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Strike down requirements to license rights
Published: Sun, May 27, 2012
In response to John MacDonald (Your Views, May 20): Any requirement to be licensed for the exercise of a right should be struck down. Any requirement to show anyone a license for the exercise of a right is at least a Fourth Amendment violation. As a law-abiding citizen, I should be free to exercise my rights with... Read More
Republicans lose chance to cut Oklahoma's personal income tax
Published: Sun, May 27, 2012
When the session started in February, it seemed inevitable that the personal income tax cut would be reduced. The Republican-controlled Legislature and the GOP governor all supported reducing the tax, but weren't prepared for the opposition they received. Read More
Edmond man charged with embezzling money in alleged swimming pool scam
Published: Fri, May 25, 2012
Prosecutors have charged Gary Robert Oester, 54, of Edmond, with seven felonies after half a dozen people complained he took their money and never finished building the swimming pools he promised. Read More
Senators admonish Oklahoma GOP senator
Published: Fri, May 25, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Ethics committee has admonished Republican Sen. Tom Coburn over his involvement with a staffer to former Sen. John Ensign. In a letter released Friday, the six-member panel said Coburn's communications and actions with Doug Hampton were improper conduct and warranted a public letter... Read More
Oklahoma lawmakers spike sensible child-support bill
Published: Fri, May 25, 2012
Occasionally, legislative votes are real head-scratchers. Opposition to a child support measure certainly falls into that category. House Joint Resolution 1113, by state Rep. Jason Nelson, R-Oklahoma City, would have approved Department of Human Services rules allowing the agency to recoup part of the cost of... Read More
Kathleen Parker: The public trial of Justice Roberts
Published: Fri, May 25, 2012
WASHINGTON — Novelist John Grisham could hardly spin a more provocative fiction: The president and his surrogates mount an aggressive campaign to intimidate the chief justice of the United States, implying ruin and ridicule should he fail to vote in a pivotal case according to the ruling political party's wishes.... Read More
Oklahoma's personal income tax rate won't be cut this year
Published: Fri, May 25, 2012
Gov. Fallin says she won't call a special session. House and Senate Republican legislative leaders are deadlocked. Read More
Business Q&A: What is the Family Medical Leave Act?
Published: Thu, May 24, 2012
Business Q&A with Courtney Davis Powell of Lester, Loving and Davies Read More
Republican base takes a hit with GOP-backed tax cut
Published: Wed, May 23, 2012
REPUBLICANS usually claim the mantle of the “family friendly” political party through support for traditional values and policies that benefit parents with young children. That reputation may take a hit thanks to the GOP tax-cut plan. The plan includes both a rate reduction and the loss of some middle-class... Read More
Oklahoma Inventors Congress meets in new venue
Published: Tue, May 22, 2012
Observers in intellectual property industry embrace changes spurred by America Invents Act. Read More
Report card gives Oklahoma high mark for small-business friendliness
Published: Mon, May 21, 2012
Oklahoma's Southern hospitality extends to our small-business climate. A recent nationwide survey of entrepreneurs provided a generous helping of good news as the state achieved an overall rank of third. The report card from Thumbtack.com and the Kauffman Foundation awarded Oklahoma an A+ for overall... Read More
Income tax-cutting proposal faces stiff test in Oklahoma House
Published: Sun, May 20, 2012
Enough unhappy House Republicans could join with House Democrats to kill the proposal worked out last week by Republican legislative leaders and the Oklahoma governor. Read More
Hasty proclamations cast Indians in negative light
Published: Sat, May 19, 2012
Elliott Doane's attempt (Your Views, May 13) at casting Indians in a negative light is full of inaccuracies. If it weren't for the goodwill of some of the Eastern tribes during the first harsh winter the colonists endured, history might have been different. Who is “us” in his reference of “They killed us for... Read More
Charles Krauthammer: Same-sex marriage: empathy or right?
Published: Fri, May 18, 2012
WASHINGTON — There are two ways to defend gay marriage. Argument A is empathy: One is influenced by gay friends in committed relationships yearning for the fulfillment and acceptance that marriage conveys upon heterosexuals. That's essentially the case President Obama made when he first announced his change of... Read More
Oklahoma budget writers shouldn't worry about winning sound-bite war
Published: Thu, May 17, 2012
ONE sign that the end of the legislative session is near: the theatrics escalate. This week's Senate Republican news conference provides proof positive. Senate GOPers announced a plan to cut Oklahoma's income tax a half-point over two years, lowering the rate to 5 percent and then to 4.75 percent. They would... Read More
Oklahoma Senate Republicans unveil tax-cutting plan
Published: Wed, May 16, 2012
Their action catches House Republicans and the GOP governor, who have been holding secret talks with the Senate Republicans, off guard. House Republican leaders and the governor's office said negotiations will continue to come up with an income-tax cut. The legislative session ends May 25. Read More
Judge overturns Oklahoma abortion drug law
Updated: Mon, May 14, 2012
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma law restricting the use of certain abortion-inducing drugs has been ruled unconstitutional by a district court judge, who said it violates “the fundamental rights of women to privacy and bodily integrity.” The law passed last year required doctors to follow strict guidelines... Read More
Opinions of ordinary Oklahomans have helped shape tax cut debate
Published: Sun, May 13, 2012
TAXES don't redistribute wealth. They redistribute people.
So says professor Arthur Laffer, the inspiration for the most far-reaching proposals on Oklahoma income tax reform. The conundrum for Laffer's believers is this: How do you redistribute opinions about tax cuts, from the general to the specific?
In... Read More
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