Lewis Moore, Bobby Cleveland and the ghosts of Festivus past
'Twas 2015 and all through the House, conservatives were stirring and starting to grouse.
Forms had been filed, a request from some soul, that the...
Back in the saddle: Rep. Scott Inman returning to #okleg
Almost two months after announcing he would resign from the Oklahoma Legislature, Rep. Scott Inman (D-Del City) has reversed course and said he will...
Fallin: Legislators risk losing elections ‘if we don’t fix problems’
Oklahoma's statewide-elected officials sat at Gov. Mary Fallin's conference table this morning, listening as the state's deputy budget director ran through a list of...
Oil, gas, wind: ‘Uncertainty’ hurts industry investments
Throughout 2017's prolonged session of the Oklahoma Legislature, the politics surrounding calls for new tax revenue have partially pitted two energy industries against each...
$115 million in jeopardy for Oklahoma teaching hospitals
(Editor’s note: This story was authored by Paul Monies of Oklahoma Watch and appears here in accordance with the non-profit journalism organization’s republishing terms.)
Oklahoma’s two largest...
Special session bills would send money to OHCA, DHS
As word spread about FBI involvement in the Oklahoma State Department of Health investigation this morning, lawmakers moved two measures forward to appropriate state...
Generation Citizen gains traction with OKCPS students
Back in 2008, two students at Brown University recognized “the extent to which democratic spirit had been lost in our current political environment,...
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Editorial: Bad news for America’s judicial confidence
If you paid attention in high school civics, you know the three branches of American government. In recent years, two of those branches —...
Doerflinger: Gary Jones should resign, be put ‘out to pasture’
In his first Facebook post in more than a month, Oklahoma Secretary of Finance Preston Doerflinger has said State Auditor and Inspector Gary Jones...
Memo outlines Oklahoma State Department of Health problems
(Editor’s note: This story about the Oklahoma State Department of Health was authored by Paul Monies of Oklahoma Watch and appears here in accordance with...
