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SQ 777 poses potentially ‘extreme’ price to pay
The latest OKC Pets Magazine displays an adorable cover photo of Hazel, who must be the second-cutest Australian shepherd I’ve ever seen (next to...
Download, take Rep. Scott Biggs’ felony survey yourself
Rep. Scott Biggs (R-Chickasha) took heat during the 2017 legislative session for stalling bills aimed at decreasing Oklahoma's prison population and limiting the number...
Twitter Audit: About 6 percent of Red Dirt Report followers ‘real’
At the end of last week's series on social media use among local news outlets, I noted that, as with every study, more research...
Tulsa World publisher no write good, no copy edits
It's not every day that we put someone on blast for publishing a column full of comma errors, run-on sentences and typos. Then again,...
Chernobyl’s far-reaching impact: Life with disability not a linear path
(Editor's note: This is the first installment of a three-part series on living with disability titled "Biting Hearing Aids." Read part two here and part...
Straight party voting throws quite a rager in Oklahoma
Straight party voting is a feature of Oklahoma's electoral process that many people would like to see eliminated — many people who are not...
Voting is your voice: Let your voice be heard
Election Day is one of the most solemn and important days on my calendar. For 60 years, I have been an American voter, and...
Policy Pitch: SB 244 will force DOC payment compliance
Two vital, cost-saving measures making their way through the Oklahoma Legislature this session will save county governments and taxpayers millions of dollars annually. SB...
Racial divide widens under Austin’s whitening
AUSTIN, Texas — The millennials have spoken. They have chosen this proudly odd capital city as their own, flooding it with startups and sustaining a...
30 years ago, The Paseo was actually a rough ‘hood
In 1983, my wife, Jocelyn, and I bought a small house nearby The Paseo. A year earlier, the collapse of Penn Square Bank had...
