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Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt signs emergency proclamation including downtown curfew  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
01-Jun-2020
Legislative leaders reach budget agreement  -  
Ray Carter, Center for Independent Journalism
05-May-2020
Challenges for Oklahoma, from Budget to Healthcare  -  
Joe Dorman, Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy
20-Apr-2020
Oklahoma statewide candidate filing begins Wednesday (April 8) – Mail, Delivery and ‘drive-through options offered  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Apr-2020
Slide resumes for Oklahoma Gross Receipts, Treasurer McDaniel reports  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Mar-2020
Treasurer McDaniel says “Use Taxes bring bright spot to otherwise flat Gross Receipts"  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-Feb-2020
Governor Kevin Stitt delivers 2020 State of the State Address  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
03-Feb-2020
Oklahoma Senate and House of Representatives complete bill filing process  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Jan-2020
Slight growth for Oklahoma gross receipts, as monthly oil and gas tax collections drop  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Oct-2019
Venezuelan Energy Attorney to Speak Saturday in Oklahoma City on ‘The Dangers of Socialism’  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Sep-2019
Commentary: In wake of attack on Saudi oil production facilities, gas prices rise  -  
Steve Fair
22-Sep-2019
An Editorial: Fresh Thoughts on Why Kevin Stitt is (Still) right on the Compact  -  
The City Sentinel Editorial, September 2019
03-Sep-2019
Oklahoma Gross Receipts show signs of moderation, Treasurer McDaniel says, but overall growth continues  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Aug-2019
Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat makes key choices for governing boards  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Jul-2019
Ahniwake Rose named Oklahoma Policy Institute Executive Director, replacing David Blatt  -  
Darla Shelden, The City Sentinel
01-Jul-2019
Senate President Pro Temp Great Treat names his choices for LOFT-y oversight  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
01-Jul-2019
Experts warn of economic storms on the horizon  -  
Ray Carter, OCPA Center for Independent Journalism
12-Jun-2019
David Blatt to step down as Oklahoma Policy Institute’s Executive Director  -  
Darla Shelden, The City Sentinel
27-Mar-2019
Lower Energy prices impact gross receipts for January, Treasurer McDaniel says  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
10-Feb-2019
Mayor Holt looks at a MAPS endowment, candidates give positive feedback, city tax revenue continues to surge  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan, The City Sentinel
21-Jan-2019
Oklahoma State Senator Greg Treat appoints range of officials after election as President Pro Tempore  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
12-Jan-2019
In his first release Gross Receipts report, Oklahoma Treasurer Randy McDaniel says tax revenue grew 13.2 percent during 2018  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
11-Jan-2019
CapitolBeatOK’s Top Five News Stories for 2018: Fallin’s conservative collapse, Republicans back in charge, medical pot prevails, economy recovers, teachers strike and taxes hike  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Jan-2019
Oklahoma has rosy revenue projection for Fiscal Year 2020  -  
Curtis Shelton, OCPA Policy Fellow
30-Dec-2018
The Color Purple and Feminine Electoral Strength – Oklahoma City’s Top 10 Stories for 2018  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan, Publisher, The City Sentinel
29-Dec-2018
Incoming Oklahoma Senate President Pro Temp Greg Treat names leadership team, designates Stephanie Bice and Rob Standridge for key roles  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
23-Dec-2018
Senate Democratic-Leader Designate Kay Floyd announces committee assignments  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
23-Dec-2018
As Democratic rural losses increase, state Rep. Tadlock says he is changing parties, not changing sides  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Dec-2018
Oklahoma’s gross tax receipts continue to climb, state Treasurer Ken Miller reports  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
02-Nov-2018
ANALYSIS: Jackie Short and Bob Anthony answer reporter’s questions but a Progressive won’t; Drew’s trip to Masters gets scrutiny – and a ballot initiative gets important backing  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Oct-2018
Gross receipts to Oklahoma state treasury soar to record heights, Ken Miller says  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Oct-2018
Editor’s Notebook: Ads backing eye care ballot measure released, and The Oklahoman offers good words for two defeated Republicans  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Sep-2018
Jackie Short, lawyer and citizen, runs as an Independent for Corporation Commissioner  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Sep-2018
Oklahoma Treasurer Miller: “Gross Receipts expanding at double-digit pace, even when recent state tax increases are taken out’  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Sep-2018
Oklahoma Treasurer Ken Miller says gross receipts to the Treasury – for the past month and for the past year – reach unprecedented high levels  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-Aug-2018
‘From the foundation of the world’ – The ‘Seed Sower” parable of Jesus: Matthew 13:3-35  -  
King James Version
29-Jul-2018
Oklahoma Senate President Pro Temp-designate Greg Treat releases list of approved interim studies  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
24-Jul-2018
Oklahoma Treasurer Ken Miller reports gross receipts at all-time high in past 12 months  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
03-Jul-2018
Pinnell points out: Commissioner Dana Murphy Raising Campaign Funds From Entities She Regulates  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
23-Jun-2018
COMMENTARY -- Trump’s triumph, Pruitt’s problems, and Renzi’s role  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-Jun-2018
Jim Roth appointed Dean of OCU Law School  -  
Darla Shelden, The City Sentinel
27-May-2018
Oklahoma Treasurer Ken Miller reports April gross receipts to the state up by more than 15 percent  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
04-May-2018
Studying March data, Treasurer Miller reports continued surge in Oklahoma’s gross receipts  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Apr-2018
Speaker McCall and Minority Leader Kouplen cheer major tax increase approval in state House  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
28-Mar-2018
Commentary: Here on HTRAE (the Bizarro world where Republicans do the opposite of what you expect)  -  
Steve Fair
27-Mar-2018
February 2018 gross tax receipts up 15.5 percent over February 2017, Treasurer Ken Miller reports  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
11-Mar-2018
COMMENTARY – Boom, Bust, Recovery, and punishing success: Punitive steps toward Oklahoma oil and gas are unwise  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-Mar-2018
House Democrats partner with Republican Auditor & Inspector on bipartisan revenue package  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
17-Feb-2018
OCPA offers ‘a plan that can pass’ – including Oklahoma teacher pay increase  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
13-Feb-2018
Treasurer Ken Miller reports monthly gross tax receipts enter second year of growth  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Feb-2018
Oklahoma Treasurer Miller says gross tax receipts grew 12 percent in December & 6.2 percent in 2017  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-Jan-2018
ANALYSIS -- Economic Growth, Health Scandal, Cost Drivers, A Left Turn, Process Failures and More: CapitolBeatOK’s top 10 state government news stories for 2017  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Dec-2017
COMMENTARY – Government “right-sizing,” voter sentiment and the top state news story of 2017  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Dec-2017
Gross Receipts to the Oklahoma Treasury jump by more than 12 percent in November  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Dec-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
McCall touts increase in ‘effective gross production tax rate’  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
02-Nov-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
COMMENTARY -- The ‘Uranium One’ story is (not fake) news, and big media has paid (at least some) attention  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-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
Oklahomans overwhelmingly support oil and natural gas industry, WPAi survey finds  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-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
Oklahoma Treasurer Ken Miller reports strong start to fiscal year – July gross tax receipts up almost 9 percent  -  
07-Aug-2017
From the best of years to the worst of years  -  
State Rep. Jason Murphey
04-Aug-2017
ANALYSIS – Oklahoma State Government Spending: Higher Than Ever  -  
Chris Shelton and Dave Bond, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
01-Aug-2017
Dean A McGee Awards annually honor key Oklahoma City leaders  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Jul-2017
Immigrant Heritage Month provides time to recognize the abundance newcomers bring  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Jun-2017
May gross receipts of Oklahoma treasury sustain trend of rising collections, Treasurer Miller says  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Jun-2017
COMMENTARY: Oklahoma's leaders failed us  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-May-2017
OCPA Offers Balanced Budget Plan with a Teacher Pay Raise  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
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
Treasurer Ken Miller reports this year’s third month of growth for Oklahoma’s gross tax receipts  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-May-2017
As the Oklahoma wind blows, zero-emission tax credit may end on July 1  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Apr-2017
After two months of growth, gross tax receipts dropped in March, Treasurer Ken Miller says  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Apr-2017
Treasurer Ken Miller: Oklahoma’s Gross Receipts show slight improvement over prior year  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Mar-2017
Twenty-month slide in gross receipts to Oklahoma Treasury ended in January, Miller says  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
11-Feb-2017
Governor Mary Fallin’s 2017 State of the State speech  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Feb-2017
Oklahoma Speaker Charles McCall designates state House committee assignments  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
19-Jan-2017
Oklahomans against Pruitt’s confirmation for EPA job speak out  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Dec-2016
Gov. Fallin declares Pawnee County emergency, Corporation Commission presses to stop injection wells near earthquake epicenter  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Sep-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
OCU business school reduces tuition for energy programs  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Jun-2016
May Gross Receipts to Oklahoma treasury: Lowest in six years  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-Jun-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
Editor's Notebook: Dr. Coburn's remedy, Lockhart injured, Inman declares disaster, Hickman says budget forthcoming  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Apr-2016
Oklahoma's March 2016 Gross Receipts to Treasury are lowest in four years  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Apr-2016
Erin Brockovich visits Oklahoma as a “voice of the people” on earthquakes, water issues  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Feb-2016
ANALYSIS, Part One: Oklahoma’s Budget Blues outline in Gov. Fallin’s State of the State  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Feb-2016
Oklahoma Academy recommendations include tax reform, budget transparency and Medicaid Expansion  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Jan-2016
Rep. Morrissette’s Earthquake damage hearing Friday, January 15  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Jan-2016
Gross Receipts ot Oklahoma Treasury fall in 2015 – first drop since the 2009 Great Recession  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
11-Jan-2016
Marco Rubio leads presidential field in endorsements from Oklahoma legislators  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-Jan-2016
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
Weak General Revenue Fund collections to trigger Oklahoma government 'revenue failure' this year  -  
Capitol BeatOK Staff Report
16-Dec-2015
Gross Receipts to the Oklahoma Treasury continued to fall in November  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Dec-2015
Gov. Fallin forms fact-finding group to study reuse of ‘produced water’  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
04-Dec-2015
Rep. Cory Williams presses Secretary Michael Teague to use all grant money for earthquake study  -  
01-Dec-2015
Treasurer Ken Miller's new report: All state government revenue streams lower than projected  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-Nov-2015
Halloween surprises: Politics and Raids  -  
Ernest Istook
31-Oct-2015
New Oklahoma state laws take effect  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
31-Oct-2015
Gross Receipts to the Oklahoma state Treasury continued to shrink in September  -  
Staff Report
15-Oct-2015
Oklahoma City presented 'Verizon Smart City” award  -  
Staff Report
03-Sep-2015
Istook's Insights: The internet is not Vegas, Crony Capitalists, & Mission Impossible: To the left of Obama?  -  
Ernest Istook
20-Aug-2015
Oklahoma’s new fiscal year begins with drop in tax receipts  -  
CapitolBeat Staff Report
05-Aug-2015
Speaker Hickman to sort through 122 Interim Study proposals  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
19-Jun-2015
News9's “Hot Seat” – Evaporation technology offers alternative to wastewater injection  -  
Staff Report
08-Jun-2015
Treasurer Ken Miller's May report documents impact of lower oil and gas prices  -  
Staff Report
05-Jun-2015
Oklahoma Democratic leaders blast 2015 Legislature's final budget, Republican agenda  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-May-2015
Working late, to leave early: Oklahoma state budget proposal assailed but may pass soon  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-May-2015
An Insight and some questions: Obama or Oil? Bust or Boom?  -  
Ernest Istook
03-May-2015
This Journalist's Creed: In Love, Meeting Jesus, Along The Way  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-May-2015
Istook's Insights: ObamaCare do-over? And, the impact of cap-and-trade  -  
Ernest Istook
07-Mar-2015
Measures advancing in state House: Athletic Safety, Conservation, Scholarships, Mandate controls  -  
Staff Report
15-Feb-2015
Speaker Hickman's proposal aims to boost oil and gas technology  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
11-Feb-2015
Miller reports Gross Receipts Grew in January  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-Feb-2015
COMMENTARY Gov. Fallin campaigned on the economy, now she has to live with it  -  
Joe Dorman
04-Feb-2015
Rep. Cory Williams presses to require offer of earthquake insurance  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
03-Feb-2015
The 2015 State of the State Address  -  
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin
02-Feb-2015
Sen. Mazzei and Rep. Sears draft legislation to limit new wind farm subsidies  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
28-Jan-2015
Restore Constitutional government, and put the people first  -  
Steve Russell
17-Jan-2015
Oklahoma economy grew in 2014, Treasurer Ken Miller reports revenue details  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Jan-2015
Energy and Environment: A natural link?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Jan-2015
Insights: Justice for New York Woman, Green greed fails, Oil drilling helps consumers  -  
Ernest Istook
17-Dec-2014
Oklahoma Speaker of the House Jeff Hickman announces committee leadership for 2015  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
15-Dec-2014
Treasurer’s Gross Receipts Report for November: Strong sales, soft oil prices  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
12-Dec-2014
Senator-elect James Lankford questions long-term viability of Renewable Fuel Standard  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
10-Dec-2014
Lankford decries EPA delay on Fuel standards  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
23-Nov-2014
September tax receipts best in 17 months  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
10-Oct-2014
August gross receipts to the treasury show growth  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
03-Sep-2014
General Revenue Funds up to start Fiscal Year 2015  -  
12-Aug-2014
New rules, new challenges: Commissioner Dana Murphy will host session on EPA rule  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
12-Aug-2014
Almost like a song: Miller reports better July gross receipts  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Aug-2014
Gov. Mary Fallin applauds Koch Jobs announcement in Enid  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-Aug-2014
In Town Halls, meetings and interviews, U.S. Senator Tom Coburn begins a long goodbye  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-Aug-2014
Pat McGuigan plans to intensify his focus on state and local journalism  -  
Staff Report
01-Aug-2014
Labor Commissioner Costello endorses Todd Hiett for Corporation Commission  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Jun-2014
Oklahoma utilities say compliance with EPA standards will drive rate increases  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Jun-2014
New EPA regulations will likely trigger lawsuits, eventual U.S. Supreme Court decision  -  
Eric Boehm
10-Jun-2014
In May Oklahoma state government gross receipts continued to rise  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
03-Jun-2014
States work to protect electric grid from solar storms and nuclear attacks  -  
Josh Peterson
07-Apr-2014
Horizontal oil and gas drilling incentives debated among Republicans  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Jan-2014
From the state capitol beat, Oklahoma’s Top 10 public policy stories  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Dec-2013
In lawsuits and amicus briefs, OK AG Pruitt pushes back at Obama Administration  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Nov-2013
Tax revenues grow, but appropriated funds may tighten  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-Nov-2013
A.G. Pruitt presses to clear the haze from EPA regional standards fight  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-Aug-2013
Finance Secretary announces $2.7 million boost to Rainy Day Fund  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Aug-2013
Oklahoma state tax collections: A record-shattering 12 months  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Aug-2013
Editor’s Notebook: Fallin becomes chair, Pruitt testifies, Hamm helps  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
31-Jul-2013
Neither Weiners nor whiners here -- AFP-OK and A.G. Pruitt rebuff EPA’s shaft job  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Jul-2013
OK Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb hosts colleagues at national conference  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Jul-2013
Oklahoma’s gross tax receipts: up for the year, down for the month  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Jul-2013
Senate clears omnibus budget, Gov. Fallin will sign soon  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-May-2013
Treasurer's report: March Gross Receipts show "positives," including gross production and corporate income tax collections  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
03-Apr-2013
Treasurer Miller: Gross collections dip in February  -  
Staff Report
04-Mar-2013
Governor Mary Fallin’s 2013 State of the State address  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
04-Feb-2013
Oklahoma City's Top 10 stories: Devon makes history, OCU expands, and the Thunder rolls  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
29-Dec-2012
Facebook fans have their say in final match  -  
Watchdog.org
23-Oct-2012
COMMENTARY: Men who mattered: George McGovern and Dewey Bartlett  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Oct-2012
DEBATE: Hostility at Hofstra ends in a draw?  -  
Watchdog.org
17-Oct-2012
DEBATE: Romney wins in Denver by TKO  -  
Watchdog.org
04-Oct-2012
COMMENTARY: Can the Legislature do more than one thing at a time?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Sep-2012
Energy independence no longer a dream  -  
Tom Price
30-Aug-2012
COMMENTARY: Power to the people who build the dream  -  
Mary Fallin
28-Aug-2012
U.S. Energy policy is ‘not broke, just crazy’; critics offer antidotes  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Aug-2012
COMMENTARY: “Who built that?” A grandson’s question sparks reflections on economic liberty  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Aug-2012
Education funding and policy a major focus of 2012 state Senate Interim Studies  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-Jul-2012
Record deposit set for Oklahoma Rainy Day Fund; monthly sales tax collections climb 13.1 percent  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
11-Jul-2012
Analysis: Fiscal Year Budget overview: Been down so long it feels like up  -  
Oklahoma Policy Institute
12-Jun-2012
Editor’s Notebook: Walker leads in Wisconsin, Murphy plans forums on horizontal drilling, Sen. Wyrick assails GRDA decisions  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-Jun-2012
Fallin and legislative leaders announce budget accord  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-May-2012
General Revenue report indicates “banner year” for Oklahoma’s economy  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
15-May-2012
Revenue Collections Resume Rise In Spite of Gross Production Decline  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
03-May-2012
Doerflinger asserts “Oklahoma is more than OK”  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
26-Apr-2012
General Revenue remains strong, sales taxes growth by double digits again  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
12-Apr-2012
Gov. Mary Fallin Delivers Weekly Republican Address  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Apr-2012
Two-year Revenue Growth Streak Ends as Collections Fall  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
03-Apr-2012
Southern crude oil pipeline work to take about one year, creating 4,000 jobs total, 600 or more of those will be in Oklahoma  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Mar-2012
Oklahoma Democrats thrilled to greet President Barack Obama  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Mar-2012
Oklahoma Rep. Lee Denney attends Obama speech, welcomes him to Cushing and applauds pipeline progress -- but disagrees on priorities  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-Mar-2012
Editor’s Note: CapitolBeatOK was among credentialed reporters at the Thursday (March 22) speech President Barack Obama gave at the Pipe Yard near Cushing, Oklahoma. An edited text of the speech follows.  -  
Patrick B McGuigan
22-Mar-2012
Obama’s pledge of pipeline progress is cheered by Keystone XL officials and supporters  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Mar-2012
President Barack Obama arrives in Oklahoma for energy speech  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Mar-2012
Fallin chides Obama, Pinnell and Lockhart see Keystone XL announcement differently  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Mar-2012
Oklahoma City prepares for presidential visit, Obama's critics and fans comment  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Mar-2012
President Obama to detail “all of the above” strategy in visit to city, Cushing  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-Mar-2012
Senator Jim Inhofe signs copies of “Greatest Hoax” book in Oklahoma City  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-Mar-2012
Senator Bingman backs Crain’s personhood bill, supports some tax credits, encourages Republican presidential primary voters  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Mar-2012
Former Corporation Commissioner Denise Bode boosts wind power in state visit  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Feb-2012
Republican legislative leaders: steady as she goes  -  
Patrick B McGuigan
17-Feb-2012
State Finance: February brings all-time record in sales tax collections, all receipts up  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Feb-2012
President Pro Temp Bingman details Republican agenda in CapitolBeatOK interview  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Feb-2012
State of the State Address 2012  -  
Governor Mary Fallin
06-Feb-2012
Mary Fallin promises tax cuts, workforce development, pro-energy policy, better health outcomes, and a Capitol bond  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Feb-2012
Corporation Commission release chides Rep. Proctor for pay raise claims  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Jan-2012
Drill Right Technology – nation’s first drilling Oil and Gas Wells firm to get to “SHARP” Certification  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
27-Jan-2012
Leading CapitolBeatOK’s top 10 for 2011: pension reform, economic boom, proposed income tax phase-out  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
28-Dec-2011
Economy, weather, anti-discrimination ordinance lead list of 2011's top Oklahoma City stories  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Dec-2011
Jones: Audit of Grand River Dam Authority points to major problems during Easley era  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Dec-2011
Sullivan assumes leadership of Grand River Dam Authority  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-Dec-2011
At food drive celebration, Fallin encourages “that Oklahoma spirit – a giving spirit”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Nov-2011
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin elected chairman of southern energy board  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
19-Oct-2011
House Speaker-designate elected  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
17-Oct-2011
Investment procedures and process scrutinized at Capitol hearing of Dank Committee  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Aug-2011
Fallin names GRDA board member, May and April appointments sketched  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-May-2011
Gnawing the bone: Analyzing Oklahoma’s 2012 budget  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-May-2011
Speaker Kris Steele hails “breadth of accomplishments” in 2011 session  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-May-2011
Editor’s Notebook: SHOPPing, no exchanges allowed, Chamber votes, Preston’s projections  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-May-2011
Legislative leaders and Governor Fallin announce budget outline  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-May-2011
'SHOPP' fee measure clears Senate, heads to House as national group announces opposition  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Apr-2011
Bingman presses challenge to EPA regulations  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
20-Apr-2011
Terrill, small band of Republicans fail “Kern-servative” test  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Apr-2011
Speaker Steele announces standing conference committees  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
13-Apr-2011
Fallin appointments made in higher education, common education, transportation  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-Apr-2011
Larry Nichols to lead Oklahoma City’s Alliance for Economic Development  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-Apr-2011
Lankford slams EPA mandates on Oklahoma  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-Mar-2011
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05-Jan-2011
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05-Jan-2011
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AFP-Oklahoma lists 2011 policy goals  -  
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OFRG to cease operations, Peter Rudy moves to Oklahoma Watchdog  -  
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Speaker-elect announces House Committee Assignments  -  
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23-Dec-2010
Fallin supports income tax cuts, spending reductions, 'Oklahoma Spirit'  -  
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Oklahoma contingent joins group assailing 'climate change' orthodoxy  -  
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Fallin’s departing chief joins government relations firm  -  
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Fallin's feminine firsts: Women are notable among early appointees  -  
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Fallin names key economic advisors at Tulsa event  -  
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