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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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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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
OCPA recognized for journalistic excellence
Judges in the eight-state Great Plains Journalism Awards competition lauded OCPA for its “well-researched indictment on school officials and lawmakers who continue to turn a blind eye to widespread sexual abuse of students in Oklahoma schools.”Staff | May 9, 2023
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Culture & the Family
Oklahoma hospital prevails against Biden administration
Facing the threat of a lawsuit and encountering widespread public backlash and ridicule, the Biden administration has backed down in its efforts to effectively force the closure of an Oklahoma Catholic hospital because it maintains a “living flame” candle in its chapel.Ray Carter | May 8, 2023
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Culture & the Family
Biden administration threatens Tulsa hospital over candle
The Biden administration has threatened to strip Saint Francis Hospital South of accreditation that allows it to serve Medicare and Medicaid patients because the hospital maintains an eternally lit candle as a religious symbol in its hospital chapel, according to a legal organization representing the hospital.Ray Carter | May 4, 2023
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Culture & the Family
ACLU sues to overturn Oklahoma’s ban on child sex-change surgeries
The American Civil Liberties Union and likeminded groups have filed a lawsuit to overturn a new state law that bans the provision of hormone blockers and cross-sex hormones, as well as sex-change surgeries, to Oklahoma children younger than 18.Ray Carter | May 3, 2023