Higher Education, Economy

Amid workforce shortage, OU touts ‘queer sexperts’

To reduce or eliminate the anticipated worker shortage in Oklahoma, officials have often touted the importance of the state’s college system. Meanwhile, the University of Oklahoma recently sent an email to all students informing them of a Name Change workshop for queer, trans, nonbinary individuals, and a Queer Sexperts program.

Ray Carter
March 20, 2023
Economy

Stitt, DeSantis, fight back against anti-energy policies

Gov. Kevin Stitt is one of 19 governors pushing back against President Joe Biden’s efforts to indirectly defund domestic energy production by imposing so-called “Environmental, Social, and Governance” (ESG) restrictions on investment of certain retirement funds.

Ray Carter
March 17, 2023
Economy

Harmful federal overreach is for the birds

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond deserves praise for threatening to sue the Biden administration if it does not withdraw a rule by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFW) that designates the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species.

Jonathan Small
February 28, 2023
Economy

As conservative policies advance, people are moving to Oklahoma

During Gov. Kevin Stitt’s first term in office, he cut taxes, expanded school choice, restrained government growth to build up record state savings, and imposed COVID restrictions that were far more limited in scope and duration than those in many states.

Ray Carter
February 3, 2023
Economy

Economists bust the myth of income inequality

Many on the left have a moral objection to the idea that people who are more productive should have more buying power than those who are less productive. This leads to arguments over income equality. There are two major problems with the left’s premise. First, the desire for buying power incentivizes production, which benefits us all. Second, the left simply has its facts wrong.

Rick Farmer, Ph.D.
December 13, 2022
Economy

‘I’m shocked we haven’t been sued yet’: Oklahoma’s licensure boards are flawed

Oklahoma needs to empower someone in state government—be it agency heads or the attorney general—with the power to overrule state licensure boards when abuse occurs.

Jonathan Small
November 22, 2022
Economy

Oklahoma’s economy outperformed most states during COVID

A recent report shows that Oklahoma government policies did far less harm to economic growth and citizens’ personal income than those imposed in nearly all other states.

Ray Carter
October 31, 2022
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