Authors
Ray Carter
Director, Center for Independent Journalism
Ray Carter is the director of OCPA’s Center for Independent Journalism. He has two decades of experience in journalism and communications. He previously served as senior Capitol reporter for The Journal Record, media director for the Oklahoma House of Representatives, and chief editorial writer at The Oklahoman. As a reporter for The Journal Record, Carter received 12 Carl Rogan Awards in four years—including awards for investigative reporting, general news reporting, feature writing, spot news reporting, business reporting, and sports reporting. While at The Oklahoman, he was the recipient of several awards, including first place in the editorial writing category of the Associated Press/Oklahoma News Executives Carl Rogan Memorial News Excellence Competition for an editorial on the history of racism in the Oklahoma legislature.
Recent Articles
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Higher Education
Student groups at OU, OSU, and UCO ‘vow to resist the presence of ICE on our campus’
A student group linked to antisemitism nationwide is urging Oklahoma officials to prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from enforcing immigration law on Oklahoma campuses.Ray Carter | April 23, 2025
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Education
Urban Institute study shows school choice benefits low-income children
A new study from a center-left think tank finds that Ohio’s school voucher program had large and lasting positive effects on the primarily low-income students who used scholarships to attend private school.Ray Carter | April 23, 2025
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Culture & the Family
Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency accused of anti-white racism
A recent lawsuit alleges the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) discriminated against white, Asian, and Pacific Islander homeowners when administering a federal COVID mortgage-relief program.Ray Carter | April 21, 2025
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Higher Education
Federal crackdown on illegal discrimination targets OU–Tulsa School of Community Medicine
The University of Oklahoma–Tulsa School of Community Medicine was among those identified as being under federal investigation for alleged impermissible race-based scholarships and race-based segregation.Ray Carter | April 17, 2025
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Law & Principles
Oklahoma lawmakers focus on reducing regulation
Within a matter of hours on the same day, members of the Oklahoma Legislature advanced two measures designed to significantly restrict regulation in Oklahoma.Ray Carter | April 16, 2025
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Education
Oklahoma lawmakers vote to end discrimination against special-needs children
Members of an Oklahoma House committee have voted to end a two-tiered system that forces the families of children with special needs to jump through hoops that other families are not subjected to when accessing a school-choice program.Ray Carter | April 16, 2025
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Law & Principles
Cherokee Federal and Grassley dispute compliance in child-trafficking investigation
After being awarded a contract worth $706 million to process illegal immigrants, Cherokee Federal was asked to provide information to the chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Did Cherokee Federal cooperate? Depends on who you ask.Ray Carter | April 16, 2025
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Law & Principles
Initiative-petition reforms head to Oklahoma House floor
Legislation that would require initiative-petition efforts to gather signatures from across the state and that also includes several transparency reforms is now headed to the floor of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.Ray Carter | April 15, 2025
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Law & Principles
Oklahoma school-board election shift moves ahead
Legislation that would shift Oklahoma’s school-board elections to better-known election dates that draw higher turnout has cleared two House committees and is now eligible to be heard by the entire membership of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.Ray Carter | April 15, 2025
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Judicial Reform
Stitt appoints Travis Jett to Oklahoma Supreme Court
Gov. Kevin Stitt has appointed attorney Travis Jett to fill a position on the Oklahoma Supreme Court that came open after voters ousted longtime liberal incumbent Justice Yvonne Kauger last November.Ray Carter | April 14, 2025
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