Higher Ed Regents detail spending, activities on diversity, equity and inclusion at Walters' request
Regents report that less than one-tenth of 1% of state higher education funds have gone to DEI programs over the last decade. #oklaed
Randy Krehbiel
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The federal grant announced Tuesday is the largest ever received by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, officials said.
The bills sound similar in concept to unsuccessful previous measures, including some favored by Mullin's predecessor, Jim Inhofe.
The event is associated with the Square One Project, a New York-based initiative to address the intersection of the justice system, poverty and ingrained racism.
A new lawsuit cites an Oklahoma statute that makes it a misdemeanor to use a dead person's image for advertising or solicitation "without the consent of the surviving spouse, personal representatives, or that of a majority of the deceased's adult heirs."
Attorney General Gentner Drummond asked the court last week to reset seven scheduled execution dates, saying one a month put too much burden on Department of Corrections employees and was "unsustainable."
Randy Krehbiel commented on Teacher walkout Q&A: School funding bills, the lottery, school consolidation and more
Yes, and it would have to be calculated district by district.
Randy Krehbiel commented on Teacher walkout Q&A: School funding bills, the lottery, school consolidation and more
Having watched lawmakers go through this for years, I would say large-scale consolidation will not occur until parents are convinced it is in the best interests of their children. It is not teachers, lawmakers or even superintendents preventing it. It is parents and school patrons who see no…
Randy Krehbiel commented on Teacher walkout Q&A: School funding bills, the lottery, school consolidation and more
I believe you're referring to this:
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/capitol_report/bill-to-change-incentives-for-wind-energy-could-damage-state/article_00aa3425-0d81-5dcf-8b8c-b8683af03fbb.html
Randy Krehbiel commented on Analysis: Legislators struggle with how to push teacher pay raises through 'moving goalposts'
This is not about any one group or party “moving the. goalposts.” It’s about dissatisfaction spreading and lawmakers finding it harder and harder to get their arms around a solution.z
Randy Krehbiel commented on Why it failed: The Step Up revenue plan didn't pass. Both sides blamed the other. But who really is at fault?
Clarification: In the fallout from the Great Recession, oil and gas agreed to raise that special rate from 1 percent to 2 percent. In exchange, it got the new rate set in statute as a tax, not an incentive, which means a three-fourths vote is required to raise it.
Randy Krehbiel commented on State agencies to be cut by nearly 2 percent each month through June
Collections are running ahead of projections, but excess funds can't be released until the end of the fiscal year.
Randy Krehbiel commented on Oklahoma opponents of federal income tax bills plan state Capitol rally
Former members of Congress receive a pension at retirement age based on years of service. They do not receive full salary. Otherwise, as John Sullivan once pointed out, most of them would quit after one term.
Randy Krehbiel commented on Legislature has no solution for $215 million revenue shortfall after House budget deal fails
The House has a rule that revenue bills like this that get a simple majority can go on the ballot as a legislative referendum. The Senate doesn’t recognize that rule, so it’s probably not going to happen.
Randy Krehbiel commented on Crafting state budget sometimes requires semantic contortions
The fee is covered by the compacts. The tribes will collect them. They'll also be rebated a portion, generally half.
Randy Krehbiel commented on 16 years later: Wasn’t the lottery supposed to fund education? Here’s what happened.
There are a lot of pieces to this, one of which is that Indian casinos as we know them now didn't really exist when Brad Henry campaigned for the lottery in 2002. The amount to education from the lottery and gambling compacts combined is in the ball park predicted for the lottery alone in 2002.