The Legislative Digest is your weekly look at the happenings of Oklahoma’s state legislature and the bills and politics you need to know. We’re back from Spring Break and the legislature is still on its bullshit. While Oklahoma’s main governing body does important and often positive work, there is endless room for missteps and mistakes. […]
The Legislative Digest is your weekly look at the happenings of Oklahoma’s state legislature and the bills and politics you need to know. State Congress reflects Oklahoma constituents for better or worse. This week we’re looking at a few good and a few terrible bills moving through the legislature just ahead of Spring Break, where […]
Though the new law focuses on gun rights, it could be used to further racial discrimination. Let’s pretend no one has to get a driver’s license to drive a car. No one has to say whether they have a license unless specifically “demanded” by a police officer. Driving is a skill you can learn without […]
The Legislative Digest is your weekly look at the happenings of Oklahoma’s state legislature and the bills and politics you need to know. The legislature has passed a few bills this year, and more are on the way. To explain the process a bit, when a bill has been approved of by both houses, it’s […]
The Legislative Digest is your weekly look at the happenings of Oklahoma’s state legislature and the bills and politics you need to know. Things are finally moving through committees this week in the Oklahoma legislature! Bills are divvied up to the most appropriate committee, then each one makes a recommendation on whether the bill should […]
The Legislative Digest is your weekly look at the happenings of Oklahoma’s state legislature and the bills and politics you need to know. We are in the middle of the semester and the legislative session! There’s progress on both fronts, but this week, we’ll look at a couple bills that have good ideas but aren’t […]
The annual speech was a week late due to the government shutdown and included extensive discussion of the proposed border wall. “Victory is not winning for our party,” President Trump said at his Feb. 5 State of the Union address, adding, “Victory is winning for our country.” He began with calls for a unified government […]
The Legislative Digest is your weekly look at the happenings of Oklahoma’s state legislature and the bills and politics you need to know As we edge into the 2019 legislative session, there have already been a few bills passed. Those bills were recognitions of certain days as important, and the passage of the House rules. […]
The Legislative Digest is your weekly look at the happenings of Oklahoma’s state legislature and the bills and politics you need to know. There are 12 weeks left of school, and we’re all slogging through it. Things are rough! So consider this week a boost of positivity: sometimes, bills in our state legislature can be […]
Citizens of the United States, as consumers of news and participants in democracy, must prioritize reliable journalism. Last week, nearly a thousand journalists were laid off. Employees for Huffington Post, Buzzfeed News and newspapers owned by print media giant Gannett Co. lost jobs. It’s another blow in a long line of hits to the newspaper […]
