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Higher Education
Antisemitism linked to college DEI
Recent events show DEI is now leaving us with a generation of college students who embrace evil and declare it good. That’s a recipe only for moral decay and greater violence in the future.Jonathan Small | November 13, 2023
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Budget & Tax, Education
Oklahoma teacher salaries have risen dramatically
The average teacher salary in Oklahoma has dramatically increased with a significant portion of the raise attributed to an additional $250 million allocated during the 2023 legislative session.Curtis Shelton | November 10, 2023
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Law & Principles
Ethics Commission continues to toe, or cross, legal lines
The Oklahoma Ethics Commission has had to extend its search for a new executive director after Attorney General Gentner Drummond said the agency apparently violated Oklahoma’s open-meetings law and conducted public business in secret.Ray Carter | November 9, 2023
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Education, Culture & the Family
Researcher finds few books banned in schools
Oklahoma parents have been slandered by journalists and left-wing activists (to the extent those can be distinguished) as “book banners.” They’re not.Ray Carter | November 8, 2023
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Education
Oklahoma per-student revenue has risen dramatically
From 2017 to 2022, total revenue for public education in Oklahoma significantly increased, leading to a substantial growth in per-pupil revenue, and this trend was further bolstered by a significant spending increase in 2023.Curtis Shelton | November 8, 2023
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Judicial Reform
Oklahoma needs a judicial-selection plan for the people (not the lawyers)
Tired of the Oklahoma Supreme Court striking down pro-life laws, allowing mask mandates, encouraging jackpot justice, and demanding the removal of the Ten Commandments? It’s time for Oklahoma to move to the James Madison model of judicial selection—the very system Donald Trump used to transform the U.S. Supreme Court.Benjamin Lepak | November 8, 2023
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Budget & Tax, Health Care, Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
Oklahoma won’t promote abortion, so Biden administration yanks funds
Attempting to force Oklahoma officials to promote abortion, the Biden administration has stripped the state of several million dollars in federal funds that normally pay for pregnancy tests, cancer screenings, depression screenings, and various other services.Ray Carter | November 7, 2023
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Education
Once again, career teachers don’t make hall-of-fame cut
Fully 91 percent of Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame inductees are not career K-12 classroom teachers.Ray Carter | November 6, 2023
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Budget & Tax, Education
Government spending hikes put pressure on private schools
Public-school teacher salaries, already higher than those of their private-school counterparts, have increased by $8,000 in Oklahoma since 2018. Can private schools keep pace?Curtis Shelton | November 6, 2023