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Culture & the Family
Effort to bar child access to porn overcomes critic pushback
Ray Carter | March 21, 2024
Effort to bar child access to porn overcomes critic pushback
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![]() Culture & the Family Effort to bar child access to porn overcomes critic pushback
Oklahoma could soon join the list of states with age-verification laws for porn content, despite the objections of some lawmakers who raise First Amendment concerns and worry that the bill could “make it harder for adults to access adult content.”
Ray Carter | March 21, 2024 Effort to bar child access to porn overcomes critic pushback Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. ![]() Law & Principles How Oklahoma’s presidential votes officially count
Choosing the President of the United States is not as simple as voters going to the polls and holding an inauguration. In fact, it is a series of events that take place over several months. These include party primaries, conventions, and the general election. Each state and its parties have their own way of conducting these activities. Because the rules are different across the country, it is better described as a process than as a system. Oklahoma’s 2024 process looks like this.
Rick Farmer, Ph.D. | March 20, 2024 How Oklahoma’s presidential votes officially count Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. ![]() Higher Education OU, state mental-health agency tout ‘pregnant people’
Oklahoma’s “mental health” department went to great lengths to avoid referencing the existence of “women” or “mothers”—instead touting “pregnant people,” “individuals who are pregnant,” and “pregnant and parenting people.”
Ray Carter | March 20, 2024 OU, state mental-health agency tout ‘pregnant people’ Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. ![]() Judicial Reform ‘It’s not the most transparent process’: McCall notes problems with JNC
Members of the Oklahoma Senate have approved legislation that would allow voters to reform Oklahoma’s judicial-selection process. The proposed state constitutional amendment would eliminate the secretive Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC) and instead adopt the model established in the U.S. Constitution that allows the executive to nominate any qualified person to serve as judge, subject to legislative approval.
Ray Carter | March 19, 2024 ‘It’s not the most transparent process’: McCall notes problems with JNC Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. ![]() Budget & Tax Economic growth allows tax cuts, not just spending
In the last six years, Oklahoma’s economy has grown dramatically, allowing state lawmakers to dramatically increase state government spending. House Speaker Charles McCall said that revenue growth also highlights the need for lawmakers to pass income-tax cuts this year.
Ray Carter | March 18, 2024 Economic growth allows tax cuts, not just spending Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. |
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