Articles
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Higher Education
OU activist-scholar recognized for LGBTQ research
An OU sociology professor who describes herself as “a social justice activist for the LGBTQ community” has been globally ranked among the top 10 social sciences scholars.Ray Carter | September 30, 2024
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Budget & Tax, Health Care
Oklahoma Medicaid-expansion critics proven right
Conservatives warned that the projected costs were unrealistic, lowball estimates and that spending would quickly surge, forcing lawmakers to divert millions from other uses. We were right.Jonathan Small | September 30, 2024
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Education
Sports group tries to block student transfers in Oklahoma
Under a rule adopted (then suspended) by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA), students who attend a summer sports camp are barred from playing any sports for a year if they move into a district that employs a coach who also worked those camps during the summer months.Ray Carter | September 25, 2024
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Education
Homeschool parents support ESAs, tax credits
A nationwide survey of homeschooling parents finds support for educational-choice policies.Brandon Dutcher | September 24, 2024
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Culture & the Family
Oklahoma judges: Men can be women
In numerous cases, Oklahoma judges have declared that men are women (and vice versa) and ordered that state documents, such as birth certificates, be altered.Ray Carter | September 23, 2024
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Economy
Oklahoma needs to cut red tape
Oklahoma has 142,313 regulations on the books. In comparison, the nation’s least-regulated state (Idaho) has just 31,497 regulations in place.Jonathan Small | September 23, 2024
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Higher Education
Report indicates OSU maintains DEI office, despite order
“DEI isn’t going away, it’s just going underground.”Ray Carter | September 19, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Oklahoma court’s decisions reap ‘hellhole’ designation
“Judicial Hellholes” reports shine a spotlight on places like Oklahoma “where judges systematically apply laws and court procedures in an unfair and unbalanced manner.”Ray Carter | September 19, 2024
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Higher Education
OU, OSU students ding schools in free-speech survey
“I had two professors my freshman year that would constantly bash people who were Christian and who had conservative beliefs,” said an OSU student. “One specific professor told the class, ‘You will not pass my class if you identify Republican.’”Ray Carter | September 18, 2024
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Health Care
A look at work-comp loss costs
Oklahoma’s work-comp reforms were having their intended results.Curtis Shelton | September 17, 2024