House lawmakers voted to roll back a 2014 pension reform that was projected to save taxpayers $3.8 billion over 30 years and instead provide state workers retirement benefits that are not available to the typical private-sector worker in Oklahoma.
House votes to roll back Oklahoma pension reforms Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
Only biological women would compete in female athletic events involving Oklahoma public schools or colleges under legislation that has won strong approval in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
Transgender athlete restriction wins strong approval Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
Legislation updating Oklahoma’s sentencing code has won easy passage in the Oklahoma Senate.
Sentencing reform clears Oklahoma Senate Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
Whether one likes it or not, the very best research makes it clear that when it comes to improving standardized test scores, vouchers work.
Private-school choice improves test scores Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
What if “public education” was not just a system, but a mission? And what if, in pursuit of that mission, we put parents in charge?
The Oklahoma Constitution supports school choice Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
Legislation that would reform the state’s judicial nominating process has won easy approval in the Oklahoma Senate.
Judicial-nomination reform wins Oklahoma Senate approval Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
A former academic dean at Oklahoma State University who is one of five targets of a lawsuit by an associate professor alleging political discrimination spent a good deal of time on social media blasting former President Donald Trump, Republicans, and conservatives in general, according to court filings in the case.
Discrimination lawsuit cites OSU dean’s aggressive anti-Trump views Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
The administrator of a Facebook group whose supposed goal is to “unite all educators, parents, and advocates for education” has declared Oklahoma schools need to be more “woke,” attacked parents concerned about graphic portrayals of rape and incest in school library materials as “extremists,” repeatedly declared conservatives are racist, and more.
Public-school ‘advocate’ says schools should be more ‘woke’ Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
Once a U.S. Supreme Court ruling effectively declared much of eastern Oklahoma is composed of tribal reservations, tribal governments became responsible for prosecuting many crimes committed by Indians against Indians on those reservation lands.
Post-McGirt, no tribal facilities to hold prisoners Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. |
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