Hofmeister indictment highlights need for better campaign finance laws (Capitol Updates)

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. Almost everyone seems to agree that excessive money has fouled our politics in this country,… Read more [More...]

Who’s not voting, and why

With Election Day tomorrow, many of us are busily getting prepared to exercise one of our basic civic rights by attending candidate forums, poring over election guides, studying the seven state ballot measures, and reviewing sample ballots.  But many Oklahomans… Read more [More...]

State Questions give Oklahomans a chance to govern ourselves (Capitol Updates)

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… Read more [More...]

Fact Check: The claim that less than half of SQ 779 revenues will go to teachers is false

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… Read more [More...]

Enmienda Estatal Oklahoma 2016

Descargue esta hoja informativa en formato PDF. Enmienda Estatal 776: La Enmienda Constitucional Sobre La Pena De Muerte SQ 776 es una enmienda constitucional que afirma el derecho del Estado de Oklahoma para llevar a cabo las ejecuciones. Se le… Read more [More...]

Enmienda Estatal 777: Los Límites Constitucionales del Reglamento de Hacienda

Descargue esta hoja informativa en formato PDF. El punto importante SQ 777 es una enmienda constitucional que les daría a los residentes de Oklahoma el derecho a participar en prácticas agrícolas-ganaderas y emplear la tecnología agrícola. La enmienda prohíbe que… Read more [More...]

Enmienda Estatal 776: La Enmienda Constitucional Sobre La Pena De Muerte

Descargue esta hoja informativa en formato PDF. El punto importante SQ 776 es una enmienda constitucional que afirma el derecho del Estado de Oklahoma para llevar a cabo las ejecuciones. Se le otorga a la Legislatura la facultad de designar… Read more [More...]

The dangerous hidden agenda behind State Question 776 (Guest Post: Sen. Connie Johnson)

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… Read more [More...]

Claims that SQ 777 will boost food security are hard to swallow

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… Read more [More...]

Why we’re supporting SQ 780 and SQ 781

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… Read more [More...]