Articles
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Law & Principles
OCPA President files complaint against Rep. Anthony Moore
OCPA President files complaint against Rep. Anthony Moore.Staff | July 8, 2022
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Budget & Tax
Tax cuts and opportunities for happiness
Lower taxes are not a panacea for all social problems, but they unequivocally help people find more work. That work helps people become more stable family and community members and offers a chance at finding a purpose for their lives.Curtis Shelton | July 8, 2022
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Higher Education
No way to justify OU tuition increase
By rejecting the tuition increase, the regents showed they understand the need to keep college affordable. Hopefully, they will continue down that path, and along the way, they should also devote more resources to genuinely worthwhile degree programs.Jonathan Small | July 8, 2022
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Education
Henry Scholarship benefiting families, but opposition persists
For many Oklahoma families, the Henry Scholarship program has been life-changing. But efforts to create similar school-choice opportunities for other children continue to face strong resistance.Ray Carter | July 6, 2022
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Law & Principles
Moore drops abusive protective orders
Rep. Anthony Moore’s spouse moved to dismiss all five Temporary Protective Orders that she had filed eight days before the primary election, including against four employees of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs.Staff | July 6, 2022
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Education, Law & Principles
School choice proves winning issue in state elections
Republican candidates who supported school choice prevailed in multiple races during this week’s primaries while incumbents who opposed school choice lost or narrowly avoided defeat at the hands of conservative challengers.Ray Carter | June 30, 2022
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Law & Principles
Supreme Court: Oklahoma has jurisdiction in Indian country
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the State of Oklahoma has the authority to arrest and prosecute non-Indian criminals who victimize Indians living on ‘Indian country’ land in the state.Ray Carter | June 29, 2022
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Education
Oklahoma providers increase after anti-Christian regs blocked
The number of Oklahoma private schools authorized to serve special-needs students through a state scholarship program has increased dramatically since repeal of prior illegal regulations that barred Christian schools from participating.Ray Carter | June 28, 2022
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Education
‘American Birthright’: National experts propose school civics standards
To improve education in all 50 states and counter the anti-Americanism that has infected many civics classrooms, a national organization has developed a new set of academic standards for K-12 social-studies classes that can serve as a framework for each individual state’s standards, including in Oklahoma.Ray Carter | June 27, 2022
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Law & Principles
Reality check for Cherokee leaders may be positive sign
Most Cherokees understand we are all Oklahomans, even if some of their leaders do not. If those Cherokee citizens’ view prevails, the challenge of working out state-tribal differences will become much easier.Jonathan Small | June 27, 2022