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Law & Principles
McAfee & Taft, Paycom increase lawfare against Oklahoma conservatives
More than four years after Paycom’s lawsuit against the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs was originally filed, Paycom’s attorneys at the McAfee & Taft law firm have just now realized they want to take more depositions in the case.Staff | May 23, 2024
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Law & Principles
OCPA asks court to rule in its favor in meritless Paycom lawsuit
OCPA has filed a request for summary judgment in a lawsuit first filed in 2020 by Paycom.Staff | May 7, 2024
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Judicial Reform
OCPA Announces Oklahoma Judicial Scorecard
The Oklahoma Judicial Scorecard will look at rulings by justices on the Oklahoma Supreme Court.Staff | April 22, 2024
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Law & Principles
Paycom and trial lawyers’ SB 1737 weaponizes courts against conservatives
The far left has weaponized the courts against former President Donald Trump. Now Paycom and the trial lawyers are trying something similar in Oklahoma.Staff | April 18, 2024
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Judicial Reform
JNC process lacks transparency
A flier recently distributed at the Oklahoma Capitol tries, desperately, to convince lawmakers that Oklahoma’s secretive Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC) should be preserved and that Oklahomans will somehow be worse off if we instead adopt the judicial-selection process developed by our nation’s Founding Fathers. But the flier doesn’t pass the laugh test.Staff | April 17, 2024
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Higher Education
OCPA calls for higher-ed scrutiny after assigned terrorism book
OCPA President Jonathan Small today called for more rigorous scrutiny of state spending on colleges after learning an OU course requires students to read a book advocating terrorism.Staff | March 28, 2024
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Culture & the Family
Narrative-driven activists should stop harassing innocent
OCPA President Jonathan Small today called on activists to stop harassing innocent children and their families to perpetuate a false narrative regarding the recent suicide of Owasso teenager Dagny Ellis Benedict, who recently identified as nonbinary and called herself Nex Benedict.Staff | March 26, 2024
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Culture & the Family
Former lawmaker joins OCPA staff
Tom Newell, a former state legislator, has joined the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs as Vice President for the Center for Culture and the Family.Staff | March 25, 2024
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
OCPA praises House action on income taxes
OCPA President Jonathan Small issued the following statement following passage by the House Rules Committee of HB 2949, which would provide income tax relief for working Oklahomans.Staff | February 22, 2024
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Budget & Tax
Revenue certification clears path for personal income-tax cuts
OCPA President Jonathan Small said the final revenue-certification by the state Board of Equalization, which determines how much money is available for legislators to appropriate this year, shows Oklahoma state government can easily provide tax cuts.Staff | February 15, 2024
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