Kristy Larson and Charles Shah “We care about the future; we care about the progression of the future,” said Charles Shah, president of the local Gay and Lesbian (GL) Sierra Club. “Being a gay man myself, I think the environment is a humankind issue. These two groups of people — Sierrans and gay people — […]
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Get creative
Good news, Oklahomans: You’re creative. At least, you have the capacity to be, and Tuesday’s State of Creativity Forum aims to give you the tools to channel creativity and innovation into every aspect of your life. “The goal is that we will, individually, take something away that will inspire us to be more creative individuals […]
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Living off the grid
<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US” lang=”EN-US”>At the shot of gun, thousands of optimists and opportunists – in wagons, on horse or on foot – raced to stake a claim and build a life. In northeast Oklahoma County, in a grove of post and blackjack oaks, mulberries and poke bushes, Rob Elliott and Cynthia Wilson are homesteading five […]
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Not child’s play
Sheri Guyse with her two children Shannon Cornman Some public policy groups warn, however, that the income tax reform proposals making their way through the state Capitol could mean an increase in the tax burden for working parents. Four bills to reduce the income tax this year — and possibly phase it out over the […]
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Taxes got your goat?
In the months leading up to this session, two separate task forces recommended reducing Oklahoma’s personal income tax beginning this session, with the goal of ultimately scrapping the tax. The panels — Gov. Mary Fallin’s Task Force on Economic Development and Job Creation and the legislative Task Force on Comprehensive Tax Reform — differed in […]