The elements are unkind to the Oklahoma City unhoused in winter, but not nearly as unkind as City Councillor and Vice Mayor Mark Stonecipher. The long and short of it is that he sought to make encampments illegal and greatly broaden what constitutes the crime of trespassing in the city. In other words, if getting […]
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If you’re going to be drunk in public underage in possession of firearms, a word to the wise: be the governor’s son. Or don’t.
If you’re going to be drunk in public underage in possession of firearms, a word to the wise: be the governor’s son. Or don’t. On Halloween night, Drew Stitt was forthright with Logan County deputies, informing him that he was intoxicated when they came to investigate a gun case taken from his vehicle while he […]
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Oklahoma has long held itself to be an oil and gas state, but that well seems to be running dry and the state is hanging its future energy hopes on a potential mirage.
Oklahoma has long held itself to be an oil and gas state, but that well seems to be running dry and the state is hanging its future energy hopes on a potential mirage. It’s old news that both Tesla and Panasonic have given a hard pass to the Sooner State, opting instead for Texas and […]
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Welp, that didn’t go quite as pollsters had predicted…
Welp, that didn’t go quite as pollsters had predicted… On the positive side, voter turnout in this election was somewhat impressive, with just over half of registered voters turning out to the polls (nevermind that means that half of them didn’t). On the other hand, Kevin trounced Hofmeister, garnering nearly 200,000 more votes than she […]
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With any luck, this might be the last issue where we discuss Kevin in the present tense.
With any luck, this might be the last issue where we discuss Kevin in the present tense. With the race neck-and-neck as both candidates near the finish line, one thing is for certain — a Republican is going to win the race. Sure, Joy Hofmeister is running as a Democrat to beat Stitt and she […]
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Recreational, or adult use, cannabis will be getting a vote this March and it’ll pass if all the stoners remember to show up to the polls.
Recreational, or adult use, cannabis will be getting a vote this March and it’ll pass if all the stoners remember to show up to the polls. Kevin, who was saved by challenges to the title from having the initiative up for a vote on his ballot, set a March 7 special election vote for State […]
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Kevin may be able to do the one thing his predecessor, Gov. Mary Fallin, couldn’t — lose a second term bid for office.
Kevin may be able to do the one thing his predecessor, Gov. Mary Fallin, couldn’t — lose a second term bid for office. One nonpartisan poll by News9 shows Joy Hofmeister ahead of Kevin by nearly 4 percentage points while a poll from Libertarian Party candidate Natalie Bruno’s campaign puts Hofmeister ahead by more than […]
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Well, it’s happened again. A piece of Oklahoma City architectural history is now a pile of rubble.
Well, it’s happened again. A piece of Oklahoma City architectural history is now a pile of rubble. With last minute/first minute demolition plans filed to raze the First Christian Church at the intersection of NW 36th and Walker Avenue, another building joins the litany of tombstones from Stage Center to Founders National Bank that have […]
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If you follow U.S. Sen. James Lankford’s logic on the Oklahoma drought relief as a sign from God on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, then what kind of statement was just made in Florida?
If you follow U.S. Sen. James Lankford’s logic on the Oklahoma drought relief as a sign from God on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, then what kind of statement was just made in Florida? Lankford, pandering to his audience onstage at the Pray Vote Stand Summit put on by the ultra-Christian organization Family Research […]
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It’s hard to believe that a Democrat is giving Kevin a run for his money in the latest gubernatorial polls until you remember that Joy Hofmeister isn’t actually a Democrat.
It’s hard to believe that a Democrat is giving Kevin a run for his money in the latest gubernatorial polls until you remember that Joy Hofmeister isn’t actually a Democrat. But after four years of this guy, we’ll take anyone else. “The new KOCO 5-Amber Integrated poll found that Stitt has a three-point lead over […]