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Gritting Out The Vote

Posted May 10, 2021 • 01:05:24

Oklahoma’s voter participation rate is abysmal. In last year’s presidential election, barely half – a mere 50.4% – of those old enough to register...

Turning Our Backs On History: Rep. John Waldron On HB 1775

Posted May 3, 2021 • 00:54:48

Spring temperatures are warming, but the Legislature’s Republican hypermajority is morphing into snowflakes, working to ban teaching that could –...

Bait And Switch: Claudia Swisher On State’s Broken NBCT Promises

Posted April 26, 2021 • 01:05:35

This spring, a decade after the Legislature reneged on promised stipends for National Board Certified Teachers, it appeared lawmakers finally were poised...

A Bad Witches’ Brew: Ex-Rep Clay Pope On Rural Oklahoma’s Plight

Posted April 20, 2021 • 00:57:03

In this week’s Observercast — Boiling Up A Bad Witches’ Brew — former state Rep. Clay Pope, chairman of the fledgling Rural and Small-Town Round...

What The Shuck?

Posted April 12, 2021 • 00:52:49

Bigoted state lawmakers are deploying a slimy parliamentary maneuver known as bill “shucking” in last-ditch efforts to revive measures that would...