Tulsa World and former World editor Ziva Branstetter fought the governor and a state agency and won. Now, readers are learning that no one is above the law, not even the governor. According to Oklahoma County District Judge Lisa Tipping Davis, Gov. Mary Fallin and the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS) violated the state’s […]
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COVER: Marijuana quest
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of weekly stories focusing on issues surrounding the possible legalization of medical marijuana in Oklahoma. In the 22 years since California passed Proposition 215, which legalized cultivation, possession and use of marijuana for medical purposes, 28 other states followed suit, reversing years of demonization of cannabis […]
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Alcoholmanac: ABLE Commission is prepared to issue licenses under new alcohol laws, but a small number of businesses are applying
ABLE Commission is prepared to issue licenses under new alcohol laws, but a small number of businesses are applying.
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Chicken-Fried News: Banner year
Someone unfurled a banner bearing the governor’s face and the words Oklahoma State of Despair during Gov. Mary Fallin’s State of the State speech.
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Chicken-Fried News: Boxing Day?
Mary Fallin declared Jan. 17, 2018, Floyd Mayweather Day, but it didn’t really go as planned.
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Cover Story: Chicken-Fried News predictions for 2018
CFN looks back on 2017 and makes predictions about what Okies will get up to in 2018.
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Kirk Humphreys will resign from OU Board of Regents in January because his presence is ‘a problem’
The former Oklahoma City mayor made comments on local television comparing LGBTQ people to pedophiles.
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Chicken-Fried News: Droppin’ in
Gov. Mary Fallin recently confronted Dallas ISD at its recruiting booth in an Oklahoma City hotel and put the Legislature on blast for not raising teacher pay.
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Chicken-Fried News: #GovernorProblems
With less than a year left in office, Fallin seeks more power for the governorship.
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Chicken-Fried News: Letter heads
Some prominent former political figures have an opinion on how lawmakers should be spending the special session.