Category: Media

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...]

Oklahoma leads nation in deepest cuts to school funding for third straight year (Tulsa World)

By Andrea Eger A comparison by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities shows Oklahoma leads the nation for the third straight year in cuts to the primary source of state funding for public schools. After adjusting for inflation, analysts… Read more [More...]

In Need of Education Funding, States Look to Customers and Corporations (Governing)

By Liz Farmer  Public education was one of the biggest casualties of the Great Recession. Nearly a decade since it started, nearly half of states are still providing less general funding for schools than they were the year the economy… Read more [More...]