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State could lose $115 million in Medicaid funds for teaching hospitals  -  
Paul Monies, Oklahoma Watch
17-Dec-2017
Where were the Watchdogs in the Health Department Crisis?  -  
Paul Monies, Oklahoma Watch
16-Dec-2017
Cutting Non-Teaching Personnel Could Mean Teacher Raises -- Education resources questioned; experts recommend path to reform  -  
Stacy Martin
12-Dec-2017
A Baker’s Dozen for a better world: At state Capitol ceremony, 13 honored for human rights work  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan, The City Sentinel
10-Dec-2017
Gross Receipts to the Oklahoma Treasury jump by more than 12 percent in November  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Dec-2017
Oklahoma’s U.S. Senator James Lankford Supports President’s Decision to Recognize Jerusalem as Israeli Capital  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-Dec-2017
Trying to save a life, lawyers for Julius Jones seek “writ of certiorari” from U.S. Supreme Court  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-Dec-2017
Fallin and McCall joust over provider rate cuts and her veto, as spending scrutiny intensifies  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-Dec-2017
Cathy Costello campaigns across Oklahoma – and was featured speaker at a legislative meeting in New Jersey  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Dec-2017
ANALYSIS: Oklahoma prison facilities and equipment exhibiting years of neglect  -  
Mike W. Ray
01-Dec-2017
In statement, State Rep. Leslie Osburn decries some legislative rhetoric  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
01-Dec-2017
Shirley Shanker receives President’s Highest Honor at the 25th anniversary gala for OKIE  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan, The City Sentinel
28-Nov-2017
Analysis: Fallin’s order, and conservative doubts  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Nov-2017
Ruth Blakley completes 45 years of service at Birth Choice of Oklahoma, but this story does not end  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Nov-2017
Donald J. Trump Thanksgiving Day Proclamation 2017  -  
Donald Trump, from the White House
23-Nov-2017
Oklahoma House Speaker McCall puts Rep. Cockroft in charge of committee to review agency mismanagement  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Nov-2017
A, B, C, through the letter Z – David Holt amasses broad-based support in race for Mayor  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
20-Nov-2017
Oklahoma House Speaker McCall says Gov. Fallin’s veto was a ‘complete reversal of her promise’  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Nov-2017
Fallin vetoes ‘Plan B’ budget, Schulz says action throws state finances ‘further into chaos’  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Nov-2017
Oklahoma Senate to vote on ‘Plan B’ budget  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
17-Nov-2017
Opinion: The Solutions oriented case for health care reform  -  
State Rep. Glen Mulready
16-Nov-2017
OCPA’s Jonathan Small hopes TSET vote to support nutrition services is ‘a trend that continues’  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
15-Nov-2017
Barbara Boxer shares ‘the art of tough’ with Sally’s List candidates and supporters  -  
Darla Shelden, The City Sentinel
12-Nov-2017
After opponent’s withdrawal strengthens his electoral base, Sen. David Holt builds mayoral momentum  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
12-Nov-2017
COMMENTARY – Time on Target: Memories and Gratitude  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Nov-2017
COMMENTARY: Living Without Fear  -  
Jenifer Cortes Gray
10-Nov-2017
Fallin applauds after Senate passes measure to address ‘our $215 million budget hole,’ calls on House to follow  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Nov-2017
Patchak’s progeny should be No Dice, No Roulette, and No More Special Deals for Big Tribes  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan, CapitolBeatOK
05-Nov-2017
Did Harvey Weinstein benefit from Oklahoma’s Hollywood Handout?  -  
Trent England, OCPA
05-Nov-2017
Giving Thanks – ‘Accelerated Growth’ in Oklahoma with Gross Receipts up more than 10 percent  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
04-Nov-2017
McCall touts increase in ‘effective gross production tax rate’  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
02-Nov-2017
Oklahoma Gov. Fallin applauds Health Board for replacing Health Commissioner Cline with Secretary Doerflinger  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
30-Oct-2017
ANALYSIS – Capitol Review: Budget still murky, death penalty controversy deepens, Costello presses mental health policy reforms  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Oct-2017
Fallin pushes tax hikes to address budget challenges, court negates electric/hybrid revenue  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
25-Oct-2017
Oklahoma Republican leaders announce budget deal that includes revenue increases  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
24-Oct-2017
COMMENTARY -- The ‘Uranium One’ story is (not fake) news, and big media has paid (at least some) attention  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Oct-2017
An Editor’s Memory: Paul Zahler honored for humanitarian work, and ‘Kelly’ Green remembered  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan, The City Sentinel
21-Oct-2017
TSET spending priorities questioned  -  
Jay Chilton, Center for Investigative Journalism
21-Oct-2017
Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Joseph Watt sets December 31 retirement, Fallin will second High Court appointment  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
10-Oct-2017
Oklahoma Treasurer Ken Miller reports rising state tax revenues for September  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Oct-2017
Coburn, Keating, Parman write open letter to Oklahoma lawmakers  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
04-Oct-2017
Positive Tomorrows receives $20,000 Opportunities Children iFund grant to support pre-K children  -  
Darla Shelden, The City Sentinel
03-Oct-2017
Conservative leaders release open letter to Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and state lawmakers  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
01-Oct-2017
House Speaker Charles McCall announces recess to seek budget agreement  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
28-Sep-2017
ONIE launches ‘Choose Homemade’ project  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
27-Sep-2017
OIEC group challenges PSO’s rate hike at Corporation Commission  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
26-Sep-2017
ANALYSIS: Citing new study, attorneys make case for new proceedings in Julius Jones case  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Sep-2017
Oklahomans overwhelmingly support oil and natural gas industry, WPAi survey finds  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-Sep-2017
Book review: Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda’s ‘The Shepherd who didn’t run: Father Stanley Rother, Martyr from Oklahoma’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Sep-2017
Sen. David Holt garners FOP endorsement in Oklahoma City’s mayoral race  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
20-Sep-2017
Commentary: State Rep. Scott Biggs and the ‘four-corners’ stalling tactic on criminal justice reform  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Sep-2017
Oklahoma City benefit concert for hurricane disaster relief features local singers  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
15-Sep-2017
Three candidates in September 12 county sheriff’s race promise to press jail reforms  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan, with Darla Shelden
09-Sep-2017
Oklahoma Treasurer Ken Miller reports 12-month gross receipts turn positive for first time in two years  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-Sep-2017
OCPA’s Jonathan Small: ‘No need for a special session’  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff REport
07-Sep-2017
Governor Greg Abbott declares a day of prayer in Texas after Hurricane Harvey  -  
Greg Abbott
03-Sep-2017
Excessive Occupational Licensing: A Solvable Problem  -  
Cathy Costello
02-Sep-2017
Governor Mary Fallin asks Oklahomans to pray for Texas, Louisiana storm victims, first responders on Sunday  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
02-Sep-2017
Sen. Holt’s campaign for mayor has fundraising momentum, and support from retired firefighters  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-Aug-2017
Two women enter race for Republican nomination as Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Aug-2017
Sunita Sharma MacLennan will receive Global Citizen Community Service award on September 9  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
20-Aug-2017
VOICE session with Oklahoma County Sheriff candidates set for August 20  -  
Darla Shelden, The City Sentinel
16-Aug-2017
Republican responses to tobacco fee/tax spike illustrate party divisions  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Aug-2017
Commentary: The Great Armageddon tour of 2017  -  
State Rep. Jason Murphey
12-Aug-2017
Fast and Furious: Democratic Party leaders assail GOP in wake of court ruling on tobacco tax  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
11-Aug-2017
Oklahoma Treasurer Ken Miller reports strong start to fiscal year – July gross tax receipts up almost 9 percent  -  
07-Aug-2017
The dastardly act of freshman pawning  -  
State Rep. Jason Murphey
07-Aug-2017
From the best of years to the worst of years (Part III)  -  
State Rep. Jason Murphey
06-Aug-2017
From the best of years to the worst of years (Part II)  -  
State Rep. Jason Murphey
05-Aug-2017
Editor’s Notebook: Russell runs, Guild’s grit, McCall’s budget boss, and Small slams Bar brass  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Aug-2017
From the best of years to the worst of years  -  
State Rep. Jason Murphey
04-Aug-2017
Jason Reese seeks House District 83 seat in Oklahoma City  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan, The City Sentinel
02-Aug-2017
ANALYSIS – Oklahoma State Government Spending: Higher Than Ever  -  
Chris Shelton and Dave Bond, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
01-Aug-2017
Attorneys believe race study shows Julius Jones’ death sentence is unconstitutional  -  
Darla Shelden, The City Sentinel
29-Jul-2017
First Things, Final Things: A review of ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan, The City Sentinel
22-Jul-2017
OCPA’s Jonathan Small issues statement on DHS Budget and Spending  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
20-Jul-2017
Democratic state Representatives seek to engage public on budget plan  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
19-Jul-2017
Speaker Charles McCall boots Rep. Leslie Osborn as state House budget and appropriations leader  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Jul-2017
FLASHBACK to 2014 – “Eloquent, emotional, thrilling: ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ speaks to the heart’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan, The City Sentinel, July 24, 2014
17-Jul-2017
FLASHBACK TO 2011 – A re-boot that works: ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan, The City Sentinel, September 5, 2011
16-Jul-2017
At Oklahoma City event, Kendra Horn launches campaign for Democratic nomination in the Fifth Congressional District  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Jul-2017
‘The belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God’ – An inaugural address  -  
John F. Kennedy, January 20, 1961
14-Jul-2017
In special election to fill seat of former Senator Ralph Shortey, Democratic candidate prevails  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Jul-2017
Oklahoma Treasurer Ken Miller reports gross receipts to state Treasury for Fiscal Year 2017 demonstrate that economic recovery is underway  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
11-Jul-2017
Global Citizen Awards scheduled for September 9 gala in Oklahoma City  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-Jul-2017
Sen. AJ Griffin, Rep. Tim Downing praised for school choice leadership  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Jul-2017
Dean A McGee Awards annually honor key Oklahoma City leaders  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Jul-2017
Gary Richardson is focused on making 2018 the year voters choose a change agent – him  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Jul-2017
A soldier’s story: combat, life in service, a kiss  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Jun-2017
Gary Richardson, Republican candidate for governor, files lawsuit to stop revenue boosts, defend State Question 640  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Jun-2017
OCPA Asks David Boren and Don Betz to Correct Their Statements on Higher Education Funding  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
23-Jun-2017
Immigrant Heritage Month provides time to recognize the abundance newcomers bring  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Jun-2017
Members of the Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission worked dutifully for one year – Read the Report!  -  
20-Jun-2017
Cody Yocom hired as founding principal for Cristo Rey Oklahoma City Catholic High School  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Jun-2017
Book Review: Great writing and compelling story-telling in John J. Dwyer’s ‘Shortgrass’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Jun-2017
Transportation and the Fallin Cabinet: Ridley resigns, Patterson placed  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
12-Jun-2017
Editor’s Notebook: Four months in, David Holt dominates the 2018 Oklahoma City mayoral race  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan, The City Sentinel
12-Jun-2017
May gross receipts of Oklahoma treasury sustain trend of rising collections, Treasurer Miller says  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Jun-2017
Enes Kanter reflects on Oklahoma and Oklahomans: ‘This is my home.’  -  
Nazarene Harris, The City Sentinel
08-Jun-2017
Comments worth repeating: Increased government spending is our default setting  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Jun-2017
OPINION – Why I voted no on this year’s appropriations bill  -  
State Rep. Jason Murphey
05-Jun-2017
COMMENTARY: Oklahoma's leaders failed us  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-May-2017
OCPA Announces intent to file state Supreme Court challenge of income iax increase  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
25-May-2017
Governor Mary Fallin’s Statement on 2018 Fiscal Year Budget Agreement  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
25-May-2017
ANALYSIS: The Legislature’s Lost Weekend, and the storm ahead  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-May-2017
Group of state leaders call for passage of a budget  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
19-May-2017
Titanic Thursday: Dueling Descriptions of budget talks yield a day of deadlock  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-May-2017
Project Save a Mouth goes to school to promote better Oklahoma health  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-May-2017
State Senator Kay Floyd winner of ‘Guardian Award’ from Oklahoma Commission on Status of Women  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-May-2017
Rep. George Young chosen for NCSL fellows program, schedules town hall meeting  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
17-May-2017
OCPA Offers Balanced Budget Plan with a Teacher Pay Raise  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
17-May-2017
Opinion: The immorality of increasing taxes  -  
State Rep. Jason Murphey
17-May-2017
Manic Monday: As cigarette tax boost falls short in Oklahoma House, Senate plan would enact $510 million in tax hikes  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-May-2017
COMMENTARY: A blast from the past (2012) – This land is our land: Law, liberty and free markets  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-May-2017
From the ‘git-go’, Oklahoma Republican leaders rebuked controversial proposal  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-May-2017
Criminal justice reform advocates back Task Force measures at Capitol Rally  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
11-May-2017
Coburn opposes proposal to sharply limit charitable deduction itemization, Oklahoma Center for NonProfits makes a case, as well  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-May-2017
OCPA says move against itemized deductions reflects ‘focus on the demands of government agencies’  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-May-2017
COMMENTARY -- Why I voted no on the 35 percent state gas tax increase  -  
State Rep. Jason Murphey
09-May-2017
Abolitionists celebrate 26th annual dinner with Nobel Peace Prize nominee Father John Dear  -  
Darla Shelden, The City Sentinel
07-May-2017
In Oklahoma speech, John Dear remembers Mother Teresa, advocating non-violence, an end to war, and death penalty abolition  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-May-2017
Treasurer Ken Miller reports this year’s third month of growth for Oklahoma’s gross tax receipts  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-May-2017
Rep. George Young thanks commissioners for Oklahoma Death Penalty Review report  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
02-May-2017
Severe storm damage report in Oklahoma City – situation update  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Apr-2017
Tulsa Business, Community and Faith Leaders advance Immigration Reform as Legislative Priority  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
28-Apr-2017
Oklahoma pollster finds nuances in state sentiment on immigration, support for legal status  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Apr-2017
COMMENTARY – Oklahoma Death Penalty Commission – Read The Report  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Apr-2017
Groups opposed to Death Penalty weigh in on Oklahoma Commission Report  -  
Darla Shelden, The City Sentinel
27-Apr-2017
Black Legislative Caucus to host A.C. Hamlin dinner May 2  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
26-Apr-2017
If recommendations take hold, common existing practices in Oklahoma death penalty cases would be limited  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Apr-2017
ANALYSIS: Death Penalty Review Commission issues sweeping, transformative recommendations  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Apr-2017
In major report, Death Penalty Review Commission recommends extension of execution moratorium  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Apr-2017
Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission to release highly anticipated findings Tuesday (April 25)  -  
Darla Shelden, The City Sentinel
24-Apr-2017
Former Governor David Walters keynotes 2017 ‘Labor & Friends’ event in Oklahoma City  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Apr-2017
Governor Mary Fallin issues official commendation to state Rep. Brian Renegar for life-saving maneuver  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
20-Apr-2017
Rep. Regina Goodwin’s ‘Caregiver Support Act’ goes to the governor’s desk  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
20-Apr-2017
Tom Cole’s E-vapor Efforts Backed By Retailers  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Apr-2017
State Rep. David Brumbaugh ‘has passed suddenly’  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
16-Apr-2017
Dialogue Institute Honors Thunder player, University President and Philanthropist at 13th annual Friendship Dinner  -  
Nazarene Harris
14-Apr-2017
Impressions and Questions: Could Documentary ‘Killing Richard Glossip’ end up saving him?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Apr-2017
On both offense and defense, Oklahoma criminal justice reformers advance the ball  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Apr-2017
As the Oklahoma wind blows, zero-emission tax credit may end on July 1  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Apr-2017
ANALYSIS -- Roads and Bridges advocate wonders aloud: Should politicians or engineers determine what bridges get repaired and improved?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Apr-2017
To: Working journalists. From: Oklahoma’s Society of Professional Journalists – Is your name on this list?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-Apr-2017
After two months of growth, gross tax receipts dropped in March, Treasurer Ken Miller says  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Apr-2017
Pulitizer Prize-winning journalist to headline Stillwater banquet honoring Oklahoma’s best reporters  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-Apr-2017
The Right Hand, and, the Far-Right Hand – Remembering Reagan and Crane  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
31-Mar-2017
Regulation Stops the Vape – Cole’s proposal to guard alternative from retroactive regs  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Mar-2017
Former District Attorney Wes Lane endorses Brett Macy in GOP primary for county sheriff  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Mar-2017
Opinion: People who love to say no  -  
Steve Fair
29-Mar-2017
Opinion: Time for Trump to grow up – Among other things, politics is a popularity contest  -  
Sean Cummings
29-Mar-2017
Editor’s Notebook: Governor Fallin calls special elections, forms veterans healthcare outreach, announces appointments of Mish, Lopez, Fitzgerald  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Mar-2017
FOI Oklahoma ‘Sunshine’ dinner slated for April 7, retired state Justice Taylor to speak  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
27-Mar-2017
Remembering: When Jesse Jackson opposed abortion, he said life ‘is really a gift from God.’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Mar-2017
As the stomach turns, a tribal casino in Guymon makes no sense  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Mar-2017
Oklahoma House advances Rep. George Faught’s bill to ban abortions in instances of certain birth defects  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
23-Mar-2017
‘Killing Richard Glossip’ world premiere to be held in Oklahoma City.  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Mar-2017
OPINION: A modest proposal, from one ‘loyal and true’ -- Why not raise the roof? Or the ceiling?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan, The City Sentinel, editor and publisher
21-Mar-2017
COMMENTARY: Shortey, and the fork in the road  -  
Sean Cummings
21-Mar-2017
COMMENTARY: Senator Shortey’s Shortcomings  -  
Steve Fair
20-Mar-2017
Governor Mary Fallin appoints attorney James Barwick to state Wildlife Commission  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Mar-2017
Governor Fallin names former Gov. Frank Keating to OU Board of Regents  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
15-Mar-2017
Good words about George Young – minister, legislator, community leader  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Mar-2017
New Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter slates Tulsa conference on Civil Rights Enforcement  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Mar-2017
Society of Professional Journalists, Oklahoma, will celebrate 2017 awards in Stillwater  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
12-Mar-2017
COMMENTARY: Family Matters -- In the Class 3A state championship basketball game, the Coaches Cudjoe count  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Mar-2017
Curtain Call for the Oklahoma City Gridiron: When a good thing ended, they paid it forward  -  
Publius
09-Mar-2017
Treasurer Ken Miller: Oklahoma’s Gross Receipts show slight improvement over prior year  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Mar-2017
Birth Choice of Oklahoma schedules ‘Life of the Party’ fundraising gala for March 25  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Mar-2017
OPINION: Protecting the health of Oklahomans  -  
Sen. Ervin Yen and Rep. Mike Ritze
06-Mar-2017
COMMENTARY: Donald Trump can make a difference in Indian Country  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Mar-2017
ESA bill (S.B. 560) passed Oklahoma Senate Education Committee before being ‘pulled’ – an interview with the sponsor  -  
Jay Chilton, Center for Investigative Journalism
03-Mar-2017
Leaders react to Oklahoma state Senator Ron Sharp’s ‘truly shocking’ Mengele comparison  -  
Jay Chilton, Center for Investigative Journalism
03-Mar-2017
After multi-year tumultuous journey, REAL-ID sails through Oklahoma Legislature, and Fallin signs it  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Mar-2017
Dr. Ed Shadid to ponder mayor’s race? Commissioner Maughan jumps in, Council Member Stonecipher also considers it  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Feb-2017
Calling for ‘One OKC,’ David Holt enters race to replace Mayor Cornett  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Feb-2017
Oklahoma Kids Belong begins with efforts to increase awareness of adoption crisis  -  
Darla Shelden, The City Sentinel
27-Feb-2017
Kevin Durant Charity Foundation awards Positive Tomorrows $57,000 grant  -  
Darla Shelden, The City Sentinel
25-Feb-2017
Harding Fine Arts Academy Ignite Arts Festival set for March 4  -  
Darla Shelden, The City Sentinel
23-Feb-2017
Will legislative Republicans kill criminal justice reform for a second time?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Feb-2017
John Rex Charter School’s ‘Fuel Up!’ is a cool success  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Feb-2017
Analyzing Turkish troubles: Some context for journalist Mahir Zeynelov’s interview with CapitolBeatOK  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Feb-2017
Turkish journalist Mahir Zeynelov concerned President Trump ‘might be deferential toward’ strongman ruler  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Feb-2017
Allbaugh discusses death penalty with coalition opposed to executions  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Feb-2017
Dove Schools listed as Oklahoma Schools of Character, Math Challenge Saturday in Tulsa  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Feb-2017
Lydia Reeder’s ‘Dust Bowl Girls’ – more than a great story about competitive sports  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Feb-2017
Governor Fallin names Patrick Wyrick to Oklahoma state Supreme Court  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Feb-2017
Twenty-month slide in gross receipts to Oklahoma Treasury ended in January, Miller says  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
11-Feb-2017
OCPA’s Jonathan Small blasts OU’s invitation to actor Harry Belafonte  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-Feb-2017
Governor Mary Fallin’s 2017 State of the State speech  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Feb-2017
‘Dust Bowl Girls’ author Lydia Reeder will sign books at Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame, February 6  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Feb-2017
Kirby case triggers expanded state House training, expulsion possible in days  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
04-Feb-2017
A change in the affairs of mankind – ‘The arm of commerce has borne away the gates ...’  -  
Frederick A. Douglass
02-Feb-2017
Chair of Oklahoma Senate Democratic Caucus, Kay Floyd coordinates legislative strategy, critiques majority priorities  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Feb-2017
Oklahomans react to the Executive Order curbing immigration from seven Muslim countries  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
31-Jan-2017
An Editor’s Notebook: Life, laments, grades and goodness  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Jan-2017
Rep. Mark McBride’s proposal would use portion of TSET funds for health education compensation  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
27-Jan-2017
1889 Institute releases Education Savings Account proposal  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
26-Jan-2017
School Choice Summit on track despite anti-choice group’s threat of disruption at OCCC  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Jan-2017
Midwest City breakfast evokes ‘a tapestry of unity’ that launched MLK Day 2017  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Jan-2017
Lt. Gov. Lamb, Dr. Steve Perry, lawmakers and educators to speak at School Choice summit  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
24-Jan-2017
Remembering Frosty Troy  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Jan-2017
Oklahoma leaders will be honored at John F. Kennedy Community Service Awards dinner January 24  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Jan-2017
Oklahoma Speaker Charles McCall designates state House committee assignments  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
19-Jan-2017
Making the dream a reality, from Outer Space to Inner Space: We make love real, when we give it away  -  
Gary Banz
18-Jan-2017
‘Cruel Odyssey’ – Documentary ‘Killing Richard Glossip’ scheduled for March world premiere  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Jan-2017
Long ago, not so far away: Love in a father’s words supporting ‘the dignity of every man’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Jan-2017
Oklahoma’s Markwayne Mullin mentioned for high federal office, to the dismay of many  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Jan-2017
Stanley Hupfeld Academy at Western Village named ‘exemplar school’ by Partnership for 21st-Century Learning  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
10-Jan-2017
Sen. Bryce Marlatt opposes BIA plan to authorize tribal casino in Guymon  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
10-Jan-2017
Sen. Rob Standridge hopeful for Oklahoma’s future  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Jan-2017
COMMENTARY – Health, life expectancy and Oklahoma  -  
Sen. Ervin Yen
09-Jan-2017
The City Sentinel: In Oklahoma's capital city, Top Ten Local Stories for 2016  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Jan-2017
Vast opportunities: Education’s Champions of Choice honored at Oklahoma City event  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-Jan-2017
A not-so-fond look back at 2016: The Hofmeister indictment and Boren’s defeat lead CapitolBeatOK’s Top 10 Stories  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Jan-2017
Newly-elected Oklahoma House Speaker Charles McCall designates members to investigate wrongful termination settlement, Rep. Kirby seated  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
04-Jan-2017
State House of Representatives will hold hearings on five highest-spending agencies  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
03-Jan-2017
Getting Organized – at the Oklahoma state House, boiling controversy over harassment settlement and related issues  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
03-Jan-2017
Book Review: ‘Dust Bowl Girls’ by Lydia Reeder is a classic of sports literature  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Dec-2016
Taking the Festival of Lights to new Heights – Oklahoma City Chabad Community Center  -  
Staff Report
24-Dec-2016
House Democratic leaders ask incoming Republican Speaker of the House Charles McCall to answer questions about the Kirby sexual harassment settlement  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-Dec-2016
An interview with Mickey Dollens, a Democratic “young gun” – and state party names Native American Liaison  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Dec-2016
Board of Equalization projects $6 billion in tax revenue for legislative appropriation, conservative voices say TSET money could help close $863 million gap  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Dec-2016
Jason Nelson takes Senior Advisor position with Oklahoma’s E Foundation  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
20-Dec-2016
Oklahoma City Senator David Holt will press for major teacher pay hike  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Dec-2016
Oklahoma virtual charter school board partners with agency for quality and accountability  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
19-Dec-2016
Editor’s Notebook: OCPA analyst decries OBA attack on Pruitt, Mayor Mick meets President-elect Trump, F.D. Moon Elementary welcomes Santa  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-Dec-2016
Gov. Mary Fallin’s “Feeding Oklahoma Drive” exceeds goal, benefiting food banks  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
16-Dec-2016
Oklahomans against Pruitt’s confirmation for EPA job speak out  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Dec-2016
Pullmann Potter: Heartland analyst shapes her arguments for pre-school education choice  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Dec-2016
Oklahoma’s oil and gas gross tax revenue continues to climb – as sales and income tax receipts fall  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
11-Dec-2016
New state Rep. Collin Walke, D-Oklahoma City, presses for restoration of Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
10-Dec-2016
Backing 'Holidays for Heroes' -- Joe Dorman won’t run for governor, but he’s still Santa's helper  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
10-Dec-2016
Book Review, Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda’s ‘The Shepherd Who Didn’t Run – Fr. Stanley Rother, Martyr from Oklahoma’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Dec-2016
Oklahoma conservatives applaud Scott Pruitt’s selection to run EPA  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-Dec-2016
COMMENTARY -- Professor Spiropoulos gives Republican leaders a failing grade  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-Dec-2016
Book Review: William F. Buckley’s ‘A Torch Kept Lit – Great Lives of the Twentieth Century’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Dec-2016
So memory won’t die – Pearl Harbor ceremony set for Wednesday, December 7  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Dec-2016
Capitol Days: A Tree lighting, and farewells to Larry Derryberry  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Dec-2016
Oklahoma state Sen. Kay Floyd garners national “excellence award”  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
02-Dec-2016
Mid-year budget cut proposed as Oklahoma City sales tax revenue declines  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Nov-2016
Oklahoma state Rep. George Young in delegation to Center for Health Care Services in San Antonio  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
28-Nov-2016
The Turning Point: Oklahoma voters restore the basis for long-sought criminal justice reforms  -  
Kris Steele
26-Nov-2016
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin promises to sustain renewed momentum for criminal justice reform  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
26-Nov-2016
President John F. Kennedy’s Thanksgiving Day proclamations  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-Nov-2016
Big Wind’s Big Loss: As Vermont goes, so goes Oklahoma?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Nov-2016
Cristo Rey Catholic High School schedules open House December 10  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Nov-2016
ASTEC Fund honors Oklahoma ‘door-openers’ and ‘pathfinders’  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Nov-2016
Oklahoma Senators take oath of office on 109th Statehood Day  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
17-Nov-2016
Senator Kim David says NPLEx is a powerful tool to prevent illegal sales of meds containing PSE  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
17-Nov-2016
Editor’s Notebook: Veteran’s Day, Rs and Ds react to election, new House swear-in on November 16  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Nov-2016
Senators Thompson and Simpson organize World Diabetes Day at Oklahoma State Capitol  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
11-Nov-2016
Supporters of State Question 777, the right-to-farm proposition, comment on Tuesday’s defeat  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
10-Nov-2016
From Ken Miller: Oil and gas tax collections edge up in October gross receipts report  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
10-Nov-2016
Death penalty foes respond to voter approval of State Question 776  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Nov-2016
Oklahomans approve criminal justice reforms: State Questions 780 and 781  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Nov-2016
Steele says State Questions 780 and 781 are vital, Right on Crime group presses for voter approval  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-Nov-2016
Across party lines: Chuck Norris leads Republican support for Oklahoma County Sheriff Whetsel  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Nov-2016
Vote your good wolf – For Gary Johnson  -  
Jack L. Werner, Ph.D.
02-Nov-2016
ANALYSIS – Oklahoma S.D. 5: Senator Joseph Silk vs. school administrator Stacey Ebert  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Nov-2016
In study from Americans for Prosperity, Analyst takes critical view of State Question 779  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
01-Nov-2016
ANALYSIS – Oklahoma’s largest newspaper recommends “NO” vote on State Question 776  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Oct-2016
Plans made for January JFK Dinner, regional Special Olympics basketball slated for November 5 at Santa Fe Family Life Center  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan, The City Sentinel
30-Oct-2016
Mickey Dollens – teacher, athlete, small-business owner – wants to represent Oklahoma City’s House District 93  -  
Andrew W. Griffin, Red Dirt Report
30-Oct-2016
Why a Real Ranching Family Supports State Question 777, Oklahoma’s Right to Farm  -  
Matt Boyer, Beacon Hill Ranch, Vinita, OK
28-Oct-2016
COMMENTARY -- A Smarter Approach to Public Safety: Yes on State Questions 780 and 781  -  
Kris Steele
24-Oct-2016
COMMENTARY – Oklahoma, executions and democratic choice – Ending the death penalty for our time, and for all time  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Oct-2016
State Question 790 – Helping ‘the least of these’ while healing the past  -  
Paul S. Coakley, Archbishop of Oklahoma City
17-Oct-2016
Advocates of State Questions 780 and 781 launch TV ad campaign featuring stories of real families  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
16-Oct-2016
Senate Study finds uncompensated care fund crucial for Oklahomans’ health  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
16-Oct-2016
Commission on the Status of Women now accepting nominations for Oklahoma Women’s Hall of Fame  -  
Darla Shelden, The City Sentinel
15-Oct-2016
Oklahoma’s execution foes host October 10 event as part of ‘World Day Against the Death Penalty’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan, The City Sentinel
08-Oct-2016
Oklahoma Treasurer Ken Miller reports fall in gross receipts, continuation of 19-month contraction  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Oct-2016
Sen. Kyle Loveless hosts interim study focused on sexual abuse in schools … continues asset forfeiture reform efforts  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Oct-2016
With a boost from Mayor Cornett, beverage group launches ‘Balance Calories Oklahoma’ effort  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Oct-2016
Rep. Sean Roberts hosts interim study on rural health care outcomes  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
03-Oct-2016
Rep. Donnie Condit to serve on state Capitol Repair Expenditure Oversight Committee  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
02-Oct-2016
Criminal justice reformers begin final push for State Questions 780 and 781, Robert Henry makes formal endorsement  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
01-Oct-2016
Some good news for advocates of medical marijuana: Enough signatures for ballot status ratified  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Oct-2016
Recent debate kicks off race for Oklahoma County Sheriff  -  
Darla Shelden, The City Sentinel
29-Sep-2016
Dr. Freda Deskin, superintendent and founder of the ASTEC Charter Schools, to receive UCO’s distinguished alumni award  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Sep-2016
Oklahoma Eagle Forum remembers Phyllis Schlafly  -  
Bunny Chambers
12-Sep-2016
Joe Dorman to run Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Sep-2016
COMMENTARY -- ln the land of immigrants, time for reform  -  
Justin Alan Lindstrom
08-Sep-2016
Gross receipts to state treasury continue to fall, Oklahoma unemployment tops national rate  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Sep-2016
Mother Teresa: on Being Christ’s disciple, and a prayer of adoration  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Sep-2016
Mother Teresa’s speech at the national Prayer Breakfast in 1994  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Sep-2016
Gov. Fallin declares Pawnee County emergency, Corporation Commission presses to stop injection wells near earthquake epicenter  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Sep-2016
Harvard Republican Club letter to members and alumni: We will not support Donald Trump  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Sep-2016
State of Oklahoma, Choctaw Nation agree on hunting and fishing compact  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
01-Sep-2016
Oklahoma City’s Harding Fine Arts students excel at U.S. Open Karate Tournament  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
31-Aug-2016
Still They Rise: Students honored at Madinah’s Educational Foundation program  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Aug-2016
State Rep. Chuck Hoskin’s on his Harley, driving for motorcycle safety  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
27-Aug-2016
Fallin signs election proclamations for five state questions, as November ballot takes shape  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
24-Aug-2016
A Prayer blessing a tree planted to honor Mark Costello: ‘The wind that stirs its leaves’  -  
Rev. Stephen V. Hamilton, S.T.L.
23-Aug-2016
Near the Labor Department Mark Costello led, a blessed Redbud tree is planted in his honor  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-Aug-2016
Those ‘in the Arena’ – Citizens in a Republic  -  
Joe Dorman
23-Aug-2016
On Saturday (Aug. 27), Oklahoma County black elected officials host Third Annual College Fair at MetroTech  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-Aug-2016
Advocates of initiative measures for process reform and medical marijuana may fall short  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Aug-2016
James Lankford helps to lead national drive affirming ‘In God We Trust’ as the national motto  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Aug-2016
Unity Prayer Service & Walk scheduled in Oklahoma City  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Aug-2016
An Oklahoma Water Policy Primer, part II – 2012-2016  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Aug-2016
An Oklahoma Water Policy Primer – Debates from 2010 and 2011  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Aug-2016
Summer 2016 marks 15 years of work for Oklahoma City’s Jones PR  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
11-Aug-2016
Positive Tomorrows adds pre-K level and expands services for school opening day  -  
Darla Shelden, The City Sentinel
09-Aug-2016
Editor’s Notebook: Porter Scholarship, Toll Fellowship, a College Fair  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Aug-2016
Paul Abner, Craig Eidson, and the late Milton Friedman – Men of Issachar for our times  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Aug-2016
Current downturn in Oklahoma’s gross tax receipts has lasted longer than the Great Recession downturn  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-Aug-2016
New high school supported through Oklahoma’s Opportunity Scholarship Fund policy  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Aug-2016
Fall 2017: Cristo Rey Catholic High School will open in Oklahoma City  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
04-Aug-2016
COMMENTARY: An Apple for Teachers is an Ax for State Employees  -  
Joe Dorman
03-Aug-2016
Eradication of feral hogs will be subject of House Interim Study  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Jul-2016
Rep. Mike Ritze – NPLEx Continues to Prevent Illegal Sales of Medicines Containing PSE  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
27-Jul-2016
U.S. Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma leads push for Conscience Protection Act of 2016  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Jul-2016
COMMENTARY For the sake of the ten, for the sake of us all – 2016’s new hope for criminal justice reform  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Jul-2016
ANALYSIS -- As the future rushes in: Tuition hikes and horses and buggies vs. MOOCs and Innovation  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-Jul-2016
Rep. Richard Morrissette will host interim study on public health challenges of the Zika virus  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
16-Jul-2016
Black Lives Matter and allies sponsor Oklahoma Rally; Police Shootings nationwide documented  -  
The City Sentinel staff
10-Jul-2016
COMMENTARY Light at the end of the tunnel, deeds in life, to Eternity, reaping the harvest, working together for good  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-Jul-2016
Gross Receipts to Oklahoma Treasury: June report documents ‘downward trajectory,’ scope of Recession  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Jul-2016
Oklahoma City June 2016 sales tax summary: Collections down 7.7 percent from last year  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Jul-2016
A Future of Freedom for “every man, woman and child” – Ronald Reagan’s July 4, 1986 speech  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
01-Jul-2016
John F. Kennedy -- From Independence Square on July 4, 1962: ‘A fabric of law and progress’  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
01-Jul-2016
John Adams: From an Address to the Continental Congress supporting the Declaration, July 1, 177  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
30-Jun-2016
U.S. Supreme Court slaps down Texas abortion regulations, Oklahomans respond  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Jun-2016
COMMENTARY: As we conclude Immigrant Heritage Month, it’s time for reform  -  
Francisco J. Treviño
27-Jun-2016
Broad coalition presses for historic criminal justice reform in Oklahoma  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Jun-2016
After submission of more than 200,000 signatures, ballot status likely for historic criminal justice reform initiatives  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
27-Jun-2016
Potential Bonanza through Internet Gaming available to non-U.S. Citizens, based on Native American lands?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Jun-2016
OCU business school reduces tuition for energy programs  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Jun-2016
Gov. Fallin delays implementation of Highway Patrol program using card ‘readers’ in asset forfeiture  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Jun-2016
Challenging legislative session had its bright spots  -  
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin
14-Jun-2016
First Novel, Last President: Richard Engle’s themes and insights yield a worthy debut  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Jun-2016
Leaders of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) condemn ‘monstrous attack’ in Orlando  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
12-Jun-2016
Judicial Confirmation and Retention in the age of Joe Biden and Donald Trump – A Perfect Storm or a Perfect Mess?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Jun-2016
Editor’s Notebook: Waiting on DOC, Pro-life measures praised, Fallin sees silver lining, and Spiropoulos speaks out  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Jun-2016
COMMENTARY Getting the right answer by changing the question: If left-wing academic bias is a given, why should taxpayers finance it?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Jun-2016
May Gross Receipts to Oklahoma treasury: Lowest in six years  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-Jun-2016
Reader Poll Part Two: The Death Penalty – Why or why not?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-Jun-2016
Local group kicks off campaign opposing “Right to Farm” – S.Q. 777  -  
Darla Shelden, The City Sentinel
03-Jun-2016
State Question 777 (right to farm proposal) beats back opposition lawsuit  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
03-Jun-2016
‘A productive, tax-paying citizen’ who supports criminal justice reform  -  
Natasha Purnell
03-Jun-2016
Editor’s Notebook: Criminal Justice reform advances, Pruitt outlines response to Obama administration move, Fallin looks on the bright side  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Jun-2016
Laws opposing federal transgender guidance fall short, but Oklahoma Legislature approves resolution backing A.G. Pruitt’s lawsuit  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-May-2016
Text of Oklahoma House Concurrent Resolution 1021  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
27-May-2016
Obama Administration's 'Dear Colleague Letter on Transgender Students'  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
27-May-2016
Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty analyzes grand jury report  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-May-2016
Pruitt says Corrections Department 'failed to do its job,' in process that was often 'careless, cavalier'  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-May-2016
Grand Jury report runs 106 pages, delivering strong criticism of death penalty process  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-May-2016
Joyful advocates join in Tulsa to celebrate release of two innocent men: Malcolm Scott and De'Marchoe Carpenter  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-May-2016
'I'll Fly Away' Foundation brings music and songwriting into ASTEC Classroom  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-May-2016
Reader Poll: Death Penalty – Why or why not?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-May-2016
Telling tales: When the ‘metafictional’ narrative of Ben Rhodes trumped truth  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-May-2016
Anheuser-Busch Budweiser Clydesdales visit Capitol to mark $1 million gift to American Red Cross  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-May-2016
As National Charter Schools Week concludes, Oklahoma success stories are shared  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-May-2016
Oklahoma oil and gas tax collections lowest in 17 years, as post-recession economic gains are erased  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-May-2016
Editor’s notebook: Email confusion, applause for reforms, credit questions, long-shot Democrat  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-May-2016
Oklahoma Innocence Project to highlight push for criminal justice reforms  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-May-2016
On May 10, Dr. Freda Deskin, founder of ASTEC Charter Schools, will garner HealthCorps honor during ceremony in New York City  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
03-May-2016
Rep. John Paul Jordan's alternative certification measure on Gov. Fallin's desk, Superintendent Hofmeister expresses support  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
03-May-2016
Governor Mary Fallin signs four criminal justice measures into law  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
01-May-2016
Sovereignty Symposium 2016 scheduled for June 8 and 9 in Oklahoma City  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Apr-2016
Sen. David Holt's legislation on 'revenge porn' heads to Gov. Mary Fallin  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Apr-2016
Carl Bernstein will keynote 2016 Oklahoma awards banquet for Society of Professional Journalists  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
24-Apr-2016
Six of Oklahoma's 'leading ladies' garner Byliner Awards from Association for Women in Communications  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
24-Apr-2016
Paul English, veteran state Capitol reporter, dies after long illness  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Apr-2016
'Nous nous souvenons' – Robert Joseph Morrissette, Rep. Morrissette's father, dies after lengthy illness  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
20-Apr-2016
Watch-Out One: His 'gut' says no indictments in death penalty probe, as Joe Allbaugh tackles Corrections reform  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Apr-2016
Editor's Notebook: Dr. Coburn's remedy, Lockhart injured, Inman declares disaster, Hickman says budget forthcoming  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Apr-2016
COMMENTARY -- Our posterity: 'Total Age Dependency Ratio' means we need each other, and wiser education policies  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Apr-2016
Three Oklahomans honored, Norman City Government gets 'Black Hole' award from FOI Oklahoma  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Apr-2016
Costello family members join to present Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence to Hideaway  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Apr-2016
Oklahoma's March 2016 Gross Receipts to Treasury are lowest in four years  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Apr-2016
Sounds of Silence: Oklahoma County votes on a beautiful spring day (TODAY)  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-Apr-2016
Honoring 'The Defender' – the story of one of America's most consequential newspapers  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Apr-2016
Mr. Levit and Mr. Welborn go to Washington, meeting with Obama, Lankford, Inhofe  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
31-Mar-2016
ANALYSIS: Hofmeister declares victory and the clock runs out, will begin implementation of Math and English/Language Arts Standards  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Mar-2016
Nothing but net? Reflections on 'leadership, and a willingness to be a team player'  -  
Joe Dorman
29-Mar-2016
Oklahoma Bipartisan Death Penalty Review Commission formed, supported  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Mar-2016
A request for reader input: Why, or why not, the death penalty?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Mar-2016
Rep. David Derby releases new data from pseudoephedrine monitoring system  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
24-Mar-2016
Active, and Striving for Dreams – Oklahoma City's Positive Tomorrows serves homeless children  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-Mar-2016
Harding Fine Arts Academy's math teacher, Jennifer Burris, named DaVinci Institute's A+ Teacher of the Year  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
23-Mar-2016
JonesPR garners national award in 'PRWEEK' competition  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-Mar-2016
Oklahoman Tara Huddleston echoes Stotsky and Gray, saying the Hofmeister Academic Standards 'are not ready'  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Mar-2016
'A mile wide and an inch deep' – The Hofmeister Academic Standards under critical scrutiny  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Mar-2016
Leading academic says Oklahoma Department of Education's Academic standards 'are not worth following'  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Mar-2016
By the numbers: 'A priority in public education for hiring people outside the classroom'  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Mar-2016
Oklahoma Republican Leaders: Education Savings Accounts will not be considered this year  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Mar-2016
Construction under way for new Choctaw Nation headquarters  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
10-Mar-2016
1889 Institute presents “blueprint” for Oklahoma education reforms  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
10-Mar-2016
Oklahoma's Gross Receipts to the Treasury fall for tenth straight month  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Mar-2016
The Bob Dylan Archive comes to Tulsa, Oklahoma  -  
Staff Report
02-Mar-2016
School Choice Supporters Rally at the Oklahoma Capitol  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Mar-2016
Oklahoma's Dr. Tom Coburn endorses Marco Rubio for President  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Feb-2016
House Democrats say their legislation is not getting floor consideration  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Feb-2016
Happily Singing the Blues in a Red State – Oklahoma Democrats are relevant  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Feb-2016
For Super Tuesday, Frank Keating endorses Marco Rubio, amid tide of support from elected officials  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Feb-2016
French Jewish family heir regains title to Nazi-stolen painting of ‘Shepherdess’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Feb-2016
Rep. David Derby touts study that finds large shortage of primary care physicians in the state of Oklahoma  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
24-Feb-2016
Large fire near Okmulgee, Oklahoma, nearly contained  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-Feb-2016
Advertising opportunities for March 2016 edition of The City Sentinel close on Tuesday, February 23  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
19-Feb-2016
By the numbers, for whom the bells toll: 1 grand jury, (more than) 2 death penalty foes, 3 resignations, 4 months of investigation, and 5 men – including Richard Glossip – on death row  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Feb-2016
Every now and then, she's right: Fallin's corrections reforms are needed  -  
Joe Dorman
17-Feb-2016
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt says he will push to set execution dates after grand jury report's release  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Feb-2016
More than the Richard Glossip case: For the Constitution, for social justice, for reasons pragmatic and humane, put the death penalty into mothballs  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Feb-2016
COMMENTARY: Dust to dust, ashes to ashes … Reflections on law, mortality and the meaning of words  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Feb-2016
Second Annual Muslim Day at the Capitol set for February 26  -  
Darla Shelden
13-Feb-2016
ANALYSIS: Education Savings Accounts breathe new life into policy debates  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Feb-2016
As 2016 session begins, Democrats assail Gov. Fallin and Republicans in the Legislature  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Feb-2016
The Blaine Truth: How an obscure historical Nativism could (but doesn't have to) undo school choice  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Feb-2016
Family Policy Institute of Oklahoma to host marriage and family scholar  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Feb-2016
Governor Mary Fallin Delivers 2016 State of the State Address  -  
05-Feb-2016
OPINION: Gratitude for 10 years of 'the peak of education in Oklahoma'  -  
J.R. Gray
05-Feb-2016
ANALYSIS, Part Three: Mary Fallin gets it – the problem with prisons, and the challenge of reform  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Feb-2016
From an Editor's Notebook: Some common ground, Business backs Loveless, Rubio gains support  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Feb-2016
VOICE OKC holds Restorative Justice Sunday presentation  -  
Darla Shelden
31-Jan-2016
Pro-Lifers come to Capitol Wednesday (February 3) for annual Rose Day  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
31-Jan-2016
Oklahoma Legislators file 1,625 new bills and 73 joint resolutions to consider in 2016 session  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
28-Jan-2016
LGBT advocates criticize 26 measures introduced in Oklahoma Legislature  -  
Staff Report
27-Jan-2016
Governor Mary Fallin proclaims 'School Choice Week' in Oklahoma  -  
27-Jan-2016
Price Lang Consulting establishes UCO scholarship  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
27-Jan-2016
Opinion: Addressing the heartbreak of addiction  -  
Jeb Bush
27-Jan-2016
Oklahoma Academy recommendations include tax reform, budget transparency and Medicaid Expansion  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Jan-2016
Jones Public Relations launches “The Oklahoma 100” as online publishing platform  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
24-Jan-2016
ACLU Executive Director Kiesel encourages Oklahoma Legislature to expand Medicaid  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Jan-2016
Rep. Morrissette’s Earthquake damage hearing Friday, January 15  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Jan-2016
Arkansas as a Tipping Point, and critiques of a one-cent sales tax hike for education  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Jan-2016
Trump endorses ‘Protect Life and Marriage Marriage Oklahoma’ drive  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
13-Jan-2016
Light-heavyweight bout for 2016: Scott Pruitt vs. Gary Jones  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Jan-2016
Marco Rubio leads presidential field in endorsements from Oklahoma legislators  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-Jan-2016
The Nation's Best of the Worst Reporting for 2015, from the Media Research Center  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Jan-2016
Gov. Fallin names Andy Lester to State Regents, appoints others, announces FEMA approval  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
31-Dec-2015
Rep. Richard Morrissette criticizes Fallin administration’s response on earthquakes  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
31-Dec-2015
Istook’s Insights: Good deeds and Christmas, faith and freedom  -  
Ernest Istook
29-Dec-2015
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma launches PokerTribe.com and Pokertribe.gov programs  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Dec-2015
iOKCPS program offers personalized educational opportunities to local students  -  
Darla Shelden
27-Dec-2015
ReMerge program graduates ninth class, successful rehabilitation and recovery program continues  -  
Darla Shelden
27-Dec-2015
Capital Punishment and the Capitol Beat: 2015's Top Ten stories in Oklahoma state government  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Dec-2015
NEWS ANALYSIS: The City Sentinel: Top stories of 2015 include revenue crunch, Glossip fallout  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Dec-2015
Istook's Insights: Sympathy for the Trump, more debt, guns and control  -  
Ernest Istook
27-Dec-2015
An expression of God's love, in the innocence of a child  -  
Ernest Istook
24-Dec-2015
Road and Bridge 'Super PAC' gets 'green light'  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-Dec-2015
1889 Institute analyzes TSET spending patterns  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-Dec-2015
Oklahoma State Board of Education looks at teacher shortage, A-F reports  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Dec-2015
Democrats assail Republicans, blaming them for 'revenue failure'  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Dec-2015
Oklahoma State Board of Education approves changes to teacher evaluation system  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
19-Dec-2015
Istook's Insights: U.N. and the Internet, P.C. Police  -  
Ernest Istook
18-Dec-2015
NEWS ANALYSIS: Scholar fears choice opportunities could be smothered in higher regulation  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Dec-2015
Weak General Revenue Fund collections to trigger Oklahoma government 'revenue failure' this year  -  
Capitol BeatOK Staff Report
16-Dec-2015
Istook’s Insights: Hot air in Paris, U.S. dreamers, Pentagon PC  -  
Ernest Istook
16-Dec-2015
Sens. Patrick Anderson and John Sparks launch Bill of Rights monument project  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Dec-2015
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas! And other good wishes, too.  -  
Joe Dorman
15-Dec-2015
Istook’s Insights: Terrorism, ‘no-fly’ flaws, and a wild blame game  -  
Ernest Istook
15-Dec-2015
Oklahoma City firm Jones PR named finalist in National PRWeek awards for advocacy  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Dec-2015
National group praises Oklahoma's charter school authorizing standards  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Dec-2015
Gross Receipts to the Oklahoma Treasury continued to fall in November  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Dec-2015
A surprise attack, and a reminder that evil exists  -  
Ernest Istook
07-Dec-2015
Istook’s Insights: Fake reports of racism, PC suicide  -  
Ernest Istook
05-Dec-2015
Gov. Fallin forms fact-finding group to study reuse of ‘produced water’  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
04-Dec-2015
State law changed to boost recruitment of volunteer firefighters  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
01-Dec-2015
Rep. Cory Williams presses Secretary Michael Teague to use all grant money for earthquake study  -  
01-Dec-2015
Interim Review: Rep. Randy McDaniel outlines pension system improvements  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
01-Dec-2015
Interim Review: Rep. Richard Morrissette intends to file Nutrition measures  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
30-Nov-2015
Oklahomans back Educational Options, School Choice high on minds of voters  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
30-Nov-2015
1889 Institute of Oklahoma proposes to eliminate Certificates of Need (CON), deeming them government-enforced cartels  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Nov-2015
Joint House/Senate meeting focused on best practices for preserving and maintaining a restored Capitol  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
27-Nov-2015
Remembering the meaning of Thanksgiving  -  
Erik Telford
25-Nov-2015
Istook's Insights: Obama calls critics cowards, but they will fight him  -  
Ernest Istook
25-Nov-2015
In Joy, Thankfulness, Praise: Remembering John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Ronald Wilson Reagan  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Nov-2015
Syrian refugee policy provokes conservative debate in Oklahoma  -  
Staff Report
24-Nov-2015
At Capitol ceremony, Democrats make it official: Independents can vote in primary elections  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
23-Nov-2015
Legislators analyze prolonged drought still affecting much of Oklahoma  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-Nov-2015
Gov. Fallin, Superintendent Hofmeister will host students, Foster Children for Oklahoma Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Nov-2015
Istook's Insights: Limits to compassion, and the death of language  -  
Ernest Istook
21-Nov-2015
Positive Tomorrows, school for homeless children, celebrates 25 years of service  -  
CapitolBeatok Staff Report
19-Nov-2015
Istook's Insights: Bad economics: food stamp excesses, Minimum wage makes government the boss  -  
Ernest Istook
19-Nov-2015
Contractors say road construction work plan may be in jeopardy  -  
Staff Report
18-Nov-2015
Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association touts results of economic impact study  -  
Staff Report
18-Nov-2015
Farmers and Ranchers join to boost State Question 777 (Right to Farm) on November 2016 ballot  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Nov-2015
Istook's Insights: Bad lessons from the University of Missouri resignation  -  
Ernest Istook
17-Nov-2015
State Education Department forms task force in response to fraud in Swink, Oklahoma  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
16-Nov-2015
Oklahoma state Rep. Charlie Joyner announces he will not seek re-election in 2015  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
16-Nov-2015
After Paris: Rep. Wesselhoft joins OU students for city event, OCU hosts dialogue  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
16-Nov-2015
Editor's Notebook: Cathy's grace, AJ touts progress reducing juvenile incarceration, Anastasia looks at Kindergarten preparation  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
16-Nov-2015
Oklahoma Interfaith group plans “prayers for Paris” in response to terrorist attacks  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Nov-2015
Lucky Day: PAYRight program for past-due taxes ends Friday evening, November 13  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
12-Nov-2015
Veterans Day 2015: Armistice, Peace, Soldiers, Sacrifice  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Nov-2015
Oklahoma Gov. Fallin appoints Melissa Houston, top aide to Attorney General Pruitt, as Labor Commissioner  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
10-Nov-2015
Istook Insights: Presidential debates will change, some law enforcement officials stand up to Obama  -  
Ernest Istook
10-Nov-2015
At First Amendment Banquet, Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran recounts clash of “Kingdom Consequences” and “Worldly Consequences”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Nov-2015
Istook's Insights: Religious observance slips, Houston transgender measure rejected  -  
Ernest Istook
09-Nov-2015
OBSERVATIONS On the Paseo, journalist Scott Carter settles into new role at the ACLU of Oklahoma  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-Nov-2015
Treasurer Ken Miller's new report: All state government revenue streams lower than projected  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-Nov-2015
Istook's Insights: Immigrants and welfare spending, global warming quackery  -  
Ernest Istook
05-Nov-2015
Rep. Mark McCullough will retire at end of present House term  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
03-Nov-2015
Oklahoma House of Representatives gathers for special interim meeting  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
02-Nov-2015
Jonathan Small named president of Oklahoma's leading state public policy 'think tank'  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
02-Nov-2015
New Oklahoma state laws take effect  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
31-Oct-2015
Right-to-Try Law takes effect in Oklahoma  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
31-Oct-2015
 
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