Week 9 Legislative Session: A Lesson in Germaneness

Week 9 Legislative Session: A Lesson in Germaneness

This was a week of committee substitutes and flexing of House rules to manipulate the passing of controversial partisan legislation. We see this every year. Last year, most notably, a bill reinstating barriers to voting after the State Supreme Court ruled them...
2021 Oklahoma State of the State Address

2021 Oklahoma State of the State Address

Editor’s Note: The following blog post is not intended to be an opinion piece on Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt’s 2021 State of the State Address. Rather, this is an objective overview of items he covered during his speech for reference as we cover the 2021...
What We’re Watching 2021 Legislative Session

What We’re Watching 2021 Legislative Session

Mile-High View Coming into the 2021 Legislative Session Thousands of bills have been filed for the 2021 legislative session. Here is a mile-high look at some of the bills and proposals we are seeing regarding CAIR-OK’s core issue areas. Voting Voter access has been in...