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Budget & Tax
Treat claims ‘no plan’ for tax repeal, ignores own bill
Within hours of the start of the special legislative session on Oct. 3, the Senate adjourned sine die, a procedural move that ends the session and prevents any votes on tax cuts from occurring.Ray Carter | October 4, 2023
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Budget & Tax
Special session begins with calls for tax cuts, some opposition
Saying tax cuts will spur economic growth and restrain government overspending, state leaders endorsed a reduction in Oklahoma’s personal income tax on Oct. 3, the first day of a special legislative session focused on tax policy.Ray Carter | October 3, 2023
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Education
Oklahoma school officials: Scrap A-F grades for schools and students
During a legislative study this week, school officials urged lawmakers to scrap the state’s A-F school report cards—and indicated they want to do the same for students even though parents oppose that move.Ray Carter | October 3, 2023
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Education
Education budget plan emphasizes tutoring, teacher pay
Members of the State Board of Education have approved a budget proposal for public schools that would fund tutoring for struggling students, make permanent a major teacher signing-bonus plan, and provide additional bonuses to tutor-teachers with the size of that bonus tied to students’ academic gains.Ray Carter | September 28, 2023
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Higher Education
OU drag-queen payments: $29,000 and counting
OU paid a drag queen $18,000 and defended it on the grounds of “diversity.” Four months later, OU paid another drag queen $11,000 to perform at this year’s freshman orientation.Ray Carter | September 27, 2023
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Higher Education
OSU using DEI to hire plant physiology professor?
Oklahoma State University says job applicants from “historically excluded and underrepresented” groups are “especially encouraged” to apply for this job teaching plant physiology.Ray Carter | September 26, 2023
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Education
Charter school funding lags traditional public schools
If public charter school funding was tied to student results, those schools would be receiving more per pupil than most of their traditional public-school counterparts. Instead, they often receive much less.Ray Carter | September 25, 2023
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Economy
Oklahoma House Speaker warns of ESG’s economic harm
Oklahoma House Speaker Charles McCall is warning against the imposition of “Environmental, Social, and Governance” (ESG) policies on businesses.Ray Carter | September 21, 2023
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Budget & Tax
McCall: If Indians don’t owe income tax, no one should
Oklahoma Speaker of the House Charles McCall says that if tribal members don’t have to pay state income tax, then no Oklahoman should have to pay it.Ray Carter | September 20, 2023
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Law & Principles
Feds target Oklahoma business over customer misuse of product
The federal government could effectively shut down a small, family-owned Oklahoma business in Ada because in two isolated instances customers experienced tragedies after ignoring explicit product warnings.Ray Carter | September 20, 2023