by Lani Habrock, Government Affairs Director | Feb 13, 2021 | Blog
If you’ve been following along with CAIR-OK’s legislative updates you know that we are hyper focused on increasing voter access and strengthening our democracy. We care about this issue because minorities are disproportionately excluded from the ballot and until we...
by Lani Habrock, Government Affairs Director | Feb 1, 2021 | Blog
Mile-High View Coming into the 2021 Legislative Session Thousands of bills have been filed for the 2021 legislative session. Here is a mile-high look at some of the bills and proposals we are seeing regarding CAIR-OK’s core issue areas. Voting Voter access has been in...
by Lani Habrock, Government Affairs Director | Jan 13, 2021 | Blog
We all took a ragged-breath of relief after the November elections came and went without too much of a hitch, then another as we closed out an illustrious year of face masks and unemployment. But like a one-year membership to the Jelly of the Month Club, 2020 is the...
by Lani Habrock, Government Affairs Director | Mar 27, 2020 | Blog
This week Governor Kevin Stitt issued several executive orders in an attempt to squelch the spread of the COVID-19 virus. These orders include the cancelling of all elective surgeries and dental procedures, the banning of all gatherings of 10 or more people, and the...
by Lani Habrock, Government Affairs Director | Feb 17, 2020 | Blog
The House chamber balcony is flushed in red. Two grassroots organizations in red t-shirts are here on this cold Monday in February. A group advocating for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) wear red in solidarity with the Native American women...
