Articles
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Budget & Tax
State savings on pace to grow
New data now show the state is on pace to add even more money to the state’s “rainy day” fund at the end of the ongoing budget year due to surplus collections.Ray Carter | November 18, 2022
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Law & Principles
Stitt defends small tribes’ gaming compacts
In a recent federal court filing, Gov. Kevin Stitt’s administration argues that gaming compacts negotiated with four smaller Oklahoma tribes in 2020 remain legally valid under the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) even though the Oklahoma Supreme Court later ruled the compacts were not allowed under state law.Ray Carter | November 18, 2022
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Education
Mother who fears for son failed by open-transfer law
Despite expressing fear for her son’s future if he remains a student in the Tulsa Public School district, a mother was unable to obtain an open transfer into the Jenks district, which claims it lacks capacity for the youth.Ray Carter | November 18, 2022
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Education, Law & Principles
Parent reaps second court victory against Owasso schools
For the second time in a month, a federal court has sided with an Oklahoma father and prevented the Owasso school district from banning the man from campus after he objected to allegedly pornographic material in the school library.Ray Carter | November 15, 2022
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Law & Principles
With election over, time to focus on policy
Oklahoma voters have made their choices at the ballot box. Now it is time to focus on good policy. To that end, several major reforms could increase opportunity for all.Jonathan Small | November 15, 2022
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Law & Principles
McGirt critics get strong voter support on ‘reservations’
The endorsements and other forms of tribal support had little real impact on the race.Ray Carter | November 14, 2022
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Law & Principles
Lawmaker’s smear campaign fails
An Oklahoma court has ordered the expungement of bogus victim protective orders sought by a legislator’s wife while the lawmaker was in a tough reelection campaign.Staff | November 10, 2022
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Education
School choice prevails in Oklahoma vote
The issue of school choice, including programs that allow parents to use taxpayer dollars at private schools—was on the ballot in Oklahoma this year. And school-choice supporters won in dramatic fashion.Ray Carter | November 9, 2022
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Education
Report: Teacher unions prioritize politics over work issues
A new report shows teachers unions have shifted millions of dollars away from workplace-representation efforts to political/campaign activity since 2005 with most donations going to Democratic candidates and liberal causes.Ray Carter | November 9, 2022
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Law & Principles
Stitt wins reelection; money can’t buy Hofmeister love
While that record-setting spending spree might have flooded the airways and mailboxes with anti-Stitt messages, it didn’t make Hofmeister a more attractive candidate to Oklahomans than previous Democratic nominees.Ray Carter | November 9, 2022