Credit: Brad Gregg That includes a measure requiring that women get an ultrasound before an abortion and have the images described to them. That bill was struck down as unconstitutional, but that ruling is being appealed by state Attorney General Scott Pruitt. “Every year, we look to Oklahoma to see what unfortunate, harmful thing they […]
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High and dry
The river was not there. Sometime overnight, one of the six 65,000-pound gates on the Brum Dam, located just west of S. Walker Avenue, fell. Subsequently, almost all of the water in the basin flowed downstream. Old tires, a strangely upright shopping cart and other debris sat in the semi-dry riverbed that had been reduced […]
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Bloat and potential scandal
The OK Mentoring Children of Incarcerated Parents Program has a long list of qualifying factors for the successful bidder that doesn’t include such things as national recognition of workers, programs or training — but does include a number of established factors, including an already existing relationship with the Office of Juvenile Affairs. Since there is […]
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Playing snow day roulette
It seems our Republican “leadership” has opted for a similar strategy regarding the establishment of a health care exchange. Rather than taking federal funds to establish the exchange, the governor, under right-wing pressure and the hope that the U.S. Supreme Court would strike down the entire law, rejected the funds. This risky move did not […]
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No time for wine
Credit: Shannon Cornman Brian Howe of Oklahomans for Modern Laws said he doubts the group can collect the 155,216 required signatures by the deadline. If the campaign is unsuccessful, Howe said, the organization will focus on 2014. On June 28, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the drive could proceed. Oklahoma law states that petition […]
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Fallin appoints Native liaison
The position was created after the Legislature eliminated the Indian Affairs Commission in 2011, but the post has been vacant since then in the wake of questions about raised its quarter-Indian blood requirement. The lack of a liaison between tribal governments and the state has caused some tribal leaders to complain that their requests and […]
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Don’t let the sunshine in
Credit: Brad Gregg As it turns out, too much sunlight can also be a bad thing for, if not government officials, at least for their captured images. Portraits and murals on the fourth floor of the state Capitol building are slowly degrading due to the light slipping in under the dome and striking the paintings. […]
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Shedding tiers
The proposed $252 million convention center was to elevate Oklahoma City from a lower Tier 3 convention site to a higher Tier 2 site, said Roy Williams, Greater Oklahoma City Chamber CEO and MAPS 3 convention center subcommittee board member. However, funding from the 1 percent MAPS 3 sales tax may not be enough to […]
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Tweet fleet
Kevin Durant OKC Thunder überstar @KDTrey5 Number of followers: 2.28 million Did you know Durant follows: Entertainers, basketballers, models, celebrities. Follow him or forget it: Follow. You’ll have to wade through some serious jargon, Twitterspeak and inside jokes, but let’s face it: You love Kevin Durant, and you’ll put up with it because he can […]
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Sieg House!
Credit: Brad Gregg 1. Punch and/or punt babies or little old ladies. 2. Tell a crowd your first order of business will be to mend your broken heart. 3. Wear a swastika or Nazi uniform. Anywhere. Anytime. For any reason. For some reason, Rule No. 3 somehow seems to trip up a depressing number of […]