Category Archives: Together Tuesday Updates

In this Together Tuesdays Update we will continue to focus on our priorities that hit that sweet spot of important, urgent, and achievable. What happened in the last week AND what you can do next At this point, with a few exceptions, all the bills that will be heard this session are out of committee.Below is […]

In this Together Tuesdays Update I’ll very briefly cover these few important things: What happened in the last week? Advocacy Alert: Con Con bills in committee Issue Spotlight: Explaining the budget hole How together we are making a difference What happened in the past week? Right now bills are passing in committee and moving to the House […]

Does this sound familiar? You hear about some out-there proposal at the state Legislature, or you know about some good idea that’s not getting done, and you get inspired to mobilize – to speak up so our elected officials will hear you. What do you? In this Together Tuesday update I’ll very briefly cover these […]

Success!  Legislators heard from you about our Get Smart on Crime priority and the much needed HB2168 passed the Criminal Justice and Corrections committee yesterday 8-2. Hooray! The bill would lessen many of the barriers that prevent ex-felons from getting a job after leaving prison or probation, and you can check out a summary and talking […]

Just like my grandma used to say, “Many hands make light work.”  We are aiming to make the work of advocating for our shared priorites a bit lighter this year via the Together Oklahoma Coalition.  You all did some great advocating last year, and If you have friends who aren’t getting our action alerts, now […]

Have you ever gone on a tour of Oklahoma?  Two stops in, the Together Tuesdays Tour is off to a great start! We visited Enid and Woodward and learned about some of the challenges facing communities in Northwest Oklahoma. Concern about lack of tornado shelters for schools Frustration that voters registered as Independent can’t vote […]

We made a difference!  This legislative session was tough, and maybe even “the worst”, but through all that we can see that our efforts had an impact.  It IS important to celebrate our success as we assess our next steps.  This is a marathon, y’all, not a sprint.   Now we need to know how our legislators voted […]

All you have to do is stay silent.  In fact, the three Big Oil executives who authored the plan to lock in unnecessary tax credits are counting on you to do just that. But what do the nearly 8,000 Oklahoma kids who could repeat the third grade because they didn’t pass a high-stakes reading test need from you? How about the […]

In the final weeks of session, we’ll be taking our research based advocacy and kicking it up a notch, and WE means YOU! Watch and share this video for a brief explanation of the situation: Click here for an infographic that supplies you with all the details to explain the situation. We can’t fix our […]

A badly planned and poorly timed tax cut has narrowly passed the House and gone to Governor Fallin for her signature. It schedules automatic tax cuts over the next several years that will cost more than $250 million when fully implemented. So what now? We are still looking at damaging cuts to the public services that matter to you […]