 Budget & Tax A look at Oklahoma CareerTech spending
Adjusted for inflation, state appropriations to Oklahoma CareerTech are lower than they were two decades ago.
Curtis Shelton | August 30, 2024 A look at Oklahoma CareerTech spending Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Budget & Tax Oklahoma grocery-tax change: A tax cut for the rich?
Class-warfare arguments decrying an income-tax cut as a benefit for “the rich” ignore the fact that the same thing holds true for repeal of the sales tax on groceries. Oklahoma’s upper-income households get much more benefit from the grocery tax repeal than lower-income households do.
Ray Carter | August 29, 2024 Oklahoma grocery-tax change: A tax cut for the rich? Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Culture & the Family Taxes, school choice impact Oklahoma legislative races
Republican voters this week ousted an Oklahoma state senator who was a vocal supporter of tax increases and who repeatedly voted against school-choice measures.
Ray Carter | August 28, 2024 Taxes, school choice impact Oklahoma legislative races Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Education For local school-board member training in Oklahoma, there’s now a conservative alternative
Oklahoma law requires local school-board members to complete annual training. There’s now a conservative alternative to the training provided by the OSSBA.
Rick Farmer, Ph.D. | August 27, 2024 For local school-board member training in Oklahoma, there’s now a conservative alternative Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Higher Education State political climate has modest impact on college choice
High-school students least willing to attend college in Oklahoma are largely white, upper-income, politically active liberals who are disproportionately female and overwhelmingly identify as LGBTQ.
Ray Carter | August 27, 2024 State political climate has modest impact on college choice Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. |
   
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