Criminal Justice Oklahoma should invest in services, not prisons
It’s time to move past the solutions of the '90s that resulted in one of the highest incarceration rates in the world and look to new (and cheaper) solutions
Ryan Haynie | January 9, 2023 Oklahoma should invest in services, not prisons Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. Law & Principles O’Connor gets win for religious freedom
In a win for Oklahomans’ constitutionally protected First Amendment right to religious freedom, Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor has reached an agreement with St. John Health System over its past practice of threatening employees with suspensions or the loss of their jobs when they chose not to get the COVID-19 vaccine due to religious beliefs.
Ray Carter | January 9, 2023 O’Connor gets win for religious freedom Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. Education Oklahoma public schools have billions in reserve
Oklahoma’s public schools have billions of dollars in reserve funding available through the combination of carryover and unspent federal COVID funding, according to state reports.
Ray Carter | January 6, 2023 Oklahoma public schools have billions in reserve Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. Budget & Tax Abundant tax revenue provides opportunity for reform
With collections continuing to grow, lawmakers have ample wiggle room to enact significant tax reform while keeping a relatively flat budget.
Curtis Shelton | January 5, 2023 Abundant tax revenue provides opportunity for reform Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. Higher Education Many Oklahoma college degree programs not worth the money
A new report shows more than one in five degree programs offered by Oklahoma colleges are not worth students’ time and tuition because those degrees fail to produce income gains that offset the cost.
Ray Carter | January 5, 2023 Many Oklahoma college degree programs not worth the money Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. |
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