Articles
-
Law & Principles
OCPA defends ban on child sex-change surgeries
OCPA has joined with medical professionals to defend a new state law that prevents children younger than 18 from being subjected to sex-change surgeries or given puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones.Ray Carter | June 28, 2023
-
Law & Principles
Court cases show Oklahoma has enforcement power over tribes
Senators were told there was no scenario in which the state could collect all tobacco taxes it is owed—those generated by tobacco sales to non-Indians—because the state cannot sue a tribal government. But court decisions show otherwise, with courts ruling that Oklahoma state government can enforce its tax laws even when dealing with tribal actors who are breaking state law.Ray Carter | June 27, 2023
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Education
2023 legislative session dominated by education
To a greater degree than in most years, the 2023 session of the Oklahoma Legislature was dominated by one issue—education.Ray Carter | June 20, 2023
-
Higher Education
OU defends tuition hike as senators call for reform
The University of Oklahoma’s recent decision to further increase tuition, despite a huge increase in state appropriations, is drawing fire from state Senate leaders and leading to calls for reform, including imposing a legislative freeze on tuition.Ray Carter | June 20, 2023