![]() Education Oklahoma House, Senate advance school-board election reform
Committees in both the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the state Senate have advanced bills that would move school-board elections to the November ballot to dramatically increase voter participation.
Ray Carter | February 11, 2025 Oklahoma House, Senate advance school-board election reform Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. ![]() Law & Principles, Culture & the Family Ban on men in women’s prisons clears committee
Legislation that would prevent officials from housing “transgender women”—men who self-identify as females—from being housed alongside women in state prisons has advanced from an Oklahoma Senate committee.
Ray Carter | February 11, 2025 Ban on men in women’s prisons clears committee Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. ![]() Culture & the Family Christian foster parents’ rights preserved by Oklahoma bill
Christian couples could not be required to set aside their religious beliefs about transgenderism in order to serve as foster or adoptive parents in Oklahoma under legislation approved by a Senate committee.
Ray Carter | February 10, 2025 Christian foster parents’ rights preserved by Oklahoma bill Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. ![]() Education, Law & Principles Oklahoma lawmakers oppose schools teaching on evils of communism
Members of a House subcommittee have voted to kill legislation that would require Oklahoma schools to teach children about the evils of communism.
Ray Carter | February 10, 2025 Oklahoma lawmakers oppose schools teaching on evils of communism Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. ![]() Energy, Culture & the Family Court ruling a warning for Oklahoma state pensions
A recent ruling by a U.S. District Court validates Oklahoma’s anti-ESG law and fires a warning shot across the bow for the managers of state pension systems.
Jonathan Small | February 10, 2025 Court ruling a warning for Oklahoma state pensions Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. |
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