Health Care
Officials admit: Some on state waiting list may be dead now
Able-bodied adults added due to Medicaid expansion are financially prioritized over individuals with developmental disabilities on the waiting list.
Budget & Tax, Education
Budget plan includes tax cuts, school choice, and savings
Gov. Kevin Stitt and legislative leaders have announced a state budget agreement that cuts taxes for all Oklahomans, increases school-choice opportunities for families, and leaves state government with more than $1 billion in savings.
Education
OKCPS board member decries ‘racism on this board’
According to Oklahoma City School Board member Ruth Veales, the members of the Oklahoma City school board are themselves racist—and have been for years.
Education
School choice offers escape from critical-race-theory harm
Expansion or creation of new school-choice programs, including Education Savings Accounts (ESAs), could help negate the issue of critical race theory.
Higher Education
Coddle culture threatens core freedoms, Piper says
The coddle culture of colleges has now bled out into the broader culture and threatens basic freedoms, according to author and former Oklahoma Wesleyan University President Everett Piper.
Health Care
Hospitals defend rapid-pay system criticized by state audit
Hospital officials are urging lawmakers to reject a Medicaid cost-control plan and instead preserve a rapid-pay system that a state audit indicated has resulted in as much as $845 million in ineligible taxpayer-funded payments to providers.
Budget & Tax
Lottery tickets provide better return than film subsidies
Advocates of supersizing Oklahoma’s film-subsidy program to as much as $50 million annually say the program will provide significant economic benefit to Oklahoma.
Education, Family & Community
Stitt signs ban on racist teaching
Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed a bill that prohibits public schools from teaching children that “one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex.”
Higher Education
Ban on racist stereotyping contrary to OU’s goals, president says
The president of the University of Oklahoma has declared his opposition to a bill that prohibits colleges from requiring students to take any orientation “that presents any form of race or sex stereotyping or a bias on the basis of race or sex".
Budget & Tax, Family & Community
Other states repeal film subsidies
States like West Virginia and Michigan have recently repealed film subsidy programs, claiming that giving film makers millions in subsidies is simply not worth it.