 Education Stitt signs law boosting school-choice opportunities
Gov. Kevin Stitt has approved legislation raising the cap on Oklahoma’s Parental Choice Tax Credit program from $250 million to $275 million next year, ensuring families seeking private-school tuition credits aren’t turned away as demand spikes.
Ray Carter | May 6, 2026 Stitt signs law boosting school-choice opportunities Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Education Legislation to open OSSAA hearings and ease transfer restrictions heads to governor
Under HB 2153, which now awaits Gov. Kevin Stitt’s signature, Oklahoma would end the automatic one-year ban that prevents transfer students from competing in athletics and would force more OSSAA hearings into the open.
Ray Carter | May 6, 2026 Legislation to open OSSAA hearings and ease transfer restrictions heads to governor Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Economy Unions and billionaires pour cash into SQ 832—and call it ‘compassion’
Labor unions and prominent left-wing donors are advancing SQ 832, a policy aligned with their own interests and ideological agendas.
Tyler Williamson | May 5, 2026 Unions and billionaires pour cash into SQ 832—and call it ‘compassion’ Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Budget & Tax, Economy Current and former city officials warn SQ 832 could mean higher taxes
Current and former local officials warn that State Question 832 would force cities and towns to raise taxes, hike utility rates, or slash services to keep up with spiraling payroll costs and the inevitable revenue hits from business closures and job losses.
Ray Carter | May 5, 2026 Current and former city officials warn SQ 832 could mean higher taxes Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Economy, Culture & the Family SQ 832 makes work scarce—and can pressure vulnerable women toward choices they don’t want
SQ 832 would shrink access to work, reduce hours, and inject instability into the very lives already stretched thin—conditions that research shows make many pregnant women feel abortion is their only viable option.
Jonathan Small, Dave Bond & Matt Oberdick | May 4, 2026 SQ 832 makes work scarce—and can pressure vulnerable women toward choices they don’t want Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Education Sweeping reform aims to confront Oklahoma’s school-produced illiteracy crisis
Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed sweeping legislation designed to address Oklahoma’s school-produced illiteracy crisis.
Jonathan Small | May 4, 2026 Sweeping reform aims to confront Oklahoma’s school-produced illiteracy crisis Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Culture & the Family Legislature passes bill shielding Oklahoma parents who decline ‘transgender’ affirmation
Oklahoma lawmakers have approved the “Right to Raise Act,” which bars the state from denying adoption placements or pursuing child-abuse charges against parents who decline to support a child’s gender transition or use opposite-sex pronouns.
Ray Carter | April 30, 2026 Legislature passes bill shielding Oklahoma parents who decline ‘transgender’ affirmation Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Economy SQ 832 risks killing the very jobs that keep people out of poverty
Most minimum-wage workers are young and quickly move into higher-paying jobs, and that early work experience is often the first step toward long-term economic stabil
Curtis Shelton | April 29, 2026 SQ 832 risks killing the very jobs that keep people out of poverty Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Education Oklahoma Senate votes to open OSSAA hearings, scrap transfer-year penalty
The Oklahoma Senate has approved legislation requiring most Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association eligibility and rules-violation hearings to be conducted under the state’s open-meeting laws.
Ray Carter | April 29, 2026 Oklahoma Senate votes to open OSSAA hearings, scrap transfer-year penalty Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Economy Report finds Oklahoma poverty fell far more without wage hike
A report released by supporters of State Question 832 estimates only a one-point reduction in poverty under a $15 wage, far below the decline Oklahoma achieved from 2010 to 2019.
Ray Carter | April 29, 2026 Report finds Oklahoma poverty fell far more without wage hike Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. |
   
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