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Health Care
OCPA files legal challenge to Medicaid-expansion petition
The Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, a free-market think tank, has filed a legal challenge to an initiative petition that would expand the state’s Medicaid welfare program, saying the proposal is unconstitutional and the petition gist is so misleading it violates state law.Staff | May 10, 2019
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Education
OEA’s liberal stances escape many lawmakers’ notice
The divide between the stances many Republican lawmakers claim to champion and the positions embraced by the OEA/NEA is stark.Ray Carter | May 3, 2019
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Law & Principles
State leaders consider response to court’s ruling on lawsuit reform
This week the Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down a lawsuit-reform law that capped noneconomic (“pain and suffering”) damages at $350,000, declaring it a “special law” that unconstitutionally treated similarly situated plaintiffs differently. State political, business, and medical leaders all say there will be an effort to reinstitute the cap, which has been declared vital to keeping doctors in Oklahoma and improving the state’s attractiveness to entrepreneurs.Ray Carter | April 26, 2019
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Judicial Reform
Gov. Stitt signs judicial reform bill
Gov. Kevin Stitt signed legislation Thursday that modernizes the district lines used to select Oklahoma Supreme Court nominees so district populations are roughly equal.Ray Carter | April 26, 2019
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Law & Principles
Oklahoma Supreme Court strikes down cap on noneconomic damages
In a split decision issued Tuesday, the Oklahoma Supreme Court declared a cap on noneconomic “pain and suffering” damage awards is an unconstitutional special law. The ruling, which strikes down a key reform long sought by business leaders and doctors, drew a sharp response from Senate leadership.Ray Carter | April 23, 2019
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Judicial Reform
Judicial redistricting headed to governor
Oklahoma lawmakers have sent a bill to Gov. Kevin Stitt's desk that would redraw judicial district lines.Ray Carter | April 17, 2019
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Education
How much do unions spend on politics in Oklahoma?
Even in right-to-work states, public-sector unions can have a significant impact on how government operates. A new poll shows that 84.4% of voters support allowing teachers to vote on who represents them.Curtis Shelton | April 17, 2019
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Law & Principles
Janus tells OKC audience workers’ rights not yet secure
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Mark Janus and ruled forced payment of union dues by nonconsenting government workers is an unconstitutional infringement of their free-speech rights. But in an Oklahoma speech on Tuesday, Janus warned that unions and their political allies are working to undermine that hard-won victory.Ray Carter | April 16, 2019
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Judicial Reform
Judicial-selection reform clears Senate committee
Legislation making its way through the Oklahoma Legislature would reform and modernize the 1967-era geographical districts by which state Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals judges are appointed.Mike Brake | April 4, 2019
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Good Government
OCPA statement on Oklahoma Ethics Commission’s proposed rule 2019-02
Responding to the Oklahoma Ethics Commission’s proposed rule 2019-02, which would classify as “indirect lobbying” even casual conversations about legislation and could require organizations to publish membership lists, Jonathan Small, president of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA), released the following statement.Staff | December 17, 2018
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Study exposes political bias in shaping ‘newsworthiness’
It’s a truism among critics of the mainstream media that the greatest power possessed by a journalist is deciding via an intensely subjective process whether a proposed story is “newsworthy.”Mark Tapscott | December 7, 2018
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Health Care
What is Medicaid?
Medicaid is an entitlement program created by the federal government and administered by the states that pays certain health care services for low-income individuals. Currently, Medicaid covers 71 million Americans and costs taxpayers more than half a trillion dollars annually.Kaitlyn Finley | October 16, 2018
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Law & Principles
OCPA Statement on Kavanaugh appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court
After Brett Kavanaugh was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, Trent England, Executive Vice President of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA), issued the following statement.October 7, 2018
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Education
Teacher unions oppose Kavanaugh
You would think U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh wants to burn down the schoolhouse.Jonathan Small | September 14, 2018
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Higher Education, Law & Principles
Oklahoma professors push back against campus groupthink, identity politics
Concerned about stifling political correctness and the absence of viewpoint diversity on campus, some Oklahoma professors are speaking out.Staci Elder Hensley | July 23, 2018
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Education, Law & Principles
Politicized schools threaten education
The First Amendment protects all Americans from government officials prodding us to support their pet special interests. But, some Oklahoma school officials seem to reject this idea.Jonathan Small | July 20, 2018
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Law & Principles
The better way to choose judges
President Trump has announced Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his nominee to become the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.Trent England | July 10, 2018
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Law & Principles
Janus decision casts doubt on Oklahoma law
The Supreme Court of the United States today handed down a landmark decision for freedom of speech and association. Oklahoma policymakers should take note.Trent England | June 27, 2018
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Good Government
U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Mark Janus in Janus v AFSCME.
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of Mark Janus in the Janus v. AFSCME public-sector labor union case this morning.Staff | June 27, 2018
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Judicial Reform
Three important judicial reforms
Oklahoma’s Supreme Court district boundaries have not changed since the 1960s. While people have moved around, those lines have stayed the same for half a century. This isn’t merely unfair—it also hurts the quality of our judiciary for basic reasons described by James Madison.Trent England | January 30, 2018