Most of us have already looked at the horror looming on the horizon, but confirmation is starting to roll in about the financial toll of the heatwave on all of our finances. But that’s a conversation for the next dispatch. In the meantime, let’s return to the record bitterly cold winter of 2021 and what […]
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The Great Plains has always been considered what many in the country considered “flyover country,” but thanks to our bottomed-out metrics, we’re quickly becoming a “passover state” for businesses looking to make large investments.
The Great Plains has always been considered what many in the country considered “flyover country,” but thanks to our bottomed-out metrics, we’re quickly becoming a “passover state” for businesses looking to make large investments. Just last month, Chicken-Fried News penned this prediction: “Being at the one-yard line doesn’t equate to a touchdown and Kevin has […]
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Nearly 70 percent of Republicans gave Kevin a thumbs-up for a second term as governor even though the only ways he’s made this a top-ten state is if you’re counting from the bottom.
Nearly 70 percent of Republicans gave Kevin a thumbs-up for a second term as governor even though the only ways he’s made this a top-ten state is if you’re counting from the bottom. Just shy of a quarter-million Republicans cast a ballot in his favor while just over 110,000 ballots were cast among three other […]
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How much weed is too much weed? Oklahoma seems determined to find out.
How much weed is too much weed? Oklahoma seems determined to find out. The legislature this session enacted a moratorium on new medical cannabis business licenses after August. However, a group of activists told them to hold their bong, delivering a ballot initiative petition with enough signatures to put the questions to voters in November […]
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The Oklahoma election cycle is always weird but it doesn’t get much weirder than the Oklahoma County Clerk
The Oklahoma election cycle is always weird but it doesn’t get much weirder than the Oklahoma County Clerk — who is also running for state treasurer — informing government employees that they’re going on a work trip that will be equal parts fun and fear. “There will be alcohol involved, meaning we will drink. We […]
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Nothing says “pro-life” quite like pulling lifesaving first responders like firefighters and paramedics from calls for service so they can be on standby for a publicity stunt.
Nothing says “pro-life” quite like pulling lifesaving first responders like firefighters and paramedics from calls for service so they can be on standby for a publicity stunt. On June 14, 22-year-old Maison DesChamps of Las Vegas climbed the Devon Tower. He was arrested by Oklahoma City police on a misdemeanor trespassing complaint after he scaled […]
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Just about everyone seems to have had enough of Kevin’s shit, including members of his own party.
Just about everyone seems to have had enough of Kevin’s shit, including members of his own party. On May 27, the legislature convened to override Kevin’s veto of a bill that would allow the Department of Public Safety — the agency that oversees the issuance of driver’s licenses in the state — to count driving […]
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The citizens of Oklahoma County are damned if they do and damned if they don’t when it comes to the jail.
The citizens of Oklahoma County are damned if they do and damned if they don’t when it comes to the jail. On one hand, the towering monstrosity on Shartel Avenue has not only become a cesspool — literally — with sewage routinely backing up its plumbing, but detention inside the building has become a fight […]
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Who ever would have thought that an electric vehicle company whose prototype looked like a smaller, boring version of the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile would have trouble getting off the ground … errrrr … onto the road?
Who ever would have thought that an electric vehicle company whose prototype looked like a smaller, boring version of the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile would have trouble getting off the ground … errrrr … onto the road? “Electric vehicle start-up Canoo reported first-quarter losses of $125.4 million this week while casting “substantial doubt” on its ability […]
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Up until the state’s proposed bill banning abortion at conception, it was going to be a tough choice as to the worst law the legislature had passed this session.
Up until the state’s proposed bill banning abortion at conception, it was going to be a tough choice as to the worst law the legislature had passed this session. There’s nothing funny about House Bill 4327, authored by Rep. Wendi Stearman, R-Collinsville, that Stitt is expected to sign. It should also be noted here that […]