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Ray Carter

Center for Independent Journalism

Ray Carter is the director of OCPA’s Center for Independent Journalism.

School test scores trend downward

Tulsa Beacon

Over the last two legislative sessions, lawmakers have increased K-12 school appropriations by 20 percent, funneling $638 million more into the system, boosting teacher pay by a combined total average of more than $7,000 apiece, and devoting millions more to classroom funding. Most of the funding increase came during the 2018 legislative session and flowed…

Actress targets Oklahoma for its laws restricting abortion

Tulsa Beacon

This year, Oklahoma lawmakers voted to double the amount of tax credits/rebates provided to filmmakers under the state’s film incentive program, clearing the path for millions more in taxpayer funding to go to entertainment companies. If lawmakers expected that to increase interest from movie studios, they may be disappointed. Rather than embrace Oklahoma, one prominent…