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On Our Highest Court, A Former Lobbyist Guts Campaign Finance Reform

Arnold Hamilton - April 7, 2014 0

BY JOE CONASON For a large and bipartisan majority of Americans, the increasing power of money in politics is deeply troubling. But not for the conservative majority of the United States Supreme Court, whose members appear to regard the dollar’s domination of democracy as an inevitable consequence of constitutional freedom – and anyway, not a […]

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On Raising OKC’s Minimum Wage

Arnold Hamilton - April 7, 2014 2

Editor's Note: The Oklahoma House on Monday approved SB 1023 on a straight party-line vote, 68 Republicans in favor and 22 Democrats in...

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Johnson Seeks To Replace Coburn

Arnold Hamilton - April 6, 2014 0

UPDATE: As reported by The Observer on Apr. 6, state Sen. Constance Johnson made it official today, announcing she will seek the U.S. Senate...

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Who Decides?

Arnold Hamilton - April 6, 2014 0

BY BARBARA SANTEE On Nov. 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to determine whether the Oklahoma-based merchandising giant, Hobby Lobby , has the constitutional...

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A Practical Guide To Common Core

Arnold Hamilton - April 4, 2014 0

BY JOHN THOMPSON Common Core standards are a sideshow. The real issue is the “unfunded nightmare” of high-stakes Common Core or “Common Core-type” testing. Improved standards...