Quote of the Day | April 19, 2019

“The state of Kansas is incarcerating at the rate of 590 per 100,000 population, slightly below the national average. In 2016, Kansas had an average household income that was $5,750 a year higher than Oklahoma’s. The state spent $3,300 per student more on its public schools. The violent crime rate was 12 percent lower. Mass incarceration doesn’t make us safer. Just poorer.”

–Tulsa World Editorial Editor Wayne Greene

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Quote of the Day | April 19, 2018

“I wish we could pass a bill and inspire people to greatness and inspire people to be what they can be. But we can’t.”

– Sen. AJ Griffin (R-Guthrie), speaking against a bill recently passed in the Senate, House Bill 2932, which would mandate work requirements for SoonerCare patients [Source].

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