Starting next year, Oklahoma driver’s licenses can’t be used as valid ID when you’re trying to get through security checkpoints in federal buildings. That’s bad. What’s worse is that as of 2016, they won’t be valid at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints, including airports, either. Why? Because our state leadership has refused to comply with federal […]
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Playing politics with prison
And now, only weeks after session adjourned, the governor has forced out our director, Justin Jones, who served the state and the DOC for 36 years. The reason: He resisted efforts to privatize the state’s prison system. Private prison corporations have deep pockets, and the governor and Republican leadership are only so willing to take […]
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Safe runnings
Police Chief Bill Citty Credit: Shannon Cornman OKC Police Chief Bill Citty called the April 15 bombings at the Boston Marathon a “reminder that we need to be as vigilant as possible all the time. I think the increased law enforcement presence will make everyone a little more relaxed.” Multiple law enforcement agencies will comprise […]
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Felonious frisking
We here at CFN are still outraged over the grabby treatment of our intern Bucky at the oh-so-eager hands of the Transportation Security Administration during security screening at an out-of-state airport this Christmas. And while, in the end, no one at the office had to actually post any bail money, the trauma of the incident […]