Senate Bill 383 by Sen. Stephanie Bice would allow liquor stores to refrigerate beer.
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Chicken-Fried News: 20 more years!
David Boren is celebrating 20 years as president of the University of Oklahoma.
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Chicken-Fried News: Biblical Worldview
Senator-elect James Lankford plans to continue to rely on his biblical worldview to make decisions while in office.
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Coburn’s brash, anti-spending approach is admirable to many in this Republican state.
Coburn’s brash, anti-spending approach is admirable to many in this Republican state.
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State lacks female legislators
Oklahoma is one of the lowest-ranked states in the nation when it comes to its male-to-female ratio of lawmakers with only 20 female legislators at the Capitol.
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Uphill battle
Oklahoma Democrats are still in rebuilding mode. An electoral thrashing in 2010 left the party in shambles, and 2014 is a year to try to hold ground and maybe pull off a miracle or two. Outnumbered by Republicans 108- 41 in the Legislature and holding no statewide seats, the best-case scenario for Democrats this year […]
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Tea Partiers for T.W.
Palin endorsed Shannon in a March Facebook post trumpeting Shannon’s accomplishments, including being the first Republican to with his district’s state house seat and becoming the youngest Speaker of the House in Oklahoma’s history. She also said he’s perfect for the job even though he is an “underdog” and has had many “naysayers” against him. […]
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Johnson announces Democratic bid for U.S. Senate
Johnson, a state senator since 2005, wanted her mother by her side when she officially announced her bid for the U.S. Senate. “The person who made this all possible is who we are waiting for,” said Johnson as her mother, Wanda, 83, arrived. While crediting her family, faith and friends, Johnson announced she is seeking […]
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Metro briefs
Sales tax collections dip Oklahoma City’s combined sales tax collections were 5 percent below target for the year in March. “The thing that has had the biggest impact [in declining sales tax] is income levels are down a bit in the metro area,” said Doug Dowler, the city’s budget director. A response with major spending […]
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Storm Shelter funding debate gets heated
In an exclusive News9/Oklahoma Gazette poll, 52 percent of Oklahoma City residents “strongly supported” public funding to help build storm shelters in public schools. Another 26 percent “somewhat supported” the idea. The survey included 980 city residents, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.13 percent. Though, when asked where the funding should […]