Articles
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Education
Education funding plan clears way for major school choice
As part of a compromise plan involving vastly increased spending on public education, Oklahoma’s political leaders have enacted universal school choice.Ray Carter | May 15, 2023
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Education
At Norman schools, ‘inclusion’ may trump student safety
At Norman Public Schools, district officials recently mandated that all middle-school students who try out for the cheer squad will be accepted on the team, regardless of preparedness, in the name of “inclusion.”Ray Carter | May 15, 2023
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Education
Why homeschoolers deserve school choice
Oklahoma should respect homeschoolers and treat them fairly. If families want or need to get some of their tax dollars back to support educating their own children, they should have that choice.Trent England | May 15, 2023
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Law & Principles
OETA doesn’t need state subsidies
PBS can survive, but it needs to do so without Oklahoma government subsidies.Jonathan Small | May 12, 2023
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Economy
Oklahoma ESG law gets Blackrock’s attention
Under Oklahoma law, investment companies that politically boycott oil-and-gas investments are now prohibited from receiving state contracts to manage hundreds of millions of dollars in state pension funds.Ray Carter | May 11, 2023
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Economy
New report shows continued state population growth
Multiple reports have shown that Oklahoma has been among the nation’s top states for net in-bound domestic migration starting in 2020, and a new report indicates that trend has continued into 2023.Ray Carter | May 11, 2023
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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
Stitt’s OETA veto draws support
Gov. Kevin Stitt’s decision to veto legislation reauthorizing the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA), the state’s Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) entity, has drawn national attention and prompted much pearl-clutching from his critics. But the move is drawing support from some Oklahoma lawmakers and a good-government organization.Ray Carter | May 10, 2023
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Budget & Tax
No, tax cuts do not cause inflation
Tax cuts do not cause inflation. Tax cuts in the form of lower marginal rates can spur economic growth as more people save and invest in productive activities.Ryan Haynie | May 9, 2023
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Culture & the Family
Brecheen, Lankford seek answers after experiments on children
U.S. Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Coalgate, and U.S. Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., are asking why the federal National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to spend millions of dollars on transgender youth studies after one recent NIH-funded study on the impact of cross-sex hormones on transgender youth involved the suicides of two participants even as 11 other subjects considered killing themselves.Ray Carter | May 9, 2023
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Education
Democrats (inadvertently) make the case for school choice
If policymakers want to move the needle on education, something like the refundable tax credit now being debated at the Oklahoma Capitol needs to be in the mix—for any family that chooses to use it.Jonathan Small | May 9, 2023