This week, we announced that we've expanded our advocacy team: Nicole Poindexter has joined the organization as a full-time Outreach and Legislative Liaison and that Kyle Lawson has been promoted to a new position as Senior Field Organizer.
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David Blatt
August 20, 2019 // Updated: August 20, 2019
OK Policy is excited to announce that Nicole Poindexter has joined the organization as a full-time Outreach and Legislative Liaison and that Kyle Lawson has been promoted to a new position as Senior Field Organizer.
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Steve Lewis
August 19, 2019 // Updated: September 3, 2019
As often happens, on a given issue the people may be out ahead of the politicians they elect. Now it appears there is a lot of support for full expansion as proposed in SQ 802.
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On our policy blog, a guest post notes that the Administration's rejection of partial Medicaid expansion in Utah should spur states like Oklahoma to move forward with full expansion instead of harmful alternatives that leave people without coverage.
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Guest
August 14, 2019 // Updated: August 14, 2019
The Administration’s decision to deny enhanced federal funding for partial expansion will protect coverage for millions of people who have it. It should also spur more states that have been considering partial expansion or other alternatives, such as Georgia and Oklahoma, to move forward with full expansion instead.
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Steve Lewis
August 12, 2019 // Updated: August 12, 2019
Giving whole schools performance evaluations and comparing them based on a standardized testing regime, regardless of the situations in the lives of the students, their parents, or the community, has become the norm... The result is standardized curricula forced on teachers, regardless of the needs of their students and teaching to the test as a matter of self-defense. No wonder teachers are in short supply.
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This week, the OK Policy team has been working diligently to prepare for the 7th annual Summer Policy Insititute, a four-day program that will bring together more than 60 of Oklahoma's brightest undergraduate and graduate students for an immersion in state policy issues.
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By:
Steve Lewis
July 29, 2019 // Updated: July 29, 2019
Tuesday will mark the beginning of a new relationship between the legislature, the governor and state agencies. It will be interesting to see how it develops
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This week, advocates will begin collecting signatures to place the Oklahoma Medicaid expansion ballot initiative, State Question 802, on the ballot.
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By:
Steve Lewis
July 22, 2019 // Updated: July 22, 2019
You can't read a lot into the 50 request denials. The Speaker doesn't have to give a reason, and his reason may be different for different requests and different members. It could be that he likes the idea but wants some other member to take the lead or he doesn't like the idea and doesn't want it to gain traction. In some instances, it may be about the author.
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