Category Archives: Business

Energy Discrimination Unconstitutional

By Staff Report

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that a law requiring state entities to divest from financial companies that have policies deemed hostile to fossil fuel companies is unconstitutional. The court also issued a permanent injunction against state Treasurer Todd Russ, the defendant, to prevent him from enforcing or applying the Oklahoma Energy Discrimination Elimination Act of 2022 to the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System. 

 Justice James Edmondson, in his majority ruling available here, wrote: “We conclude Energy Discrimination Elimination Act of 2022 is unconstitutional in its entirety when applied to (the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System)”

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SQ 832: Band-Aid on a Deeper Wound

By Matthew J. Moore

Analysis: Oklahoma voters, face a choice on June 16th that goes far beyond a simple wage increase. State Question 832 promises a “modest” path to $15 per hour by 2029, then locks in automatic yearly rises forever, tied to the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. This index reflects the inflated costs of New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, not Oklahoma reality.

On the surface it sounds compassionate. But look closer, and we see it moves us away from personal responsibility and voluntary agreements. Plus, it ignores two deeper truths and will only make our economic reality worse, not better.

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Investors Acquire Utica Square

By David Arnett

A New Steward for Tulsa’s Beloved Utica Square After More Than 60 Years of Helmerich Family Ownership

Global real estate investment firm Northwood Investors LLC (“Northwood”) announced Thursday the acquisition of Utica Square, a 370,755 square foot open-air lifestyle center located in the heart of Tulsa, OK by funds managed by Northwood. The iconic property has been owned by Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (H&P) since 1964.

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The SQ 802 Annual Raid

By The Sooner Sentinel Investigative Team

The Medicaid Expansion Trap: How SQ 802 Turned “Free Federal Money” Into a Half-Billion-Dollar Annual Raid on Oklahoma Taxpayers

OKLAHOMA CITY — Five and a half years after Oklahoma voters narrowly approved State Question 802, the so-called “free” federal Medicaid expansion has proven exactly what limited-government conservatives warned it would be: a constitutional trap, an open-ended raid on the state’s General Revenue Fund, and a textbook lesson in why big-government promises sold at the ballot box almost always end up costing Oklahoma families dearly.

State Capitol Building in Oklahoma City
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OK: 49th Least Financially Literate

By David Arnett

Financial literacy can help people weather the difficulties of economy and be prepared for temporary economic downturns and periods of great growth.

But what are we doing to help future generations build prosperity? Not enough, it would seem from a recent report by WalletHub. For example, we ended 2025 with nearly $1.39 trillion in total credit card debt, and nearly 2 in 5 Americans say they will have more credit card debt by the end of 2026. Of states, Oklahoma appears at the bottom of the states list, the forty-ninth least financially literate.

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