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Budget & Tax
Oklahoma House passes tax cut; ball now in Senate’s court
Members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives have voted overwhelmingly to reduce Oklahoma’s top personal income tax rate to 4.5 percent, immediately, and have sent the measure to the Oklahoma Senate.Ray Carter | January 31, 2024
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Law & Principles
In major win for Stitt, Chickasaw Nation signs new compacts
In a major victory for Gov. Kevin Stitt, the Chickasaw Nation has agreed to new state-tribal compacts on tobacco and license tags that address key issues raised by the governor.Ray Carter | January 22, 2024
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Millions diverted from law enforcement due to McGirt ruling
One ripple effect of the McGirt ruling is the diversion of millions of dollars from Oklahoma law enforcement, agency leaders recently told state lawmakers.Ray Carter | January 17, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Study: Oklahoma Supreme Court judges consistently liberal
The trend in Oklahoma defies trends in nearly all other states, which have seen their courts’ judicial ideology fluctuate over time with periods of more conservative jurists.Ray Carter | January 10, 2024
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Judicial Reform, Economy
Report shows JNC system harming Oklahoma economy
A new report from the State Chamber Research Foundation shows, indirectly, that Oklahoma’s Judicial Nominating Commission has resulted in the appointment of judges who have, on net, harmed the state’s legal climate and negatively impacted Oklahoma’s economic competitiveness.Ray Carter | January 5, 2024
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Economy
Study shows minimum wage hike will cost jobs, opportunity
A ballot measure to raise Oklahoma’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2029 took a blow recently when a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study showed a similar federal proposal would eliminate many entry-level jobs for workers.Ray Carter | January 2, 2024
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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
OCPA continues defense of ban on child sex-change measures
OCPA continues to defend a state law that makes it illegal to provide children with puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, or sex-change surgeries as a treatment for gender dysphoria.Ray Carter | December 19, 2023
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Judicial Reform
Time for Oklahoma judicial selection overhaul
It’s time to discard Oklahoma’s Judicial Nominating Commission and replace it with the James Madison model.Jonathan Small | December 18, 2023
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Judicial Reform
What the bar association doesn’t understand about judicial reform
In the coming months, the Oklahoma Bar Association is going to light up the phone lines of lawmakers. Here are some points about judicial reform that should give lawmakers and grassroots activists something to push back with.Ryan Haynie | December 11, 2023
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Judicial Reform
In Oklahoma, Democrat campaign donors pick Supreme Court justices
Oklahoma’s system of judicial selection is dramatically different from the system installed by the nation’s founding fathers. This has resulted in “a red state with a blue judiciary.”Ray Carter | November 28, 2023
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Judicial Reform, Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
To understand the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s latest abortion ruling, read the dissents
To understand the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s abortion jurisprudence, your best bet is to read the dissenting opinions. The majority opinion lacks substance and analysis, and the dissenting justices' arguments challenge the majority's interpretation of the law and highlight concerns about the court's competence. Ultimately, it is time for a change in the judicial nomination process to better align with the state's values.Ryan Haynie | November 21, 2023
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Judicial Reform, Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
Democrat praises Oklahoma Supreme Court’s abortion activism
A state Democratic leader is praising the Oklahoma Supreme Court for its latest in a string of decisions that have struck down or blocked implementation of state pro-life laws.Ray Carter | November 15, 2023
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Judicial Reform
Oklahoma needs a judicial-selection plan for the people (not the lawyers)
Tired of the Oklahoma Supreme Court striking down pro-life laws, allowing mask mandates, encouraging jackpot justice, and demanding the removal of the Ten Commandments? It’s time for Oklahoma to move to the James Madison model of judicial selection—the very system Donald Trump used to transform the U.S. Supreme Court.Benjamin Lepak | November 8, 2023
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Law & Principles
Oklahoma lawmakers kill non-campaign-donor tribes’ compacts
State lawmakers killed casino-gaming compacts for two small tribal governments which are not big campaign donors. The compacts were opposed by several larger tribes that are big campaign donors.Ray Carter | October 26, 2023
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Budget & Tax
Poll: Oklahomans oppose race-based tax exemptions
A new poll shows Oklahomans strongly oppose exempting individuals from paying state income tax based on their status as a member of a Native American tribe.Staff | October 2, 2023
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Higher Education
OSU using DEI to hire plant physiology professor?
Oklahoma State University says job applicants from “historically excluded and underrepresented” groups are “especially encouraged” to apply for this job teaching plant physiology.Ray Carter | September 26, 2023
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Budget & Tax
McCall: If Indians don’t owe income tax, no one should
Oklahoma Speaker of the House Charles McCall says that if tribal members don’t have to pay state income tax, then no Oklahoman should have to pay it.Ray Carter | September 20, 2023
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Culture & the Family
School board, mayoral races a bigger draw than tribal chief election
The leader of a Nation has been reelected with 2,350 votes.Ray Carter | September 18, 2023
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Law & Principles
Oklahoma law schools silent after Supreme Court ruling
We asked the OU, OCU, and TU law schools what policy changes they have adopted regarding preferential treatment based on race, national origin, or sex. None of the three schools responded.Ray Carter | September 5, 2023
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Law & Principles
OCPA statement on U.S. Supreme Court action in Hooper case
OCPA President Jonathan Small issued a statement today in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent action in the Justin Hooper v. City of Tulsa case, which will determine if all Oklahomans have to obey local traffic laws and regulations.Staff | August 7, 2023