by Missy Washington & Tye Reynolds, Spring 2025 Policy & Advocacy Interns | Mar 11, 2025 | Blog
February, the opening of the state’s legislative session, is a busy month for the CAIR Oklahoma Government Affairs Department. Of the over 4,000 bills and resolutions filed in January, fewer than half will proceed to the next step in the legislative process. The...
by Missy Washington, Spring 2025 Policy & Advocacy Intern | Feb 26, 2025 | Blog
Missy Washington is a Spring 2025 Policy & Advocacy Intern. Learn more about her: Missy Washington Honoring Black Leadership: Reflections from “Honoring the Past and Charting the Future: Black Mayors on Legacy, Leadership & The Road Ahead” As Black History...
by Gabriela Dodd, Policy & Advocacy Intern | Apr 29, 2024 | Blog
(This week’s update was written by our Spring Policy & Advocacy Intern Gabriela Dodd!) Last week was a tumultuous time for House and Senate floor hearings as bills sought to meet the third reading deadline. From bills attacking undocumented immigrants and...
by CAIR Oklahoma Government Affairs Department | Jan 16, 2024 | Blog
Each year the Government Affairs Department looks at bills filed past and present to see what our legislature might focus on for the upcoming legislative session and how this will impact our community. In addition, we look at our state as a whole and its status as it...
by Nicole Baumann, Advocacy Coordinator | Jul 28, 2023 | Blog
Much like the State of the Union given by the President or the State of the State presented by our governor earlier this year, cities also host a “state of the city” address. These addresses serve to update residents on the status of the state (or city) and inspire...
