by Jenni L. White | Aug 14, 2022 | Education, Education Policy, Home Education, OCPA, OKGrassroots, ROPE
For months I've been researching Dark Money in Oklahoma, tying together a wide-reaching web of PACs and Non-Profits and Oklahoma Movers and Shakers and other SWAMP creatures. This is Part 1 of what I hope will be a pretty thorough expose on who pulls the strings...
by Jamison Faught | Aug 12, 2022 | Education, Muskogee Politico, OCPA, OKGrassroots
What is a conservative?By Jonathan Small Polling consistently shows a strong share of Oklahoma voters identify as conservatives. Therefore, Republican candidates do as well, if for no other reason than political self-preservation. But being conservative means more...
by Jamison Faught | Aug 11, 2022 | Education, Muskogee Politico, OKGrassroots
Chairman McBride suggests immediate teacher bonuses to address shortageOKLAHOMA CITY (August 10th) – The House education budget chairman on Wednesday suggested Oklahoma immediately offer teachers relocation and retention bonuses funded by a portion of more than a...
by Jamison Faught | Aug 9, 2022 | Education, Muskogee Politico, OCPA, OKGrassroots
ADMINISTRATIVE SPENDING SOARS AT LARGEST OKLAHOMA SCHOOL DISTRICTSby Ray Carter, Center for Independent JournalismOklahoma schools devote a larger share of funding to non-instructional uses than their counterparts in several surrounding states and a dramatic surge in...
by Jenni L. White | Jul 23, 2022 | Education, Education Policy, Home Education, OKGrassroots, ROPE
Stillwater Parent Brice Chaffin, ROPE President Jenni White, Attorney Maria SeidlerIn an awesome victory for ROPE's case with Stillwater parent Brice Chaffin against Stillwater Public Schools (SPS) and Stillwater School Board members filed May 4th (2022), Maria...
by Jenni L. White | Jul 20, 2022 | Education, Education Policy, Home Education, OKGrassroots, ROPE
Screenshot taken from a Common Sense Conservatives, LLC dark money ad.While every political campaign has numerous points for failure from fundraising to voter contact, a post mortem of Jake Merrick's re-election campaign shows that a combination of dark money and...