Commentary
Chris Smith
This month marks a historic point in our state with the swearing-in of Oklahoma’s first female governor.

CFN
Gazette staff
You can’t blame a fella for trying. State Insurance Commissioner John Doak recently tried jumping into the national brouhaha over contraception via a resolution at the spring meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

News
C.G. Niebank
The next time you drive to work, the supermarket, or the nearest mall, look at the cars, trucks and minivans around you, and consider this: There’s a good chance that in an accident with one of those vehicles, you’ll get stuck paying the entire bill for damages to your own car or truck.

CFN
Gazette staff
How many make-believe cops can you name off the bat? Let’s see … there’s Sgt. Joe Friday, Dirty Harry, Axel Foley … oh, and John Doak. If the name of Oklahoma’s insurance commissioner doesn’t immediately strike fear among the criminal kind, it’s certainly not for lack of trying. Doak’s agency has bolstered its anti-fraud unit by spending more than $180,000 on police cars, pump-action shotguns, bulletproof vests and the like.