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Law & Principles
Jonathan Small statement on McGirt v. Oklahoma court decision
Responding to Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma, Jonathan Small, president of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, issued the following statement.Staff | July 11, 2020
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Law & Principles
Lankford, Inhofe, defend election-security laws
The case involves challenges to two Arizona election laws, including a law criminalizing ballot-harvesting, which is a practice strongly associated with vote fraud.Ray Carter | June 4, 2020
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Law & Principles
Legislative session ends with few accomplishments
When they effectively ended the session, lawmakers left with few accomplishments to tout.Ray Carter | May 28, 2020
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Law & Principles
Legislature overrides veto, may restrict citizen choice on tag renewal
Lawmakers voted Friday to override Gov. Kevin Stitt’s veto of a tag-agent bill, saying it would increase consumer choice in vendors. But the text of the new law undermines that claim.Ray Carter | May 22, 2020
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Stitt vetoes tax hike
Gov. Kevin Stitt has vetoed legislation that would have increased property taxes on numerous Oklahoma businesses, saying the legislation would “hurt our state.”Ray Carter | May 21, 2020
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Law & Principles
OCPA statement on SB 1595
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs President Jonathan Small issued a statement today on Senate Bill 1595.Staff | May 21, 2020
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Law & Principles
Stitt opposes legislators’ effort to restrict online car tag renewal
Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed seven more bills late Tuesday, including one measure that would have prevented Oklahomans from renewing auto tags online through the Oklahoma Tax Commission.Ray Carter | May 20, 2020
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Education, Law & Principles
Oklahoma Senate has votes to pass improved Senate Bill 407
At OCPA, we’re glad to be working for all children and all schools to be eligible either for scholarships or for additional funding, and we’re glad to be working with other partners to help get Senate Bill 407 across the finish line, as lawmakers have pledged to do.Staff | May 15, 2020
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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
Lawmakers vote to protect businesses that aided COVID response
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses have been pressed into emergency service producing everything from hand sanitizers to personal protective equipment (PPE) for medical officials. Members of the Oklahoma Senate voted Tuesday to ensure those acts of goodwill are not met with lawsuits.Ray Carter | May 12, 2020
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Law & Principles
Privacy-protection measure heads to governor
A strong bipartisan coalition of lawmakers voted Tuesday to protect Oklahomans’ privacy when they support nonprofit charities and similar organizations.Ray Carter | May 12, 2020