by Lani Habrock, Government Affairs Director | Feb 21, 2021 | Blog
Week three in the legislature was a frenzy as chambers swung between being open and closed due to the weather. Both chambers were closed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday the Senate stayed closed while the House ran business as usual. Thursday both chambers were in...
by Lani Habrock, Government Affairs Director | Feb 13, 2021 | Blog
If you’ve been following along with CAIR-OK’s legislative updates you know that we are hyper focused on increasing voter access and strengthening our democracy. We care about this issue because minorities are disproportionately excluded from the ballot and until we...
by Joshua Davis, CAIR-OK Government Affairs Intern | Feb 2, 2021 | Blog
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...
by Lani Habrock, Government Affairs Director | Feb 1, 2021 | Blog
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...
by Lani Habrock, Government Affairs Director | Feb 1, 2021 | Blog
Each year, CAIR Oklahoma (CAIR-OK) develops policy priorities to advance key issues and promote civic engagement among Oklahoma Muslims. The priorities are informed by research, community interest, CAIR-OK’s mission, and is approved by our Board of Directors. If you...
by Lani Habrock, Government Affairs Director | Jan 13, 2021 | Blog
We all took a ragged-breath of relief after the November elections came and went without too much of a hitch, then another as we closed out an illustrious year of face masks and unemployment. But like a one-year membership to the Jelly of the Month Club, 2020 is the...
