OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Kevin Stitt filed a lawsuit against state Attorney General Genter Drummond after two cabinet members resigned following a legal opinion.
Drummond issued an opinion Feb. 28 on the state's dual officeholding and determined Transportation Secretary Tim Gatz cannot also serve…
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Kevin Stitt filed a lawsuit against state Attorney General Genter Drummond after two cabinet members resigned following a legal opinion. Drummond issued an opinion Feb.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
STILLWATER – Kim Anderson, Oklahoma State University Extension’s grain market analyst, last week reported a return to grain price stability. With the remnants of COVID-19 and geopolitical tensions between Russian and Ukraine fading, wheat prices have returned to a normalized $5.80, Anderson says.
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
From staff reports The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering multiple types of assistance for Oklahoma producers affected by recent wildfires.
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
From staff reports “There is su ch an emotional side to this issue because when you are dealing with cat tle that have either perished, or you have to take care of an unrecoverable animal, that ca n be a really diff icult and a very emotional situation,” Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association Executive Vice President Michael Kelsey said. “Our hearts and prayers go out to all that are having to deal with that.”
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
A book about Oklahoma’s dark past in the treatment of vulnerable children, though nonfiction, almost reads like a legal thriller. In “Throwaway Kids: Reforming Oklahoma’s Juvenile Justice System,” authors Terry Smith and Bob Burke tell the story of children in the 1970s who suffered violence in overcrowded and poorly staffed state-run facilities.
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Last month Congress made the historic decision to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. With immigration being one of the hottest political issues of the day, Republicans impeached the secretary on charges of being “engaged in a pattern of conduct that is incompatible with his duties…[and] has failed to faithfully uphold his oath and has instead presided over a reckless abandonment of border security and immigration enforcement.” The charges also include that he, “willfully violated the Immigration and Nationality Act by releasing illegal aliens into the interior of the United States despite the plain language of the Act.” Personally, I am surprised that this is the first impeachment under the Republican House of Representatives.
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY – Post-election audits confirmed the results of the recent special elections for state legislative seats in southwest Oklahoma and in Edmond. The Comanche County Election Board recently audited the Dec.