An Oklahoma judge made history by upholding a law banning a second-trimester abortion procedure. District judge Cindy Truong’s ruling affects a 2015 bill that bans dilation and evacuation (D&E) abortions in the second trimester. Reproductive rights activists are calling the decision “rogue” because other states — including Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky and Texas — passed similar […]
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The incumbent Mike Hunter is a serious man. That’s a description that can be expected from someone whose job tasks include handling criminal and civil prosecutions, enforcing the laws of the state, overseeing a $38.4 million budget, managing over 100 employees and proposing legislation that would protect citizens. Hunter will be the first to admit […]
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It is not difficult to find something to get excited about this primary season in Oklahoma. With a major state question in play, a logjam of candidates in the gubernatorial primaries, numerous state House and Senate seat openings and remnants of political tension from the April teacher walkout underscoring it all, intrigue is not lacking […]
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Cover Story: Fall from grace: Tate publishing authors speak out
“The public needs to know about this,” Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter said as he ended the May press conference announcing that criminal charges had been filed against Richard and Ryan Tate.
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Going after Google
Credit: Brad Gregg State Attorney General Scott Pruitt doesn’t. He is so disgusted by the revenue-sharing practice — known as monetizing — that he and Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning wrote a strongly worded letter last week to the multinational Internet-based giant, noting that they are “prepared to take appropriate action to safeguard our citizens.” […]
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Credit: Brad Gregg “We have an obligation to protect our citizens and to make sure a life-altering abortion is held to the highest medical standards,” Pruitt said in a written statement. The lead plaintiff in challenging the ultrasound law, Nova Health Systems, was represented by the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights. “This last-ditch effort […]
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Lemme guess: He really wanted ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’?
Looks like it’s gift-exchange day at Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s office!
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Lemme guess: He really wanted ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’?
Looks like it’s gift-exchange day at Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s office!
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Oklahoma AG likens anti-abortion struggle to abolition fight
Pruitt, a Republican elected in November to replace outgoing Attorney General Drew Edmondson, was the highest-ranking statewide official to speak at the local event, which also included state Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, and U.S. Rep. James Lankford, R-Okla., several area pastors and religious organizations. Likening the anti-abortion movement to British Parliament member William Wilberforce’s […]