Education, Law & Principles
School choice proves winning issue in state elections
Republican candidates who supported school choice prevailed in multiple races during this week’s primaries while incumbents who opposed school choice lost or narrowly avoided defeat at the hands of conservative challengers.
Law & Principles
Supreme Court: Oklahoma has jurisdiction in Indian country
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the State of Oklahoma has the authority to arrest and prosecute non-Indian criminals who victimize Indians living on ‘Indian country’ land in the state.
Law & Principles
Education, Law & Principles
Department of Education says Tulsa schools violated CRT ban
The Tulsa Public Schools district is poised to become the first district in Oklahoma sanctioned for violating a state law that bans schools from incorporating concepts associated with Critical Race Theory into school settings.
Education, Law & Principles
Lawmaker makes false claim about own district
State Rep. Josh West recently claimed that he “ain’t got a private school within dadgum two hours of me.” But independent research shows that people throughout most of West’s district live within 30 minutes of a private school—some of which West himself has visited.
Education, Law & Principles
Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Fuzzy math in House tax-and-spending plan?
The leadership of the Oklahoma House of Representatives says that chamber will advance several tax proposals this week in response to Gov. Kevin Stitt’s call for passage of broad-based, pro-growth tax cuts—but indicated passage of tax cuts relies in part on cutting the budget of the governor’s office, citing the state’s balanced-budget requirement.