Articles
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Education
One in four voters say Oklahoma education providing a good return on investment
Public school spending in Oklahoma is $11,754 per student. Are taxpayers getting a good return on their investment?Brandon Dutcher | June 26, 2023
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Law & Principles
Senate sustains Stitt veto on tribal compacts—for now
By a one-vote margin, members of the Oklahoma Senate have voted to sustain Gov. Kevin Stitt’s veto of a legislatively drafted state-tribal compact on tobacco taxes.Ray Carter | June 26, 2023
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Law & Principles
Tribe uses vehicle revenue for political activity
A Cherokee Nation budget document obtained by OCPA indicates that, in addition to using money from vehicle registration and car tags for schools and roads, some of the money goes for political activity.Ray Carter | June 23, 2023
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Even without compacts, state will collect taxes
Some believe that all the revenue being collected through tribal compacts would disappear if the tobacco compacts expired. That is not correct. Even without compacts, the state will collect taxes.Jonathan Small, Curtis Shelton & Ryan Haynie | June 23, 2023
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Education
Minute of silence recommended for Oklahoma schools
State Superintendent Ryan Walters is encouraging schools to begin each day with a minute of silence in which students can reflect, pray, or engage in any other silent activity.Ray Carter | June 22, 2023
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Education
Oklahoma curriculum-transparency effort shot down
An effort to provide curriculum transparency to parents died in the Oklahoma House of Representatives this year after opponents said it could interfere with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs.Ray Carter | June 22, 2023
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Education
Teachers’ union offers ways to support transgenderism
The parent organization of the Oklahoma Education Association (OEA) is going all in for Pride Month.Ray Carter | June 21, 2023
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Culture & the Family
Family focus desperately needed
If we truly care for children, those who are lonely, the most vulnerable, and the future, then we must focus on building and empowering strong families.Jonathan Small | June 21, 2023
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Budget & Tax, Culture & the Family
After Oklahoma veto override, Sesame Street touts transgenderism
Within a week of Oklahoma lawmakers’ overriding Gov. Kevin Stitt’s veto of OETA reauthorization, Sesame Street was touting transgenderism to children.Ray Carter | June 20, 2023
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Good Government
A free-speech victory for all Oklahomans
If the right to voice your opinion in public-policy debates is contingent upon your financial ability to withstand a frivolous lawsuit, then free speech will be confined to only the wealthiest, while the average citizen is silenced.Jonathan Small | June 20, 2023