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Bootstrapping An Equitable Oklahoma Economy

Posted August 2, 2021 • 01:04:34

While members of the Legislature’s Republican supermajority spent the summer wailing against vaccine mandates and Critical Race Theory, demanding...

Whatever Happened To Local Control? The Curious Case Of SB 658

Posted July 26, 2021 • 00:42:38

With Oklahoma soaring to No. 7 in per capita coronavirus cases and classrooms reopening in less than month, a new law blocking local school districts...

A Conversation With Cherokee Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.

Posted July 19, 2021 • 01:03:30

Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. joins us for this week’s Observercast to separate the rhetoric from reality on the U.S. Supreme Court’s...

Making Kids Count

Posted July 13, 2021 • 01:02:33

Despite ubiquitous family values rhetoric and religious piety, the cold, hard reality is Oklahoma ranks in the Bottom 10 nationally in overall child...

‘Tax Breaks For Me But Not For Thee’

Posted June 29, 2021 • 00:55:55

An hour after Del City Democratic Rep. Andy Fugate debated against SB 1080 that would extend tax credits to private school scholarships and foundations,...