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Thank Rep. Roeser and others that stood firm against SCR 1611

Please thank Rep. Roeser if you live in the Manhattan area. Although we lost the vote it’s important to recognize legislators who stand up to pressure from leadership and do the right thing. “Roeser said in an interview with The Mercury that she got a lot of pressure from fellow Republicans and some Democrats over the last few weeks but she feels she did her research, listening to testimonies, reading and taking “a ton” of meetings. “‘I couldn’t even tell you how many there were and how much input I got, but there were so much,’ she said....
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Oklahoma taxpayers were sold a load of bull about parental choice tax credits

Tax credit “scholarships” are vouchers, and in state after state, the low-income kids are just used to get the bill passed, but as they grow, they are most used by higher income families. We are currently fighting another expansion of the Kansas tax credit “scholarship” which would get rid of the income cap and public school attendance requirements for certain groups of students in our state. Here’s the latest from Oklahoma. “Lawmakers swore until they were blue in the face that the program, which allows the Oklahoma Tax Commission to issue individuals checks ranging from $5,000 to $7,500,...
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SB 47 School Board bill update

On February 19th, the Senate narrowly passed SB 47-the make it easier to harass and market an alternate school board organization to school board members and make it easier for minority board members to hijack the agenda bill. We submitted written testimony in opposition to this bill. Please thank the Senators who opposed this bill. Are the Senators who passed this bill “representing” you? Originally posted to Facebook on 2/20/2025....
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