by Tyler Williamson | Aug 4, 2021 | Blog
During Oklahoma’s 2020-21 legislative session, a bill passed that forbade local school boards, career tech boards, or the Board of Regents for higher education from implementing certain Covid-19 related mandates absent a declaration of emergency from the governor....
by Mike Davis | Jul 21, 2021 | Blog
In March of 2020, New York experienced a health emergency in the form of the Covid-19 virus. In just a few days’ time, and with very little warning, they went from a few confirmed cases to several thousand cases. On March 13 there were fewer than 100 new cases. A week...
by Mike Davis | Jul 21, 2021 | Research
Rethinking Emergency Powers in Oklahoma Author Mike Davis Abstract This paper analyzes Oklahoma’s gubernatorial emergency powers and finds them lacking. It recommends enacting a tight limit on the amount of time an emergency can be declared to exist, limiting local...
by Tyler Williamson | Jun 16, 2021 | Blog
“No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.” -Edmund Burke, 1757 Just when you thought it was safe to resume some semblance of a normal life, another danger has appeared on the horizon: children ages 12-17. According to...
by Jason Lawter | Jun 2, 2021 | Blog
The economy before Covid-19 was starting to show the wear of a long-term boom. The Fed funds rate was cut in July of 2019 and has continued on a downward trajectory. The yield curve flipped in the summer of 2019, showing that short term investments were favored over...
