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Chris Smith
If you want to see a group of legislators scatter like a covey of quail, just mention the "C" word: consolidation.  Consolidation is one of the dirtiest words in politics, yet most honest observer...

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Kurt Hochenauer
The debate over school consolidation continues in Oklahoma, but consolidation is hardly the financial panacea presented by its proponents. School consolidation is often a sign that a small, rural O...

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Keith Hazelton
While recession rages around us and now encroaches upon our borders, according to the latest tax revenue numbers from Oklahoma State Treasurer Scott Meacham, one corner of the state's economy is boomi...

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Kyle Loveless
Several of the Oklahoma County officials campaigned on bringing a more professional manner, tone and demeanor to the circus that was Oklahoma County government. Have things at the courthouse reall...

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Vince Orza
A decade ago, Oklahoma decided to create a biotech industry. The area south of the Capitol has become home to a nationally recognized group of scientists who are finding cures for diseases, solutions ...

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Scott Jones
In November 1972, 82-year-old historian Angie Debo, preaching in her home church in Marshall, took for her topic the "unholy power of what Eisenhower called the 'military industrial complex.'" Accordi...

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Kurt Hochenauer
Women's medical privacy rights could be threatened and the state's growing bioscience industry would have suffered under new pro-life legislation in Oklahoma. House Bill 1595, which has passed the ...

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Keith Gaddie
Mary Fallin is running for governor, and the 5th Congressional District is once again open. The consequences are many, as political ambitions again get released and posturing starts. The fires of ...

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Robert 'Bud' Scott
Prior to the onset of the legislative session in Oklahoma, the buzz was all about our potential to lead the nation in renewable energy development and its economic impact on our state. Capacity cro...

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Scott Peterson
Tremendous potential exists for rebuilding the U.S. economy on green jobs, particularly as energy companies gear up to meet rising electricity demand. Nuclear energy is one of the few bright spots in ...

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Chris Smith
This year marked the 200th birthday of President Abraham Lincoln. Considered by many to be America's greatest president, he will forever be remembered for his mastery of the English language and his a...

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Steve Fair
Tyson Foods recently announced it is shifting production from its Ponca City processed meat plant to three plants outside the state. Production will be moved to plants in Buffalo, N.Y., Cherokee, Iowa...

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Joey Senat
American Red Cross of Central Oklahoma. United Way of Central Oklahoma. Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. OPUBCO Communications Group? Would the parent company of The Oklahoman, the state's largest-c...

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Kyle Loveless
Using gaming revenues to prop up a fundamental tenet of state government is foolish. I voted against the lottery. With that said, we need to change the way the lottery operates both to get our money's...

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Scott Jones
Anything can have happened in Oklahoma. Practically everything has. I underlined those sentences when I read them because this is the state I know, love and have such hopes for. Not because it's...