Category: Media Coverage

A Redder, and Greener, Legislature Faces Steep Challenges (Oklahoma Watch)

By Trevor Brown  Republicans built further on their dominance of the state Legislature on Tuesday by securing a net gain of four House seats and three Senate seats. The change was relatively slight, but contrasted with intensive efforts this year… Read more [More...]

Election 2016 in Oklahoma: A Postgame Discussion with David Blatt of the OK Policy Institute (Studio Tulsa)

By Rich Fisher  The “penny sales tax” for education didn’t pass, but voters here in the Sooner State did back criminal justice reform; the “Right to Farm” State Question was rejected, yet Republicans won big all over Oklahoma on Election… Read more [More...]

Educator, former councilman square off in Senate race (The Ada News)

By Eric Swanson  A newcomer to the political scene and a former Ada City Councilman are competing for the right to represent District 13 in the Oklahoma Senate. Democratic candidate Eric Hall and his Republican challenger, Greg McCortney are squaring… Read more [More...]

Current OSU student, former SGA president competing for Oklahoma Legislature (O’Colly)

By Nuria Martinez-Keel An Oklahoma State University graduate and a current student found 22 is the perfect time to run for the state House of Representatives.  The former president of the OSU Student Government Association and a secondary education senior… Read more [More...]

More than 200 new Oklahoma laws go into effect Tuesday (The Oklahoman)

By Rick Green  A total of 228 measures approved by the Legislature this year and signed into law by Gov. Mary Fallin take effect Tuesday, including some to make criminal justice reforms and others to bring in more tax revenue.… Read more [More...]

HD 92: Forrest Bennett ‘passionate about poverty’ (NONDOC)

By William W. Savage, III (Editor’s note: Earlier this month, NonDoc emailed questions to more than two-dozen candidates running for various offices. More than half of those sent questions did not respond by the Oct. 20 deadline. The appearance on… Read more [More...]

Governor’s office was blindsided at end of budget negotiations (Fox 25)

By Phil Cross OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — Oklahomans have not been told the whole truth about the current state budget. That should come to no surprise to anyone who follows the process, considering almost everything about the state budget decisions… Read more [More...]

Texas metro areas to see premium spikes, fewer providers (AP)

By David Warren DALLAS Large population hubs in Texas will see the sharp increases in health premiums under the Affordable Care Act that federal officials announced earlier this week, but the sting won’t be felt as deeply in some more… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma’s Cuts to Education Deeper Than Any Other State’s (KOSU)

By Emily Wendler  Oklahoma leads the nation in cuts to per-pupil funding for the third straight year. According to a new national comparison conducted by the Center on Budget Policy and Priorities, the amount of money the state spends through… Read more [More...]

Education tax faces voters with history of saying ‘no’ (Enid News)

By Janelle Stecklein OKLAHOMA CITY — Over the past two decades, voters have overwhelmingly supported questions asked of them at the ballot box — except the ones that ask to raise taxes. If the trend holds, supporters of a citizen-led… Read more [More...]