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Editorial: #okleg should stay focused on state budget
The Oklahoma Legislature has filed 1,953 bills for the 2018 regular session. Gov. Mary Fallin also has expanded the scope of the state's current...
Flipping the switch for a government shutdown
There has to be something like this out there for a government shutdown, right? Wait, it doesn't work that way, does it?
Well the government...
Kirk Humphreys highlights service paradox in governance
(Correction: This commentary was updated at 12:00 p.m., Friday, Jan. 26, to correct references to personal property ownership, specifically as it relates to the...
Zimbabwean’s poems touch on African history, writing
That Is Where My Umbilical Cord Is
by Ndaba Sibanda
Today you stand tall in defiance of all the challenges
Right in the southwestern part of the...
Survey says: Bring back teachers, high-quality teaching
Earlier this week, the Oklahoma State Department of Education released results from a survey of teachers who no longer teach in state classrooms. The...
Educating on consent, sexual assault ‘falls on all of us’
It is time to have the talk — one that goes beyond birds and bees.
It is time to have a discussion with our young...
The Super Blue Blood Moon is over 9000
Nerdy pop culture jokes? I got 'em.
I don't know about you, but I have been absolutely riveted by this whole "moon" series and all...
Working in Midwest City: AWACS rattle brain
I work in Midwest City. I've worked there for more than 10 years now.
"You'll get used to it," they said.
"I don't even notice the...
Oklahoma must ‘step up’ to support entrepreneurship
A group of business and civic leaders recently “stepped up” to offer a series of proposals to lead the state out of its current...
Editorial: Questions Step Up Oklahoma’s media partners should ask
Oklahoma's most powerful media are partners in the proposal Gov. Mary Fallin will almost surely pitch to lawmakers today during her final State of...