一 | Oklahoma's Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond on Friday sued to stop a state board from establishing and funding what would be the nation's first religious public charter school after the board ignored Drummond's warning that it would violate both the state and U.S. constitutions.Drummond filed the lawsuit with the Oklahoma Supreme Court against the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board after three of the board's members this week signed a contract for the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual Charter School, which is sponsored by the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.“Make no mistake, if the Catholic Church were permitted to have a public virtual charter school, a reckoning will follow in which this state will be faced with the unprecedented quandary of processing requests to directly fund all petitioning sectarian groups,” the lawsuit states.The school board voted 3-2 in June to approve the Catholic Archdiocese's application to establish the online public charter school, which would be open to students across the state in kindergarten through grade 12. In its application, the Archdiocese said its vision is that the school “participates in the evangelizing mission of the Church and is the privileged environment in which Christian education is carried out.”The approval of a publicly funded religious school is the latest in a series of actions taken by conservative-led states that include efforts to teach the Bible in public schools, and to ban books and lessons about race, sexual orientation and gender identity.Oklahoma's Constitution specifically prohibits the use of public money or property from being used, directly or indirectly, for the use or benefit of any church or system of religion. Nearly 60% of Oklahoma voters rejected a proposal in 2016 to remove that language from the Constitution.A message left Friday with Rebecca Wilkinson, the executive director of the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board, was not immediately returned, although Wilkinson has said previously she wouldn't comment on pending litigation.A group of Oklahoma parents, faith leaders and a public education nonprofit already filed a lawsuit in district court in July seeking to stop St. Isidore from operating as a charter school in Oklahoma. That case is pending.Oklahoma's Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, who earlier this year signed a bill that would give parents public funds to send their children to private schools, including religious schools, criticized Drummond's lawsuit as a “political stunt.”“AG Drummond seems to lack any firm grasp on the constitutional principle of religious freedom and masks his disdain for the Catholics’ pursuit by obsessing over non-existent schools that don’t neatly align with his religious preference," Stitt said in a statement.Drummond defeated Stitt's hand-picked attorney general in last year's GOP primary and the two Republicans have clashed over Stitt's hostile position toward many Native American tribes in the state.The AG's lawsuit also suggests that the board's vote could put at risk more than $1 billion in federal education dollars that Oklahoma receives that require the state to comply with federal laws that prohibit a publicly funded religious school.“Not only is this an irreparable violation of our individual religious liberty, but it is an unthinkable waste of our tax dollars,” Drummond said in a statement.The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, a nonprofit organization that supports the public charter school movement, released a statement Friday in support of Drummond's challenge.。 Kenny 报道 尽管工党在本周民调获得了令人满意的结果，但在党派层面上没什么值得庆祝的。 最新1News Verian民调显示，如果现在立刻举行大选，工党将可以和绿党与毛利党组成联合政府。
二 | 它的支持率上升2个百分点，重新回到了30%；党魁Chris Hipkins的个人支持率也升到16%。 Advertise with us 相关阅读：如果现在举行大选，工党将可重新执政 但民调只是一种主观风向。经过2016年美国大选后，许多人对民调失去了基本信任，他们宁愿相信所谓的“义乌指数”。民调几乎一夜之间成了“不着调”的代名词。 工党民调也是如此。与其为民调弹冠相庆，幻想扮演本届政府的终结者，工党不如想想如何解决掉房间里的那头大象—— 下届大选谁来领导工党？或者这么说，Chris Hipkins之后谁能成为下一个工党党魁以及TA何时登场？ 这个问题，就像酒吧里牛仔们拔枪互射前的山雨欲来风满楼。一片诡异的低气压，直到有人砸碎第一个啤酒瓶——然后便是枪声大作。 （图片来源：Getty） 那么，就让无脑竞猜开始吧！ Hipkins只担任了9个月总理。Jacinda Ardern明知会输而放弃打一场必败之仗，于是Hipkins在不利形势下接过了总理的担子。 很多人认为，Hipkins之所以输掉大选，是因为他回避了工党中坚选民关于征收财富税或资本利得税的诉求。 其他人则指责部长Stuart Nash、Michael Wood还有Kiri Allan制造的无能混乱，以及David Parker因未能实现财富税而辞去税务部长的意气选择。
三 | 无论当初积累了多少怨恨，现在的工党都安静得可怕。小会是经常开，枪口是全对外，Hipkins至少在名义上领导着一个团结的反对党。 (图片来源：Getty) 但团结很可能是假象。工党目前的安静是有理由的。 首先，Hipkins的反对党工作做得还不错；其次，没有明确愿意取代他的人站出来；最后，税收改革已经成为工党内部强硬派的最大筹码，没人想这么早“梭哈”。 围绕税收改革，工党内部已经形成了一个小圈子，包括David Parker（排名议员）、Phil Twyford（Te Atatu议员）、Arena Williams（Manurewa议员），加上前Mt Roskill议员Michael Wood。 其中Wood一度被认为是最有可能取代Hipkins的部长级议员，直到他因未能披露利益冲突而被迫辞职，然后在大选时爆冷输给了初出茅庐的国家党候选人张隽浩。
四 | 相关阅读：因为各种利益冲突，Michael Wood已辞去部长职务！ 但Wood显然有卷土重来的计划。 (图片来源：Getty) 大选后不久的10月工党政策委员会选拔，包括Wood在内的五人全部当选；工会E Tu任命他扮演为即将失业的TVNZ员工代言的重要角色；他正在挨家挨户敲Mt Roskill选民的大门，重新联络他的选区——这可能正是他对自己已经被盯上、党内排名不会太高的预防性措施。因此Wood已经成为工党内部的分裂风向标，越左的工党成员越喜欢他。 其他潜在党魁人选包括Kieran McAnulty（Wairarapa议员）和Barbara Edmonds（Mana议员），最好是两人的组合。 Kieran McAnulty毫无疑问是国家党最应该担心的选票分流者。他年轻（85后），行动力强，参加过四届大选，当部长时主管过六个部门（民防、地方政府、赛车、区域发展和农村社区），还担任过国会副议长。 尽管McAnulty继续回避展示当党魁的任何野心，但如果Hipkins（因某种原因）被迫辞职，McAnulty显然会立刻成为受欢迎的接班人选。
五 | 而Barbara目前担任工党财政事务发言人，扮演着财政部长的影子角色。两人搭档应该会给国家党带来不小的压力。 （图片来源：Getty） 另一位资深议员David Parker，一直扮演工党知识领袖的角色。他更擅长出谋划策，而不是撸起袖子打一场街头选战。因此不妨把Parker视作备胎。 当然，Hipkins要保住自己党魁位置、安抚工党中坚选民的最好办法，就是接受并推动税收政策改革（他已经暗示将这样做）。
六 | 问题是，要从哪个税开始改革？是财富税、资本利得税、土地税还是其他税？ 财富税将提供直接的收入流，可用于为中低收入者提供税收减免。
七 | 但Hipkins自己是财富税的反对者。
八 | 资本利得税之前一直是工党政策，直到Jacinda Ardern宣布不再考虑。这让我们成为OECD国家中唯一没有资本利得税的“现眼包”。 相关阅读：为什么新西兰对穷人征税如此之多？ 工党已经确定在5月下旬和6月举行六个党内地方会议，相信就是要讨论这个。税收问题很可能会成就接下来工党各地区、各部门委员会、党团会议的大型辩论现场。 目前的工党的政策平台称：“工党将继续......改进所得税制度，以其作为向所有新西兰人提供充足资源和减少收入不平等的重要工具。” “工党支持的税收制度……需确保更大公平性，并密切关注更广泛经济中的未纳税财富。” 关于税收的大辩论，可能会在今年11月的党代表大会上得到终结。届时Hipkins是走是留，相信也会有个分晓了。 当然，下一任工党党魁也可能是完全意想不到的人选。想想当初的Jacinda Ardern吧，在坐上工党头把交椅前，她甚至没有自己明确的政治观点。 (图片来源：Getty) 所以野心家们别害怕，大胆“造反”就是了，说不定会收到“莞莞类卿”的效果呢？看好你们哦！ 相关阅读：新西兰工党政治人物杰茜达· 雅登 Jacinda Ardern简介 注：本文为编译/原创，欢迎转发分享；但严禁复制等未经授权的非法使用。
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