Articles
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Education
Lawmakers object to aiding homeless and special-needs children
Several Oklahoma lawmakers oppose allowing homeless youth to access a scholarship program.Ray Carter | April 25, 2024
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Law & Principles
Illegal immigration bill sent to governor
Legislation that would allow illegal immigrants to be arrested by state police for “impermissible occupation” has won strong approval from the Oklahoma Senate and is headed to the governor.Ray Carter | April 24, 2024
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Budget & Tax
Amid tax cuts, state revenue growth continues
On average, tax-cutting states have seen a larger increase in government revenue than states that didn’t cut taxes.Curtis Shelton | April 22, 2024
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Judicial Reform
OCPA Announces Oklahoma Judicial Scorecard
The Oklahoma Judicial Scorecard will look at rulings by justices on the Oklahoma Supreme Court.Staff | April 22, 2024
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Law & Principles
No need to ‘fix’ Oklahoma elections with ‘ranked-choice’ voting
“Ranked choice” voting—a system notorious for voter errors, lengthy delays in counting, and growing public distrust of results, would not “fix” Oklahoma‘s election system—one of the nation's best.Jonathan Small | April 22, 2024
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Culture & the Family
Stitt: Oklahoma right to focus on border control
Gov. Kevin Stitt says states should take action to deter illegal immigration.Ray Carter | April 19, 2024
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Culture & the Family
Oklahoma lawmakers target illegal immigration
Illegal immigrants could be arrested by state police for “impermissible occupation” under legislation approved by the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The bill passed with overwhelming support but was condemned by Democrats as “extremist” and “reprehensible.”Ray Carter | April 18, 2024
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Higher Education
Speech First prevails in fight with OSU
OSU will disband its “Bias Response Team” and make other significant changes. Cherise Trump, executive director of Speech First, hopes other universities will “learn from OSU’s experience that there is a high cost to violating students’ constitutional rights.”Ray Carter | April 17, 2024
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Education
One-year delay for Oklahoma school-choice program harms children
One provision of the Henry scholarship program has caused anguish for some Oklahoma students and families. Legislation awaiting a vote in the Oklahoma House of Representatives would fix it.Ray Carter | April 17, 2024
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Judicial Reform
JNC process lacks transparency
A flier recently distributed at the Oklahoma Capitol tries, desperately, to convince lawmakers that Oklahoma’s secretive Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC) should be preserved and that Oklahomans will somehow be worse off if we instead adopt the judicial-selection process developed by our nation’s Founding Fathers. But the flier doesn’t pass the laugh test.Staff | April 17, 2024