By:
Steve Lewis
November 4, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol.
For a state with a well-deserved reputation for loathing government, we Oklahomans sure spend a…
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By:
David Blatt
November 1, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
A central claim being made by opponents of State Question 779, the ballot measure that would increase the sales tax by one percentage point to boost funding for education, is that less than half the money will go to raise…
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By:
Guest
October 26, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Connie Johnson serves as Chair of the Say NO to SQ776 Campaign Committee. She was a State Senator representing District 48 in northeastern Oklahoma County from 2002-2014.
I’ve worked throughout Oklahoma these past few months to defeat State Question 776…
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By:
David Blatt
October 25, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Note: This is an expanded and revised version of a column that appeared in the Journal Record.
Vote Yes on State Question 777 or else more Oklahoma children and seniors will go hungry?
That’s the highly misleading message that supporters…
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Oklahoma Policy Institute formally endorsed State Questions 780 and 781 in January, joining a wide and politically diverse coalition focused on reducing incarceration rates and addressing the root causes of crime. SQ 780 would reclassify simple drug possession and minor…
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By:
Steve Lewis
September 30, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol. You can find past Capitol Updates archived on his website.
State Agencies are working on…
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By:
David Blatt
September 28, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Oklahoma voters will decide seven state questions in November on subjects ranging from agriculture to the death penalty to the use of public funds for religious purposes. Of the seven questions, three were placed on the ballot through the initiative…
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By:
Gene Perry
September 12, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Seven state questions will be on the Oklahoma ballot on November 8. We've created a series of fact sheets with a summary of each state question, background information, and what supporters and opponents are saying...
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By:
Guest
July 14, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Brian Ted Jones is director of education for Kirkpatrick Foundation. Data on farm employment is from census records accessed through the Oklahoma Department of Libraries.
Since 1990, the number of agricultural jobs in Oklahoma has declined by 77 percent, according…
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By:
Gene Perry
April 25, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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