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Election Slate For The Sooner State
As campaign registration deadlines loom, June primary elections are shaping up to determine who will be on the final ballot in the Sooner State’s General Election this coming November. Will this election cycle go by quickly, or will it drag on like a really bad cold? Regardless, let’s take a look at who’s running for […]
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OSDE Opts Out
The OSDE Board quietly scrapped one of former State Superembarrassment Ryan Walters’ proudest legacies: forcing new Oklahoma teachers to pass a written U.S. naturalization test to prove they were “one of us.” The policy confused educators, immigrants, and literally everyone who already passed Oklahoma history in eighth grade. Board members reportedly decided classroom competence mattered […]
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Trickle Down Education
In a not so surprising move for Governor Kevin Stitt’s last year in office, he now wants to repeal the income caps from last year’s educational tax credit. Recent reports show that over 90% of educational tax credit recipients already had their children in private schools, which implies this was not about school choice, but […]
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Priority Legislation
The Oklahoma Legislature is back in session, and once again it’s bringing the kind of ideas that make you double-check the calendar to see if it’s April 1. Senate Bill 1820, courtesy of the ever-creative Shane Jett, clarifies that “pistols at dawn” are still illegal, but mutually agreed fistfights are fine—as long as no one […]
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It’s Only a Game
Oklahoma’s red dirt has a way of shaping people. It teaches work, endurance, and the belief that nothing worth having comes easy. Darrel Johnson is an unmistakable product of Oklahoma: formed by old wooden gym floors, small towns, big dreams, and a faith that never fully left, even when tested to its breaking point. Johnson’s […]
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Advocate for Oklahoma’s Children
Many bills submitted will try to address the above problems, but some of them will make the situation worse. It is not because the authors of the bills are bad people; their bills simply neglect a well-rounded perspective on the reality of child well-being in Oklahoma.
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OKC Parks & Recreation crews are cleaning the Bricktown Canal beginning today, Tuesday, Jan. 20
The process includes draining, cleaning and refilling the canal and is expected to take approximately three and a half weeks, weather permitting. Parks staff are using small tractors, fire hoses and specialized equipment to remove accumulated silt and debris from the canal. Employees from the H.B. Parsons Fish Hatchery are on site to safely relocate […]
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Oklahoma lawmakers to pursue permanent school cellphone ban
Under the current law, each school district will have the choice to continue the ban or make a change after the 2025-26 academic year.
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Can SQ 836 Save a Politically Bankrupt State?
I registered as a Republican at the age of 18. Since then, I have watched the political trajectory of Oklahoma ebb and flow. I admit to being initially skeptical about State Question 836. The concept of “open primaries” felt foreign to me. Shouldn’t Republicans and Democrats vet their own candidates, preserving the sanctity of their […]