Articles
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Law & Principles
School chaplains are not unconstitutional
Chaplains have long served in America’s public institutions without violating constitutional limits on church and state. Given the State of Oklahoma’s extensive precedent for employing chaplains, public schools are well within their rights to offer voluntary chaplain services.Ryan Haynie | November 12, 2025
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Law & Principles
Clinton, Biden donors call for ‘open primaries’ in Oklahoma
Many leading advocates of State Question 836—a proposal to replace Oklahoma’s traditional party-primary system with a California-style “open primary”—are donors to left-wing candidates and causes.Ray Carter | November 11, 2025
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Law & Principles
Big, beautiful reform: Keep illegal aliens off Oklahoma’s welfare rolls
Oklahoma’s political leaders must safeguard limited public resources by prohibiting illegal aliens from accessing Medicaid or food stamps. Here’s how.Staff | November 11, 2025
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Law & Principles
Ruling reaffirms state power to prosecute crimes within tribal boundaries
A federal judge has rejected the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s request to bar Oklahoma prosecutors from charging American Indians who are not members of the tribe for crimes committed within its historic reservation, which includes much of Tulsa.Ray Carter | November 10, 2025
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Education, Law & Principles
School-produced illiteracy crisis gets Oklahoma lawmakers’ attention
Oklahoma’s fourth-grade reading levels are among the worst in the nation. It appears our state lawmakers are beginning to take notice.Jonathan Small | November 10, 2025
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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
Backers of Oklahoma open-primary plan tout California as model, success story
Supporters of State Question 836, which would replace Oklahoma’s party primaries with a single “open primary” where all candidates appear on one ballot, tout California’s system as a model.Ray Carter | November 7, 2025
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Oklahoma food-stamp numbers raise fraud concerns
Federal audits estimate that more than 10 percent of Oklahoma’s SNAP payments go to unqualified recipients, a rate that could saddle the state with up to $226 million in annual penalties under a new federal law.Ray Carter | November 4, 2025
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Law & Principles
OCPA defends Oklahoma’s anti-racism law before federal appeals court
OCPA’s Center for Law & Liberty has filed a brief in federal court defending Oklahoma’s anti-racism law, House Bill 1775. The law, passed in 2021, prohibits teaching that one race or sex is inherently superior or that individuals are inherently oppressive because of their race or sex.Ray Carter | November 4, 2025
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
OCPA urges fraud review of state SNAP benefits
OCPA President Jonathan Small today called on state officials to conduct a thorough review of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Oklahoma, noting that public data suggests a significant amount of fraud may be present.Staff | November 4, 2025
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Law & Principles
‘Open primaries’ backers supported Marxist candidate for president
After “10 years of conversations and organizing in the Sooner State,” out-of-state activists with a history of radical-left politics—including ties to a Marxist presidential candidate—are trying to bring California’s election system to Oklahoma.Ray Carter | November 3, 2025