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House Speaker Charles McCall moved to hold the HB1934, meaning it won’t be sent to Governor Kevin Stitt yet. That gives the House some leverage to negotiate on the Senate’s newly amended version of the other big education bill — House Bill 2672.
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Oklahoma House Republicans bypassed standard legislative procedure to advance Gov. Kevin Stitt’s education plan. The last-minute change ties teacher raises to tax credits for private school and homeschool families.
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There’s a massive amount of new money on the table for Oklahoma public education this legislative session, but lawmakers are still deciding whose funding plan will win out: the Senate’s, the House’s, a combination of both — or even neither.
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The Oklahoma House of Representatives unveiled its legislative priorities for education Thursday, and it’s got two main objectives: give public schools a $500 million funding increase and give parents tax credits to send their kids to private schools.
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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has taken his re-election as a mandate from conservative voters: grow school choice, cut taxes and ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority moving forward with its $5 billion ACCESS Oklahoma extension and incoming Attorney General Gentner Drummond promising a probe into the state's pandemic funds spending.
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A dispute over four Oklahoma gaming compacts may be near legal resolution in a Washington D.C. federal court, but the case may have a significant impact on the relationship between the state legislature and the governor around tribal relationships going forward.
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The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling will have a major impact on abortion access across the country, but the law won’t change much in Oklahoma.
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Lawmakers fired back at the governor over statements he made, both with legislative action and words of their own.
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Although Senate Bill 1647 failed, the ideas it contained are unlikely to go away this year or in the future.