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by Joe Dorman Jaded observers of Oklahoma politics often express their cynicism with the phrase, the more things change, the more they stay the same. In other words, while we may think we are making a difference, in reality, we are all just spinning our wheels. As someone who believes in the power of

Staff Report Faith leaders in Oklahoma City addressed the atrocity in New Zealand on Friday March 15. Speakers at the gathering said they were horrified at events in Christchurch, New Zealand, where two mosques were attacked within an hours time, in coordinated assaults. In all, 49 people were killed. The South Pacific nations Prime

Staff Report The full Senate has given approval to a bill aimed at ensuring more state contracts are awarded to Oklahoma businesses. Sen. Rob Standridge is the principal author of Senate Bill 376, the Oklahoma First Act. Standridge said the exact mechanisms are still being honed as the bill moves through the legislative process,

Top U.S. trade and economic officials will visit China late next week for another round of negotiations, a White House official said Tuesday.

Hawaii would be the first state in the U.S. to ban most plastics at restaurants under legislation that aims to cut down on waste that pollutes the ocean.

Foxconn Technology Group said Monday that its manufacturing facility in Wisconsin will be producing flat-screen panels by the end of 2020, with construction starting later this year.

ANADARKO, Okla. Authorities in Anadarko are stepping up after brand new farm equipment was destroyed by vandals. The equipment is also owned by the city and paid for by taxpayers. Now, the city manager is demanding police enforce a curfew for minors, and it starts Tuesday night. The City of Anadarko is using the track hoe for a sewer project at the fairgrounds, but the city manager said its now delayed thanks to the vandals. Every time that we

OKLAHOMA CITY AP A federal appeals court has affirmed the death sentence of an Oklahoma man convicted of beating his girlfriend with a hammer, then then setting a fire that killed her and her infant daughter. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal handed down the decision Tuesday to 34-year-old Raymond Johnson, who was convicted by a Tulsa County jury of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree arson. Johnson was accused of the June 2007

WASHINGTON, D.C. -Two Oklahoma legislators received an invitation to the White House because of their work on a bill to protect freedom of expression on Oklahoma campuses. Sen. Julie Daniels and Rep. Mark Lepak will attend a White House event on Thursday to hear President Trump speak about protecting First Amendment rights on college campuses. He is expected to sign an executive order tying the receipt of federal research funding to universities actions to ensure freedom of expression on campus.

See a more traditional town-hall style format where the voters primarily ask questions of the candidate.

Democratic presidential candidate John Delaney answered questions from voters Tuesday in New Hampshire.

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Oklahoma City police released body camera footage of the arrest of an escaped inmate. Officers found 24-year-old Corey Broughton last Thursday. He was wrapped in a curtain, attempting to hide after he ran from a metro hospital. The inmate was in the Villa

Oklahoma School District Superintendent Sean McDaniel says they have heard from 40 prospective partners to fill buildings that will be vacated as part of the Pathways to Greatness plan. The district plans on closing 15 schools. The Oklahoma

The names of the two victims killed in a plane crash Monday afternoon in Northwest Oklahoma have been released from the Medical Examiners Office.

NEW YORK AP Hundreds of pages of court records made public Tuesday revealed that special counsel Robert Mueller quickly zeroed in on Michael Cohen, President Donald Trumps former personal attorney and fixer, in the early stages of his Russia probe.The heavily blacked-out records, released by a judge at the request of news organizations, show that Mueller was investigating Cohen by July 2017 much earlier than previously known.That was two months after Mueller was appointed to investigate Moscows election interference and practically a year before an FBI raid on Cohens home and office.The full scope of Muellers interest in Cohen is not clear from the documents, which include search warrant applications and other records.Read more on NewsOK.com

VERMILLION, S.D. AP A former University of South Dakota football player who was accused of raping a woman in her dorm room has pleaded no contest to a lesser charge of aggravated assault and been sentenced to 10 years of probation.Dale Williamson Jr., of Texarkana, Texas, entered the plea Monday.Read more on NewsOK.com

RALEIGH, N.C. AP A North Carolina man imprisoned for stalking had his conviction overturned Tuesday when a state appeals court ruled the social media posts that prompted the charges were protected by free speech rights.A three-judge panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals vacated the convictions of 46-year-old Brady Lorenzo Shackelford, who had been sentenced to more than two years for stalking a woman he met at church in 2015.Shackelford repeatedly called her his soul mate and future wife in Google Plus posts, and he also sent handwritten letters and cupcakes, despite her turning down a dinner invitation, according to court documents.The ruling says Shackelfords conviction was primarily based on social media posts, and while the posts were understandably offensive to the woman, it is clear that Defendants convictions violated his constitutional right to free speech.Read more on NewsOK.com