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Health Care
GAO finds Obamacare fraud is easy
Government Accountability Office officials told Sen. James Lankford that 19 of 20 fraudulent test applications for Obamacare—submitted using entirely fake identities, Social Security numbers, and documents—were approved through HealthCare.gov or insurance brokers.Ray Carter | December 17, 2025
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Law & Principles
Holt calls state leaders ‘bitterly unpopular’—but they outpoll him
Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt, who promotes “Pride Month” celebrating transgenderism and other sexual identities, recently dismissed Oklahoma statewide elected officials as “bitterly unpopular.” Holt says a California-style election system will produce superior governance.Ray Carter | December 17, 2025
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Higher Education
OU professor to promote ‘accurate’ science education on evolution, climate change
A University of Oklahoma associate professor has been named a 2025 Sound Science Fellow by the National Center for Science Education. The fellowship is “aimed at advancing the teaching of evolution, climate change, and accurate scientific education.”Ray Carter | December 15, 2025
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Higher Education
Survey shows college students support violent responses to unwelcome speech
A new nationwide survey taken after the Sept. 10 assassination of Charlie Kirk shows a significant share of college students—especially those on the political left—now believe that physical retaliation can be justified in response to speech they dislike.Ray Carter | December 11, 2025
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Law & Principles
With California election system, no Governors Bellmon, Bartlett, Keating, or Stitt
A review of Oklahoma’s past elections shows that the California-style “top two” system proposed in State Question 836 would have kept nearly every Republican governor in Oklahoma history off the November ballot the year they were first elected.Ray Carter | December 10, 2025
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Higher Education
Oklahoma regents cut some low-graduate programs, keep most
A recent review by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education found that 357 degree programs at state colleges and universities produced fewer than five graduates on average over a five-year span. Fully 295 of those degree programs will continue, while 41 are being eliminated and 21 are being suspended.Ray Carter | December 10, 2025
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Law & Principles
New York group seeks to overhaul Oklahoma election system
Supporters of State Question 836 portray their push for a California-style “top two” election system as a local, grassroots movement. But one of its drivers is a New York–based activist group that boasts of “10 years of conversations and organizing in the Sooner State.”Ray Carter | December 9, 2025
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Higher Education
Second OU instructor accused of discrimination
After an OU graduate instructor with “she/they” pronouns gave a Christian student a zero on an essay, a second instructor (also with “she/they” pronouns) now faces allegations of viewpoint discrimination.Ray Carter | December 8, 2025
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Higher Education
OU Graduate Student Senate defends discrimination
At the University of Oklahoma, escalating campus radicalism is on display as the Graduate Student Senate urges administrators to condemn a student who objected to receiving a zero on a reaction essay in which she argued there are only two sexes and that gender roles are rooted in biological reality.Ray Carter | December 5, 2025
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Law & Principles
Among states that have reported data, Oklahoma leads the nation in food-stamp fraud
As part of a federal crackdown on food-stamp fraud, states were asked to submit data on duplicate beneficiaries, dead enrollees, and stolen benefits. So far, Oklahoma stands out with the highest per-capita fraud rate of any reporting state.Ray Carter | December 5, 2025