Monday Morning Quarterbacks 17 hr ago | Add a comment Financial terrorThere might be a financial dimension to the terror attack in Mumbai, writes Thomas Lifson at americanthinker.com. Mumbai is a major financial center for India and serves as the...

Letters to the Editor: Thursday November 26, 2008 Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Comments 14 Stop the shiftingRegarding "Lack of health coverage could hurt fans” (news story, Nov. 21): Bravo to state Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland! We shouldn’t be freeloading off our...

Obama, Democrats plan $500B economic package Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Comments 6 WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama wants to project fiscal restraint even as his economic team assembles a massive recovery package that could cost several hundred billion dollars. A day...

Obama seeks stimulus bill Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Comments 2 CHICAGO — Looking almost like a co-president, Barack Obama cited an "economic crisis of historic proportions” Monday, conferred with the man who’s still in the White House...

Citigroup bailout greets Obama’s economic team Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Comments 7 ADVISERS to President-elect Barack Obama wanted to make a big splash with the unveiling of his economic team Monday, but they could’ve done without the concurrent crashing cymbal — the...

President-elect Barack Obama wants econ rescue approved 'right away' Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Comments 29 CHICAGO (AP) - With the economy in crisis, President-elect Barack Obama pledged Monday to honor the commitments the outgoing Bush administration has made to rescue financial markets and urged the...

Obama to name economic team Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Add a comment WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama is rolling out an ambitious economic vision likely to cost far more than the $175 billion he proposed in his campaign, hoping the new Congress will...

Obama plans economic aid Sun, Nov 23, 2008 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama wants the new Congress to approve massive spending and fresh tax cuts in January, "a big number” probably far distancing a $175 billion...

Letters to the Editor: Monday, November 24, 2008 Sun, Nov 23, 2008 | Comments 7 Regardless of your religious persuasion or political views, no one on this planet shares exactly your worldview. The vast majority of humans don’t agree with most of your deeply held beliefs....

Property tax bills are being sent to owners in Cleveland County Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Add a comment NORMAN — About 120,000 property tax bills were mailed to Cleveland County residents this week, Treasurer Saundra DeSelms said. Taxes are due Dec. 31, although residents have the option of...

Letters to the Editor: Friday, Nov. 21, 2008 Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 81 Consolidation urgedI’m a native Pennsylvanian who moved to Oklahoma in 1977. In the 1950s, Pennsylvania instituted a school consolidation plan to more effectively use state education tax...

Oklahoma experts fear delay in health care plan Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Comments 1 State political and health care experts hope that President-elect Barack Obama will fulfill pledges to reform health care, but worry that healing a sickened economy will take priority as he enters...

Infrastructure spending to nowhere Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Comments 3 Democrats see the road to economic recovery, and it has been bulldozed, flattened out by a road grader and covered with pavement. Barack Obama says a fiscal stimulus will be the top priority of his...

Phone survey revisits Edmond safety center vote Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Add a comment EDMOND — A telephone survey of 300 Edmond residents who voted in the recent public safety center property tax election shows 78 percent think the city took the wrong approach. The majority of...

OECD says developed world in recession Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Comments 1 LONDON -- The world's developed economies, hard hit by the financial crisis, have slid into recession and will shrink further in 2009, a top international organization said Thursday. In its...

Obama calls for swift action on economy Fri, Nov 7, 2008 | Comments 17 CHICAGO - President-elect Obama met with economic experts Friday to discuss ways to stabilize the teetering U.S. economy that is expected to dominate his transition to power and early days in...

Nontribal retailers not getting fair shake Thu, Nov 6, 2008 | Comments 1 The 1996 Oklahoma gasoline compacts with American Indian tribes are still working; however the tobacco compacts have become a big problem. Nontribal retail stores have suffered since the 2005...

Edmond officials brief residents on proposed Public Safety Center Mon, Oct 20, 2008 | Comments 5 EDMOND — City officials spent two hours Monday night answering questions about the proposed $31.5 million Public Safety Center. Voters will go to the polls Nov. 4 to decide if they want to...

McCain says Obama policies will deepen recession Sun, Sep 28, 2008 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Lagging in the polls, Republican presidential candidate John McCain unleashed a blistering attack Monday on his Democratic rival, saying the race comes down to a...

Obama, McCain, cautiously watch financial debate Wed, Sep 24, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presidential rivals Barack Obama and John McCain warily addressed the nation's financial crisis and a proposed $700 billion response Tuesday, demanding changes in the...