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Amid alleged unethical conduct involving campaign fund-raising, Oklahoma Speaker of the House Lance Cargill is now pushing through an ethics reform bill, and all sides are taking a wait-and-see approach.   “Obviously, this is an issue the speaker had to deal with,” said Rep. Richard Morrissette, D-Oklahoma City, an outspoken critic of Cargill. “I’ve been […]

  At the state attorney general’s office, moving from their cramped office at the state Capitol to a newly remodeled two-story building across the street has meant big changes.   “It’s nice because we consolidated our offices,” said Charlie Price, the attorney general’s director of communications. “We had people in the first floor of the […]

  Oklahoma has some of the strongest obscenity laws in the country, which may be why a place like DW’s Video in Gainesville, Texas, has more Oklahoman than Texan license plates in the parking lot.   “Probably about 60 percent of our business comes from Oklahoma,” said Charlotte, who works at the pornographic video store. […]

Sarah Weddington, who successfully represented Jane Roe in Roe vs. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court abortion case, remembers the day in 1973 she received the Court’s 7-2 decision via telegram.   “In some ways it reminds me of how long ago it was, and yet, the need for people to protect their own fertility is […]