Articles
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Education
School choice big winner in Oklahoma primary elections
School choice played a prominent role in several state legislative races across Oklahoma this month.Ray Carter | June 24, 2024
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Education
Short school year hurting Oklahoma students
New research on shorter school years, including in Oklahoma, shows short school years have a significant, negative cumulative impact on student learning over time.Ray Carter | June 18, 2024
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Culture & the Family
Oklahoma library magazine recycles discredited LGBTQ+ story
The official magazine of the Oklahoma County library system recycles a discredited LGBTQ+ story about Dagny Benedict, touts a “Pride Storytime” for children ages “birth to pre-K,” and more.Ray Carter | June 17, 2024
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Law & Principles
Stitt issues executive order targeting Chinese influence
Gov. Kevin Stitt has issued an executive order that seeks to reduce Oklahoma’s vulnerability to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) threats.Ray Carter | June 14, 2024
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Budget & Tax
As tax cuts stall in Oklahoma, Arkansas moving ahead
In 2024 the Oklahoma Senate prioritized spending increases over income-tax reduction. Meanwhile, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is calling for a special session to reduce that state’s top personal income-tax rate to 3.9 percent.Ray Carter | June 13, 2024
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Economy
Oklahoma among top 10 states for job creation
An attorney who moved from California to Oklahoma says the move has provided her family with a better life in a better environment. And they are not looking back.Ray Carter | June 12, 2024
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Law & Principles
Drummond criticizes bar association
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond and 20 other state attorneys general say the standards imposed by the American Bar Association (ABA) for accreditation of law schools violate constitutional prohibitions on discrimination and should be junked.Ray Carter | June 11, 2024
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Education
Stitt signs bill ending special-needs discrimination
Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed legislation that requires schools to treat students with special needs the same as any other student when evaluating open-transfer requests.Ray Carter | June 10, 2024
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Energy
Anti-ESG law not harming cities’ borrowing costs, study finds
The Oklahoma Rural Association claimed the Energy Discrimination Elimination Act increased municipal borrowing costs, but a new study by the American Energy Institute found flaws and omissions in their analysis that skewed its findings.Ray Carter | June 6, 2024
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Energy
Study finds government, not investor returns, fuels ESG fad
A new study shows that ESG investment is not pursued because it produces better returns but is instead largely the result of government pressure to promote ESG goals.Ray Carter | June 6, 2024