By: Tyler Parette
October 4, 2016 // Updated: October 18, 2016
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JUDY WOODRUFF: In some parts of the country, it’s not just the presidential race on voters’ minds. State elections are taking center stage in some places, too, like Oklahoma, where education is at the forefront of the ballot.… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
September 28, 2016 // Updated: October 18, 2016
By Tanzina Vega
From Charlotte to Tulsa to Baton Rouge, the killing of blacks at the hands of police has sparked outrage and protests in several cities across the country.
The fatal shooting of a black man in El Cajon,… Read more [More...]
By Joy Hampton Cnhi
NORMAN — Oklahoma has been warehousing people rather than reforming them because the Department of Corrections doesn’t have the money to address root causes, prison reform advocate Kris Steele said.
The former speaker of the House… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
September 26, 2016 // Updated: October 18, 2016
By Paula Schonauer
I can’t believe I am contemplating voting “no” on something that would give teachers a pay raise. At times I am fully against State Question 779, but at other times I waffle, left wondering about how its… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
September 22, 2016 // Updated: September 26, 2016
By Paul Monies
Lower prices and technology advancements have led to big changes in Oklahoma’s oil and gas industry, but raising severance taxes could dampen future development, a research report by the State Chamber of Oklahoma said Wednesday.
Last year,… Read more [More...]
By Sally Asher
Oklahoma Policy Institute released a report detailing how much state aid per student each district in Oklahoma receives, and one district in Northwest Oklahoma is at the bottom of the list.
Billings Public Schools, in Noble County,… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
September 21, 2016 // Updated: September 26, 2016
By Josh McBee
Take a tip from “King” George Strait and remember to check yes or no on each of seven state questions on Oklahoma’s ballot this year.
Because while voter apathy at the national level is understandable, albeit problematic,… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
September 19, 2016 // Updated: September 26, 2016
By Mark Obbie
In his first eight sessions as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, Kris Steele paid scant attention to crime and punishment. But, in 2008, Steele’s work on the state budget put Oklahoma’s prison system in… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
September 15, 2016 // Updated: September 26, 2016
By Dallas Franklin
OKLAHOMA CITY – The poverty rate for Oklahoma has dropped slightly, new Census data shows.
According to the Oklahoma Policy Institute, new Census data shows Oklahoma made some progress in reducing the percentage of families living in… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
September 11, 2016 // Updated: September 22, 2016
By – Staff
Lawton residents are teaming up with Together Oklahoma to host Policy Talk at the Shop from 4-6 p.m. Sept. 24 at Ice Tre’s Barber Shop, 2104 W. Gore.
Together Oklahoma (TOK) describes itself as a nonpartisan coalition… Read more [More...]