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Voters to decide four Oklahoma legislative races
An Oklahoma Senate vacancy and a House opening in southeastern Oklahoma will be filled after Tuesday's elections. Voters also are selecting nominees for two other vacancies, a north-central Oklahoma Senate seat and a Tulsa House post.
Jury selected in political corruption trial of former Oklahoma Senate leader
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Former Oklahoma Senate leader Mike Morgan's trial begins Tuesday. Jury of 11 women and one man is set to hear opening statements.
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Oklahoma marks record in monthly sales tax collections
Published: Tue, Feb 14, 2012
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Oklahoma collects the largest amount of money ever collected from the sales tax. Sales tax collections to the state's general revenue fund totaled $165 million in January. Read More
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Oklahoma collects the largest amount of money ever collected from the sales tax. Sales tax collections to the state's general revenue fund totaled $165 million in January. Read More
Oklahoma Department of Public Safety official resigns post
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A Department of Public Safety executive resigned Monday, one day after a Tulsa World story detailed his firing from the Department of Corrections for excessive force and civil rights violations. Read More
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A Department of Public Safety executive resigned Monday, one day after a Tulsa World story detailed his firing from the Department of Corrections for excessive force and civil rights violations. Read More
President Barack Obama's budget would hit key Oklahoma economic sector
Published: Tue, Feb 14, 2012
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The president would kill an important subsidy program for farmers and raise taxes on independent oil and gas producers, but much of the budget will likely be ignored by Congress Read More
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The president would kill an important subsidy program for farmers and raise taxes on independent oil and gas producers, but much of the budget will likely be ignored by Congress Read More
EPA triples funding request for fracking research
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Obama stimulus price tag up to $831 billion
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When the Congressional Budget Office first scored President Obama's first stimulus program, they predicted it would cost $787 billion through 2019. But while $733 billion of Obama's stimulus was spent through 2011, the law set in motion billions more in spending for years to come. Read More
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When the Congressional Budget Office first scored President Obama's first stimulus program, they predicted it would cost $787 billion through 2019. But while $733 billion of Obama's stimulus was spent through 2011, the law set in motion billions more in spending for years to come. Read More
Obama: Strengthening economy means higher gas
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Video: Gingrich fires back at the National Review
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Gingrich said that he had no plans to drop out before Super Tuesday and boasted that his campaign was still competitive. Read More
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Gingrich said that he had no plans to drop out before Super Tuesday and boasted that his campaign was still competitive. Read More
VIDEO: Faces of forced unionism
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The House Government Reform and Oversight Committee has posted a series of videos highlighting individuals who have been the victim of forced unionism. Sally Coomer, who provides homecare services for her disabled adult daughter in Duvall, Washington, is by far the most compelling. A 2008 law forced Coomer to join... Read More
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The House Government Reform and Oversight Committee has posted a series of videos highlighting individuals who have been the victim of forced unionism. Sally Coomer, who provides homecare services for her disabled adult daughter in Duvall, Washington, is by far the most compelling. A 2008 law forced Coomer to join... Read More
6 in 10 Catholics disapprove of Obama
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There goes the Catholic vote. Nearly four years after President Obama won 54 percent of Catholic voters, their support has plummeted to just 40 percent in the first poll conducted after he imposed a new birth control mandate on employers, including Catholic agencies. In a new Rasmussen poll, 59 percent of... Read More
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There goes the Catholic vote. Nearly four years after President Obama won 54 percent of Catholic voters, their support has plummeted to just 40 percent in the first poll conducted after he imposed a new birth control mandate on employers, including Catholic agencies. In a new Rasmussen poll, 59 percent of... Read More
At Senate, Panetta blasts 'mindless' 'damn' budget
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta got salty with a senator today when asked about the defense cuts required under sequestration, explaining that he has no intention of planning for the cuts. "Sequestration has this frankly mindless formula," Panetta told Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., during a Senate hearing today on... Read More
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta got salty with a senator today when asked about the defense cuts required under sequestration, explaining that he has no intention of planning for the cuts. "Sequestration has this frankly mindless formula," Panetta told Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., during a Senate hearing today on... Read More
Santorum’s big government parochialism
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Rick Santorum has surged back into contention for the Republican presidential nomination because of persistent reservations among conservatives about Mitt Romney. But those on the right who embrace Santorum as an alternative should do so with no illusions. To his credit, Santorum did not support the kind of mandate... Read More
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Rick Santorum has surged back into contention for the Republican presidential nomination because of persistent reservations among conservatives about Mitt Romney. But those on the right who embrace Santorum as an alternative should do so with no illusions. To his credit, Santorum did not support the kind of mandate... Read More
Morning Examiner: Obama’s tax and spend budget
Updated: 12 hr ago
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A president’s budget is never adopted by Congress as is. But they are political statements of where the president would like to take the country. And the budget President Obama released yesterday speaks loud and clear: He wants an America of higher taxes, higher spending, and more debt. Read More
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A president’s budget is never adopted by Congress as is. But they are political statements of where the president would like to take the country. And the budget President Obama released yesterday speaks loud and clear: He wants an America of higher taxes, higher spending, and more debt. Read More
Romney op-ed: I am a son of Detroit
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Mitt Romney writes an op-ed for the Detroit News this morning regarding President Obama's decision regarding the auto-bailout and its effect on the Motor City. A labor union that had contributed millions to Democrats and his election campaign was granted an ownership share of Chrysler and a major stake in GM, two... Read More
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Mitt Romney writes an op-ed for the Detroit News this morning regarding President Obama's decision regarding the auto-bailout and its effect on the Motor City. A labor union that had contributed millions to Democrats and his election campaign was granted an ownership share of Chrysler and a major stake in GM, two... Read More
Sessions challenges Obama budget chief to resign
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Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., challenged Office of Management and Budget Deputy Director Jeffrey Zients to resign this morning, unless he could substantiate his claim that President Obama's budget does not increase spending. "Do you propose to spend more money over the next ten... Read More
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Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., challenged Office of Management and Budget Deputy Director Jeffrey Zients to resign this morning, unless he could substantiate his claim that President Obama's budget does not increase spending. "Do you propose to spend more money over the next ten... Read More
New Romney ad highlights Michigan childhood
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"Michigan has been my home," Romney says in a new ad released today, "This is personal. Read More
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"Michigan has been my home," Romney says in a new ad released today, "This is personal. Read More
Obama-friendly megacorps say we're stuck with them
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I avoid the word “socialism” to describe President Obama’s economic policy – not because it’s inaccurate, but because it’s imprecise. “Corporatism,” “National Greatness Liberalism,” and “economic nationalism” work better. And no company embodies Obama-era corporatism, in my opinion, more... Read More
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I avoid the word “socialism” to describe President Obama’s economic policy – not because it’s inaccurate, but because it’s imprecise. “Corporatism,” “National Greatness Liberalism,” and “economic nationalism” work better. And no company embodies Obama-era corporatism, in my opinion, more... Read More
Rasmussen: Catholics strongly disapprove of Obama
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President Obama's handling of the Health and Human Services (HHS) mandated-coverage of contraception seems to have inspired a wave of anti-Obama sentiment among the Catholic voters that could decide swing-state elections. Rasmussen Reports released a poll today showing that 59 percent of likely Catholic voters... Read More
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President Obama's handling of the Health and Human Services (HHS) mandated-coverage of contraception seems to have inspired a wave of anti-Obama sentiment among the Catholic voters that could decide swing-state elections. Rasmussen Reports released a poll today showing that 59 percent of likely Catholic voters... Read More
Inspired by Marines, Obama eyes more gay rights
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Satisfied with the muffled reaction inside the military to his lifting of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” President Obama is telling gay advocates that he wants to expand homosexual rights in the military, likely in the direction of expanding benefits available to heterosexual couples to same-sex partners. As the... Read More
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Satisfied with the muffled reaction inside the military to his lifting of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” President Obama is telling gay advocates that he wants to expand homosexual rights in the military, likely in the direction of expanding benefits available to heterosexual couples to same-sex partners. As the... Read More
Tuesday's special elections
Published: Tue, Feb 14, 2012
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Canadian County Piedmont Public Schools Board Member Office No. 2: Laura King-Reed and Bobby Williamson Geary Public Schools Board Member Office No. 2: Afton Brower, Scotty Hicks and Lisa A. Mayer Union City Public Schools Board Member Office No. 2: Tasha Rodgers and John A. Everett Hinton Public Schools Board... Read More
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Canadian County Piedmont Public Schools Board Member Office No. 2: Laura King-Reed and Bobby Williamson Geary Public Schools Board Member Office No. 2: Afton Brower, Scotty Hicks and Lisa A. Mayer Union City Public Schools Board Member Office No. 2: Tasha Rodgers and John A. Everett Hinton Public Schools Board... Read More
Oklahoma House panel approves allowing strong defense of churches
Published: Tue, Feb 14, 2012
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A bill would give church officials the right to use deadly force when they felt in fear of imminent peril or death in places of worship. The measure now goes to the full House. Read More
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A bill would give church officials the right to use deadly force when they felt in fear of imminent peril or death in places of worship. The measure now goes to the full House. Read More
Voters to decide four Oklahoma legislative races
Published: Tue, Feb 14, 2012
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An Oklahoma Senate vacancy and a House opening in southeastern Oklahoma will be filled after Tuesday's elections. Voters also are selecting nominees for two other vacancies, a north-central Oklahoma Senate seat and a Tulsa House post. Those two seats will be filled during an April election. Read More
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An Oklahoma Senate vacancy and a House opening in southeastern Oklahoma will be filled after Tuesday's elections. Voters also are selecting nominees for two other vacancies, a north-central Oklahoma Senate seat and a Tulsa House post. Those two seats will be filled during an April election. Read More
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