A lawsuit filed at the Oklahoma Supreme Court alleges Pruitt accepted donations from political action committees and influential businessmen connected to the State Chamber of Commerce, which formally opposes the state’s franchise tax and wants it abolished. The franchise tax would be used to repay $500 million in state bonds if the petition drive is […]
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Desk set
Born at a picnic table, the biannual magazine will showcase regional artists on an international stage, said Louisa McCune-Elmore, editor and Kirkpatrick Foundation executive director. “The magazine, at its core, is devoted to the contemporary arts and bringing those arts and the attitude that’s inherent to that world to new and developed audiences in Oklahoma, […]
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Fabric of society
It allows Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender to access critical legal and financial information from professionals. Its website, livewoven.com, has educational content. Visitors can watch a video or read an article to learn how they can live their true lives amid the quagmire of complex and competing state and federal laws. […]
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Steampunk is fun again
Everyone has that one friend or relative who is a little nerdy and difficult to shop for. You know, that cousin who is obsessed with comic books and wants to spend hours arguing over whether or not Marvel is still relevant after the horrible, strange decisions they’ve made lately … but I digress. Take a […]
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Food, service
Above, from left: Kurt Fleischfresser, David Egan and Wayne Hirst present the Leadership Industry Award to Egan. Hirst has cancer, said his daughter, Kari Starkey, at an interview before the Nov. 4 awards ceremony at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. “He looks so healthy on the outside,” she said with tears in her […]
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Sex offenders are now less offender-y?
In 2007, the Oklahoma Legislature passed a new measure that created a three-tiered risk assessment level. That law requires sex offenders to be placed on the registry for 15 years, 25 years or life, depending on their assessment levels. The problem focuses on offenders who had been convicted, sentenced and placed on the registry prior […]
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Love ya, too, Eddie Vedder
He knows Chesapeake Energy Arena is a Ticketmaster venue, right? Nevermind that, we guess. The … show … sold out. Didn’t it? However, we did get tickets for sale on Ticketmaster for $64-ish. Plus fees. So, $80-plus. But we digress. What’s disturbing is that on the band’s tour, even as a joke, Vedder, eh, kids […]
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Hmm … more corporate tax breaks?
The Sooner state is at No. 36, which means only 14 other states impose overall tax structures that are more burdensome. The ranking was unchanged from the 2013 report. However, there was good news. Property tax collections averaged $642 per person, the fourth lowest nationally. Meanwhile, the state’s income tax system consists of seven brackets […]
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Criminals now stealing from children, too
A nationwide scheme propagated by prison inmates resulted in at least 438 federal tax return checks issued, with possibly fraudulent refund proceeds totaling $1,828,084 in Oklahoma alone, according to The Oklahoman. State officials estimate that overall statewide fraud totals may top $4 million. So far, how the prisoners are filing the fraudulent returns is unknown. […]
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Out, ye devils!
Anderson claimed he met a homosexual demon who wanted to buy drugs from him and got a little frisky with him before his outburst. During his tantrum, Anderson allegedly kicked down his front door, threw furniture outside while yelling at police officers, broke windows and challenged officers to a fistfight. He also poured soap and […]