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This Week In Oklahoma Politics discusses a new immigration bill unveiled by legislative leadership earlier this week, the State House releasing a budget proposal to include a tax cut already rejected by the Senate and more.
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New rules from the Oklahoma State Department of Education — ranging from “foundational values” to accreditation penalties — are meeting bipartisan scrutiny in the state Legislature.
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Ryan Walters has spent much of his tenure as State Superintendent battling with Tulsa Public Schools, but on Tuesday, voters appeared to hand him a stern message.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discuss the Oklahoma Supreme Court hearing arguments regarding a Catholic virtual charter school, approval for an initiative petition to raise the state's minimum wage to move forward and a preliminary hearing over Epic Charter Schools' cofounders.
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Oklahoma has a new Office of School Choice. State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced the office at this month’s State Board of Education meeting.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics' panel discusses a delay in the signature gathering for an initiative petition to raise Oklahoma's minimum wage, U.S. Rep. Tom Cole vying to be the next chairman of the U.S. House Appropriations and Budget Committee and more.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses a report showing State Superintendent Ryan Walters used taxpayer dollars to pay a public relations firm to promote him on the national stage, a Catholic charter school moving forward with applications to open this fall despite facing legal challenges and more.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses Gov. Stitt's veto of a bill designed to save members of his cabinet, Freedom of Information Oklahoma giving awards out to Attorney General Gentner Drummond and State Superintendent Ryan Walters, and more.
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The Oklahoma Department of Education hired Vought Strategies, a communications firm in Arlington, Virginia, to write speeches and op-eds and book Walters on at least 10 national TV and radio appearances per month. Some are questioning whether Walters is simply boosting his national profile at the public’s expense.
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Every year, the organization Freedom of Information Oklahoma awards those who promote access and awareness of open records and open government, but it also saves one award recognizing a lack of transparency — the Black Hole Award. This year’s Black Hole Award recipient is State Superintendent Ryan Walters.