Articles
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Education, Higher Education
Whistleblower: Teachers taught to use bogus reading methods at Oklahoma college
A reading specialist hired by Oklahoma Panhandle State University attempted to reform the university’s curriculum with scientifically supported phonics-based instruction. She laments that “new teachers are coming fresh out of college not knowing how to teach kids to read.”Ray Carter | July 11, 2025
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Law & Principles
Oklahoma agency reports provide limited transparency
Despite laws requiring Oklahoma state agencies to produce reports on program effectiveness, a new review finds that most of these reports are virtually inaccessible to the public.Ray Carter | July 10, 2025
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Higher Education
Civil rights complaint filed against University of Tulsa
A civil rights complaint has been filed against the University of Tulsa, alleging the school has engaged in illegal discrimination.Ray Carter | July 10, 2025
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Budget & Tax, Health Care
Big Beautiful relief for Oklahoma’s state budget
The “One Big Beautiful Bill” introduces a work requirement for Medicaid-expansion enrollees aged 19 to 64. This will help alleviate the unsustainable welfare growth in Oklahoma’s state budget.Curtis Shelton | July 10, 2025
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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
U.S. opposed Oklahoma ban on child gender ‘transitions’
When Oklahoma passed a law to ban so-called gender-transition procedures on minors, the United States filed a legal brief urging the courts to overturn the law.Ray Carter | July 9, 2025
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Health Care, Law & Principles
The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ resolves questions favorably over work requirements
The newly enacted “One Big Beautiful Bill” overrides any possible Oklahoma restrictions by making work, training, or volunteer service a federal requirement for able-bodied adults on Medicaid.Ryan Haynie | July 9, 2025
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Health Care, Law & Principles
New federal law requires Medicaid recipients to seek work
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed by President Donald Trump, imposes a work requirement for able-bodied, childless adults ages 19 to 64 on Medicaid. Members of Oklahoma’s congressional delegation praised the reform.Ray Carter | July 8, 2025
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Health Care, Culture & the Family
Restoring the dignity of work: Why Medicaid’s new requirement matters for families and culture
A new Medicaid reform, signed into law on July 4 by President Donald Trump, establishes a work requirement for able-bodied, childless adults. This important reform affirms the dignity of work and the importance of personal responsibility.Matt Oberdick | July 8, 2025
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Oklahoma Supreme Court rejects tribal income tax exemption in wake of McGirt
So long as the State of Oklahoma imposes a tax on income, all Oklahomans must pay it, according to a new ruling from the Oklahoma Supreme Court.Ray Carter | July 7, 2025
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Health Care
OCPA praises Medicaid work requirements
OCPA President Jonathan Small praised Oklahoma’s congressional delegation for supporting a provision of the newly enacted “Big Beautiful Bill” that imposes work requirements on able-bodied adults who receive Medicaid welfare support.Staff | July 7, 2025