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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Artist Jamie Pettis curates Backfire: A Cultural Explosion to retaliate against the establishment and negative state stereotypes
“I think we’ll see a lot of that realness and rawness have to come out again, because everyone’s going to be feeling it,” he said. “You can’t run away from it.”
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Letters to the Editor: Nov. 30, 2017
The vast chasm between what Trump says and does and the teachings of my childhood seem insurmountable.
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Letters to the Editor: Nov. 23, 2017
When we make choices that run counter to His plan for us, we often suffer the consequences of the bad choices we make and the ones made by others.
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Chicken-Fried News: Sticky fingers
Oklahoma voters stole so many pens on Election Day that some precincts had to call for more.
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Letters to the Editor: Nov. 16, 2016
The Sooner Poll found that more Oklahomans prefer the alternative of death by incarceration — true life without the possibility of parole — over capital punishment when given that option.
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Commentary: What have we done?
If Hollywood designed the perfect candidate to represent the anti-Christ for evangelicals, he would be thrice married, twice divorced, a builder of casinos, a sexual predator (unless the women are ugly), a liar and a man so in love with himself that his fondest wish is to die in his own arms.
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Teacher pay remains at the forefront of citizens’ minds after the election
State leaders and local groups plan to continue to fight for teacher raises in Oklahoma.
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Chicken-Fried News: Laid-back booth
A national list of strange voting places included a living room in rural Oklahoma.
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Commentary: State questions require voter diligence
Oklahoma’s state questions affect our everyday lives and must be carefully considered before Election Day.