By: Tyler Parette
April 4, 2017 // Updated: May 2, 2017
By Jennifer Palmer
Update 4/28/17: Senate Bill 81 failed.
Students as young as pre-K can be, and are, suspended from Oklahoma schools for as long as the remainder of the school year for violating school rules.
A proposal working its… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
April 3, 2017 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Oklahomans throughout the state are being hurt by predatory lending practices. Dozens shared their stories with us.
For more information on predatory lending, please visit our advocacy alert page on HB 1913.
“When my daughter was born I took… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
March 28, 2017 // Updated: April 11, 2017
By Catherine Sweeney
OKLAHOMA CITY – Legislators signed off on two vague bills this session that would create special districts with abnormally lax regulations. As one of the measures moves through committee and onto the floor, the picture is getting a… Read more [More...]
By Janelle Stecklein
Concerns are mounting that the Legislature’s ongoing budget woes could lead to a new court showdown and trigger a possible federal takeover of the state’s foster care system.
And observers fear the biggest loser in the tussle… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
March 26, 2017 // Updated: April 11, 2017
By Kamala Kelkar
Despite decades of leading the country in female incarceration rates and evidence that long sentences do not deter drug users, Oklahoma lawmakers are rushing to undermine recent voter initiatives that weakened punishments for drug offenses and invested… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
March 25, 2017 // Updated: April 11, 2017
By Curtis Killman
Tulsa County’s population grew by less than 1 percent in fiscal year 2016, with all the growth due to births and people moving into the county from outside the country, according to the latest data from the… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
March 24, 2017 // Updated: March 29, 2017
By Sophia Babb
HB 1913: A path to deeper debt
House Bill 1913 was introduced by Rep. Chris Kannady, R-Oklahoma City, as an avenue towards more payday lending options. In Oklahoma, payday loans are advertised as a way for people… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
March 21, 2017 // Updated: March 29, 2017
By Carla Hinton
“Both Sides of the Issue,” a new monthly forum series, begins Thursday, March 23, at First Unitarian Church 600 NW 13.
Two panelists will discuss “The Pros and Cons of a $15 Minimum Wage” in the first forum… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
March 20, 2017 // Updated: March 29, 2017
By Randy Krehbiel
Oklahomans, on the whole, never professed much affection for the Affordable Care Act.
They may not like the current repeal-and-replace bill any better.
Policy experts say the American Health Care Act doesn’t do much to improve Oklahomans’… Read more [More...]
By Lorne Fultonberg
OKLAHOMA CITY – Unconstitutional spending last year means state lawmakers will have to pay the lottery millions before it begins to set the state’s education budget.
The Board of Equalization determined last month the state supplanted the education budget with… Read more [More...]