by Tyler Williamson | May 5, 2021 | Blog
To recieve notifications when we post new content, click here. SB 962, a piece of legislation that would move school board election dates to November from the current obscure spring election dates, has stalled in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Hopefully it...
by Mike Davis | May 3, 2021 | Blog
To recieve notifications when we post new content, click here. 1889 Institute doesn’t generally come down on the side of government “owing” money or material goods to anyone. We favor negative rights – those that say government shall not abridge a given freedom...
by Brad Galbraith | Apr 28, 2021 | Blog
To recieve notifications when we post new content, click here. With the announcement that the current naming rights to the Chesapeake Energy Arena have been terminated, there’s been significant interest in and speculation about its new name. Setting aside the...
by Byron Schlomach | Apr 26, 2021 | Blog
To recieve notifications when we post new content, click here. No doubt, lawmaking is hard. Multiple mixed messages coming from a variety of directions and generally from people who seem trustworthy make it difficult to separate wheat from chaff. But then, there isn’t...
by Byron Schlomach | Apr 21, 2021 | Blog
To recieve notifications when we post new content, click here. The Robin Hood legend has evolved over the centuries with thousands of re-tellings. No one knows if the legend is based on a real man leading a gang of outlaws. Some, like one of the characters in the...
by Byron Schlomach | Apr 19, 2021 | Blog
To recieve notifications when we post new content, click here. From 2001 to 2010, the population of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Statistical Area (OKC MSA) grew by 150,000. From 2010 to 2019, the population of the OKC MSA grew by almost exactly the same number of...
