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‘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

Sen. AJ Griffin, Rep. Tim Downing praised for school choice leadership -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

07-Jul-2017

Gary Richardson is focused on making 2018 the year voters choose a change agent – him -

Patrick B. McGuigan

02-Jul-2017

Gary Richardson, Republican candidate for governor, files lawsuit to stop revenue boosts, defend State Question 640 -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

29-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

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

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

COMMENTARY: A blast from the past (2012) – This land is our land: Law, liberty and free markets -

Patrick B. McGuigan

15-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

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

Rep. George Young thanks commissioners for Oklahoma Death Penalty Review report -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

02-May-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

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

Rep. Regina Goodwin’s ‘Caregiver Support Act’ goes to the governor’s desk -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

20-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

To: Working journalists. From: Oklahoma’s Society of Professional Journalists – Is your name on this list? -

Patrick B. McGuigan

07-Apr-2017

FOI Oklahoma ‘Sunshine’ dinner slated for April 7, retired state Justice Taylor to speak -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

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

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

Calling for ‘One OKC,’ David Holt enters race to replace Mayor Cornett -

Patrick B. McGuigan

27-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

Social justice activist advocates for conservative Republican’s health care reform measure -

Patrick B. McGuigan

12-Feb-2017

Governor Mary Fallin’s 2017 State of the State speech -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

07-Feb-2017

Kirby case triggers expanded state House training, expulsion possible in days -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

04-Feb-2017

An Editor’s Notebook: Life, laments, grades and goodness -

Patrick B. McGuigan

29-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

Lt. Gov. Lamb, Dr. Steve Perry, lawmakers and educators to speak at School Choice summit -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

24-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

Sen. Rob Standridge hopeful for Oklahoma’s future -

Patrick B. McGuigan

09-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

Oklahoma virtual charter school board partners with agency for quality and accountability -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

19-Dec-2016

Pullmann Potter: Heartland analyst shapes her arguments for pre-school education choice -

Patrick B. McGuigan

12-Dec-2016

Book Review: William F. Buckley’s ‘A Torch Kept Lit – Great Lives of the Twentieth Century’ -

Patrick B. McGuigan

06-Dec-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

Big Wind’s Big Loss: As Vermont goes, so goes Oklahoma? -

Patrick B. McGuigan

19-Nov-2016

ASTEC Fund honors Oklahoma ‘door-openers’ and ‘pathfinders’ -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

18-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

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

COMMENTARY: For State Question 779, and paying a salary that says we value teachers -

Joshua Putnam

01-Nov-2016

ANALYSIS – Oklahoma’s largest newspaper recommends “NO” vote on State Question 776 -

Patrick B. McGuigan

30-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

COMMENTARY -- Oklahoma Commission to study benefits, if any, from numerous tax incentive programs -

State Rep. David Perryman

15-Oct-2016

COMMENTARY -- The problem with Pugh -

Patrick B. McGuigan

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

Criminal justice reformers begin final push for State Questions 780 and 781, Robert Henry makes formal endorsement -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

01-Oct-2016

COMMENTARY – One of the Most Critical Issues Facing our State -

Cathy Costello, with David Slane

26-Sep-2016

Oklahoma Eagle Forum remembers Phyllis Schlafly -

Bunny Chambers

12-Sep-2016

COMMENTARY -- ln the land of immigrants, time for reform -

Justin Alan Lindstrom

08-Sep-2016

Harvard Republican Club letter to members and alumni: We will not support Donald Trump -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

05-Sep-2016

Paul Abner, Craig Eidson, and the late Milton Friedman – Men of Issachar for our times -

Patrick B. McGuigan

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 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

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

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

Challenging legislative session had its bright spots -

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin

14-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

Reader Poll Part Two: The Death Penalty – Why or why not? -

Patrick B. McGuigan

05-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

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

'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

As National Charter Schools Week concludes, Oklahoma success stories are shared -

Patrick B. McGuigan

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

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

COMMENTARY: Judicial Reform? Keep Selection Over Election -

Julie Knutson

20-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

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

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

Leading academic says Oklahoma Department of Education's Academic standards 'are not worth following' -

Patrick B. McGuigan

14-Mar-2016

Oklahoma Republican Leaders: Education Savings Accounts will not be considered this year -

Patrick B. McGuigan

11-Mar-2016

1889 Institute presents “blueprint” for Oklahoma education reforms -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

10-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

Advertising opportunities for March 2016 edition of The City Sentinel close on Tuesday, February 23 -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

19-Feb-2016

Every now and then, she's right: Fallin's corrections reforms are needed -

Joe Dorman

17-Feb-2016

ANALYSIS: Education Savings Accounts breathe new life into policy debates -

Patrick B. McGuigan

12-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

Governor Mary Fallin Delivers 2016 State of the State Address -

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

ANALYSIS, Part One: Oklahoma’s Budget Blues outline in Gov. Fallin’s State of the State -

Patrick B. McGuigan

03-Feb-2016

Sen. David Holt introduces budget reform measure aiming to strengthen Rainy Day Fund -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

01-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

Kris Steele leads Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform, seeking to qualify prison reform ballot initiatives -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

28-Jan-2016

Governor Mary Fallin proclaims 'School Choice Week' in Oklahoma -

27-Jan-2016

Oklahoma Academy recommendations include tax reform, budget transparency and Medicaid Expansion -

Patrick B. McGuigan

24-Jan-2016

Sen. Kyle Loveless of Oklahoma City introduces forfeiture reforms -

Staff Report

22-Jan-2016

Democrats press measures on voting rights, education proceeds from lottery, long-range plans for veteran health care -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

22-Jan-2016

Republican House members envision education-related policy changes for upcoming session -

Capitol Beat Staff Report

20-Jan-2016

Arkansas as a Tipping Point, and critiques of a one-cent sales tax hike for education -

Patrick B. McGuigan

14-Jan-2016

Light-heavyweight bout for 2016: Scott Pruitt vs. Gary Jones -

Patrick B. McGuigan

10-Jan-2016

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

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

Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas! And other good wishes, too. -

Joe Dorman

15-Dec-2015

National group praises Oklahoma's charter school authorizing standards -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

14-Dec-2015

Interim Review: Rep. Randy McDaniel outlines pension system improvements -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

01-Dec-2015

1889 Institute of Oklahoma proposes to eliminate Certificates of Need (CON), deeming them government-enforced cartels -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

29-Nov-2015

Remembering the meaning of Thanksgiving -

Erik Telford

25-Nov-2015

At Capitol ceremony, Democrats make it official: Independents can vote in primary elections -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

23-Nov-2015

Istook's Insights: Bad economics: food stamp excesses, Minimum wage makes government the boss -

Ernest Istook

19-Nov-2015

Farmers and Ranchers join to boost State Question 777 (Right to Farm) on November 2016 ballot -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

18-Nov-2015

State Education Department forms task force in response to fraud in Swink, Oklahoma -

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

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

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

Mix-up, debacle, delay -- Lethal injection protocol flaws trigger controversy, introspection, and reconsideration of the death penalty -

Patrick B. McGuigan

21-Oct-2015

PAYRight program promoting past-due tax collections exceeds expectations -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

20-Oct-2015

Istook’s Insights: Taxpayers pay for climate propaganda, standing for the National Anthem, buying and paying for compliance -

Ernest Istook

20-Oct-2015

Lawsuit truce called until Spring 2016 on Oklahoma drug debacle – Glossip, Cole and Grant executions on hold -

Patrick B. McGuigan

16-Oct-2015

Rep. Mike Christian proposes law enforcement consolidation -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

15-Oct-2015

Tax Commission Offers PAYRight OK program -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

14-Oct-2015

Gov. Mary Fallin boosts awareness of domestic violence -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

13-Oct-2015

Moratorium Now! It's time to put a hold on executions in Oklahoma -

Patrick B. McGuigan

11-Oct-2015

Death penalty controversy rages, investigations of Oklahoma's process proceed -

Patrick B. McGuigan

09-Oct-2015

Glossip's week: How a 3-2 appeals court “No, go ahead” became a 5-0 “Hell Yes -- Stop!” -

Patrick B. McGuigan

03-Oct-2015

State Appeals court turns down Glossip appeal, next stop is the U.S. Supreme Court -

Patrick B. McGuigan

29-Sep-2015

Legislative Black Caucus honors the past, present and future at A.C. Hamlin Banquet on Sept. 28 -

Staff Report

27-Sep-2015

Istook's Insights: No religious test, a divided nation, the biggest loser in the debates -

Ernest Istook

24-Sep-2015

Richard Glossip Reprieve Request -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

15-Sep-2015

ReMerge program held seventh graduation ceremony at Oklahoma History Center -

Darla Shelden

13-Sep-2015

COMMENTARY Books of numbers, translations, alternatives, aspirations and justice: Time for mercy, not sacrifice -

Patrick B. McGuigan

13-Sep-2015

A Summary: “When Eight is Enough” -

CapitolBeatOK Staff

03-Sep-2015

Loveless to host hearing on civil asset forfeiture reform -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

30-Aug-2015

'Truth North' – Oklahomans comment on the death of State Labor Commissioner Mark Costell -

Patrick B. McGuigan

25-Aug-2015

The Legacy of John Howard, 1921-2015 -

Allan C. Carlson

24-Aug-2015

Baboons in our midst and Fort Reno's “redundant, outdated and duplicative” research -- Tax dollars at work? -

Patrick B. McGuigan

23-Aug-2015

ASTEC Charter Schools to benefit from September 24 gala -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

17-Aug-2015

Reps. Wood and Calvey call for investigation of Judicial Nominating Commission -

16-Aug-2015

They felt the earth move, under their feet – Fallin's Council acknowledges correlation between quakes and deep disposal wells -

Patrick B. McGuigan

08-Aug-2015

Istook's Insight: Happy talk ignores children in poverty, other economic woes -

Ernest Istook

29-Jul-2015

Oklahoma Democrats invite Independents into party primaries -

Patrick B. McGuigan

26-Jul-2015

For city man, no apology and less than full transparency in response to police dog biting incident and home invasion -

Patrick B. McGuigan

21-Jul-2015

ANALYSIS: Praying and working for “a miracle” – Sister Prejean and Death Penalty foes assert Glossip's innocence -

Patrick B. McGuigan, **Part I Of A Two Part Analysis**

20-Jul-2015

Governor Fallin comments on President Obama's visit to federal prison at El Reno -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

17-Jul-2015

Istook's Insights: Take a hack – OPM, VA security breeches and federal stalking; English proficiency -

Ernest Istook

16-Jul-2015

Patrick Spottedwolf's Letter to Barack Obama -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

16-Jul-2015

Sooner and Later: Governor Fallin slow-played prison reforms, so now Obama takes the lead -

Patrick B. McGuigan

16-Jul-2015

Arapaho Traditional Chief Patrick Spottedwolf, also tribal legislator, calls for meeting with Obama -

Patrick B. McGuigan

15-Jul-2015

As President Obama visits Oklahoma Indian Country, it's never too late for justice -

Patrick B. McGuigan

15-Jul-2015

Death Penalty foes schedule Capitol press conference for Monday morning -

Patrick B. McGuigan

12-Jul-2015

Rep. James Lockhart argues for bi-partisan reapportionment commission -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

07-Jul-2015

On The Occasion of President Obama's wreath for the Confederate Memorial -

Ron Maxwell

29-Jun-2015

Forum on Capital Punishment aims at defeating State Question 776 -

Patrick B. McGuigan

22-Jun-2015

Speaker Hickman to sort through 122 Interim Study proposals -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

19-Jun-2015

Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Option Revisions Adopted -

Bill Minick

17-Jun-2015

Istook's Insights: Runaway regs, OSHA's bathroom 'guidance,' Obama's power, mud puddles as a federal issue -

Ernest Istook

12-Jun-2015

Oklahoma Senator David Holt hails 2015 election reforms -

Staff Report

09-Jun-2015

Flood control investments must be a state priority -

Leslie Osborn and Ron Justice

04-Jun-2015

Istook's Insights: Attacks on police, the shrinking middle class, and the Internet giveaway -

Ernest Istook

03-Jun-2015

Oklahoma Democratic leaders blast 2015 Legislature's final budget, Republican agenda -

Patrick B. McGuigan

26-May-2015

Ben Carson wins straw poll at regional GOP conference in Oklahoma City -

Patrick B. McGuigan

23-May-2015

Working late, to leave early: Oklahoma state budget proposal assailed but may pass soon -

Patrick B. McGuigan

21-May-2015

Oklahoma treatment court programs honored for outstanding achievements -

Darla Shelden

15-May-2015

'Woman in Gold' grants humanity and dignity to Jews whose family art treasures were looted by Nazis -

Patrick B. McGuigan

10-May-2015

Legislature sends Gov. Fallin Speaker Hickman's bill on electronic monitoring of parolees -

Staff Report

09-May-2015

This Journalist's Creed: In Love, Meeting Jesus, Along The Way -

Patrick B. McGuigan

03-May-2015

Historic 'Right-to-Farm' amendment heads to statewide ballot -

Patrick B. McGuigan

03-May-2015

Sen. Kevin Matthews released the following statement following the resignation of Tulsa County Undersheriff Tim Albin. -

Staff Report

01-May-2015

PartnerSource President Applauds Supreme Court Decision to give Oklahoma "The Option -

Staff Report

29-Apr-2015

Oklahoma Death Penalty Foes hear passionate story of conversion at annual awards dinner -

Patrick B. McGuigan

28-Apr-2015

SPECIAL REPORT: As Baltimore burns, end the posturing and lead -

Ernest Istook

28-Apr-2015

Guns and roses: Has political correctness run amok, or can common sense prevail? -

Earnest Istook

27-Apr-2015

Legislature sends Fallin tax incentive evaluation proposal, honoring David Dank's legacy -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

22-Apr-2015

Prayer, discernment, reformation: Tulsa case underscores nationwide concerns over police-involved killings -

Patrick B. McGuigan

19-Apr-2015

For the sake of the ten, and for the sake of us all: Prison Reform Now -

Patrick B. McGuigan

19-Apr-2015

Senate remembers Oklahoma state government employees who died or were injured in the bombing -

CapitolBeatOK Staff

18-Apr-2015

Jolley-Denny bill expanding charter opportunities to all public school districts heads to Governor Fallin's desk -

Staff Report

16-Apr-2015

State House advances expansion of public charter schools -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

16-Apr-2015

Hickman's measure fighting recidivism pending with Governor Fallin -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

14-Apr-2015

In the News: Hannah Morris joins Americans for Prosperity as Oklahoma Field Director -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

11-Apr-2015

More Istook Insights: Religious freedom at risk, forgiving government but not you, and BIG ideas -

Ernest Istook

11-Apr-2015

Grau-Bingman proposal for "budget-only" session clears House panel -

09-Apr-2015

Istook's Insights: The promotion, protection and power of words -

Ernest Istook

08-Apr-2015

LESSON PLAN: Understanding public charter schools, in one easy lesson -

Patrick B. McGuigan

06-Apr-2015

COMMENTARY: In D.C., 'jolly' bipartisan coalition throws a life preserver to school choice -- in Oklahoma, Republicans help sink it -

Patrick B. McGuigan

21-Mar-2015

Oklahoma school teachers could benefit from income tax exemption -

Patrick B. McGuigan

21-Mar-2015

Rep. Bobby Cleveland says County Commissioners' group should follow Open Records Act -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

19-Mar-2015

Oklahoma Conference of Churches hosts criminal justice conference -

Darla Shelden

18-Mar-2015

Editor's Notebook: Education standards, academic testing and school choice -

Patrick B. McGuigan

17-Mar-2015

Istook's Insights: Racism, Abe's lament, Hillary's emails, Google and Security, Big Top Loss -

Ernest Istook

16-Mar-2015

History met on a bridge, to expand the boundaries of freedom -

Barack Obama

12-Mar-2015

OCU President Robert Henry joins iCivics board chaired by Justice O'Connor -

Darla Shelden

10-Mar-2015

Program Analysis: Through 'Special Care,' Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships reach more children -

Patrick B. McGuigan

02-Mar-2015

Unless restored to its original purposes, bill gutting transparency 'will not be heard on the House floor' -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

02-Mar-2015

Senator David Holt's election proposals advance -

CapitolBeatOk Staff Report

26-Feb-2015

Rep. David Brumbaugh’s measure would uphold private property rights -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

24-Feb-2015

Istook's Insights: Obama gets petty toward Israel's leader, and the Blob wants to control Internet -

Ernest Istook

24-Feb-2015

Rep. Wesselhoft regrets committee vote on open records bill, measure which press group says erodes government transparency -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

24-Feb-2015

Murphy & Morrissette join push to end ‘chamber of horrors’ at Licensure Board -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

19-Feb-2015

Oklahoma state Rep. Ann Coody explains her opposition to school choice -

Patrick B. McGuigan

17-Feb-2015

Oklahoma’s Opportunity to End Political Organizing -

Mark Costello, Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor

17-Feb-2015

President Pro Temp Bingman wants to examine budget structure, identify opportunities for savings -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

16-Feb-2015

Documentary tells story of Children who led 'sit-ins' for state Civil Rights Movement -

Nasreen Iqbal, The City Sentinel

13-Feb-2015

Rep. David Dank says his subcommittee will not hear bills to spend money the state does not have -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

10-Feb-2015

Rep. Elise Hall advances proposal to allow permanent absentee voting -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

07-Feb-2015

In memory yet green: Ronald Reagan at 105 -

Patrick B. McGuigan

06-Feb-2015

COMMENTARY Gov. Fallin campaigned on the economy, now she has to live with it -

Joe Dorman

04-Feb-2015

The 2015 State of the State Address -

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin

02-Feb-2015

Vigilant in how we treat each other' – Dr. King's last hours at 'The Mountaintop' -

Patrick B. McGuigan

01-Feb-2015

As 2015 Legislature convenes, OETA to air Governor Mary Fallin’s 2015 'State of the State' -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

30-Jan-2015

A conversation starter: Are public schools accountable or efficient? If not, what can be done? -

Patrick B. McGuigan

27-Jan-2015

Two Sharp ideas? Shawnee Republican pushes for insurance mandate on DUIs, stronger budgeting -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

26-Jan-2015

“Children of the Civil Rights” documentary reviews stirring stories from city's transition, 1958-1964 -

Patrick B. McGuigan

26-Jan-2015

Proposals from two House Republicans could shake things up -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

25-Jan-2015

Rep. Morrissette blasts Medical Licensure Board for 'egregious behavior' against Tulsa physician -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

21-Jan-2015

Rep. Shane Stone, human rights advocate Carlos Ortiz to lead march against domestic abuse -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

20-Jan-2015

Editor's Notebook: Holt's new national leadership post, Morrissette's push for a “right-to-try” -

Patrick B. McGuigan

19-Jan-2015

Fallin launches new panel to steer justice reform, Top House Democrat calls for implementation of Justice Reinvestment Initiative -

CapitolBeat Staff Report

15-Jan-2015

Mary Fallin delivers second inaugural address -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

12-Jan-2015

For Kids: Tear Down That Wall -

Patrick B. McGuigan

10-Jan-2015

House Minority Leader Scott Inman names Democratic members to committee posts -

Patrick B. McGuigan

04-Jan-2015

Insights: Government red tape, Union pension cuts -

Ernest Istook

02-Jan-2015

Energy and Environment: A natural link? -

Patrick B. McGuigan

02-Jan-2015

Morrissette, Echols to lead Jan. 15 hearing on Medical Licensure board -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

31-Dec-2014

Diverse group of 2014 Human Rights Award winners include LaGrange, Lemon, Hamilton -

Patrick B. McGuigan

30-Dec-2014

Oklahoma City's Top 10 Stories – 2014 in review, from The City Sentinel -

Patrick B. McGuigan The City Sentinel

29-Dec-2014

Everything including the kitchen sink, and the water in it; playing with pot -

Ernest Istook

29-Dec-2014

Senate President Pro Tempore Brian Bingman announces Republican committee assignments -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

17-Dec-2014

Your Vote Counts: Administrative Consolidation, OSSAA, AG/Big Oil Alliance, mascot debated -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

17-Dec-2014

Oklahoma Speaker of the House Jeff Hickman announces committee leadership for 2015 -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

15-Dec-2014

Sen. Standridge appointed to attend national meeting -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

08-Dec-2014

State Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of State Question 640’s tax limit strictures -

Patrick B. McGuigan

02-Dec-2014

Return Fort Reno to the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

01-Dec-2014

State legislators assail hints of new interpretation of State Question 640’s tax cut measures -

Patrick B. McGuigan

26-Nov-2014

Barresi welcomes restoration of federal education waiver allowing curriculum flexibility -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

25-Nov-2014

Lankford decries EPA delay on Fuel standards -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

23-Nov-2014

Transparency and domestic violence response laws take effect -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

17-Nov-2014

Study Shows Big Gains for Oklahoma’s Pension System -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

13-Nov-2014

Senate Study outlines options for cost savings in Oklahoma's school districts -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

12-Nov-2014

Quartet of Oklahoma City anti-hunger leaders honored for good works -

Patrick B. McGuigan

08-Nov-2014

COMMENTARY: Why early childhood education supporters should back school choice -

Patrick B. McGuigan

02-Nov-2014

Analysis: Three State Questions appearing on all ballots in Oklahoma -

Pam Pollard

02-Nov-2014

Jason Nelson leads at the Legislature, seeks fourth term in state House -

Patrick B. McGuigan

27-Oct-2014

Oklahoma City judicial forum affords opportunity to know trial judges before November election -

Darla Shelden

22-Oct-2014

Juvenile Justice system more punitive and less effective, critics say -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

15-Oct-2014

Jonathan Small named Executive Vice President for state's leading free-market think tank -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

15-Oct-2014

'The Equalizer' as a parable on the limits of government -

Patrick B. McGuigan

14-Oct-2014

When ‘dark’ brings light: “First Amendment expenditures’ yield school choice victories -

Patrick B. McGuigan

01-Oct-2014

It is what it is: U.S. Judge says IRS ObamaCare rule is “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion” -

Patrick B. McGuigan

30-Sep-2014

Are Oklahoma City Bureaucrats Smarter Than Harvard? -

Mark Costello

17-Sep-2014

Oklahoma DAs and Verizon collaborate on domestic violence awareness -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

16-Sep-2014

Joy Hofmeister assails federal slap at Oklahoma-based education standards -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

28-Aug-2014

All Oklahoma Federation for Children candidates prevail, Strohm upsets Abdo in HD 69 -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

27-Aug-2014

ACLU seeks to block government moves preventing journalists from witnessing executions, Oklahoma SPJ backs litigation -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

25-Aug-2014

Political neophyte backs Democrats, garners “dark money,” and wants to be GOP state Senate nominee -

Patrick B. McGuigan

23-Aug-2014

Legislators focus on welfare reform in Oklahoma -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

19-Aug-2014

ANALYSIS: Whatever happened to PokerTribes.com? State, tribes may miss iGaming opportunity -

Patrick B. McGuigan

11-Aug-2014

Blue or Purple in a Red State – OK Policy weaves independent path -

Patrick B. McGuigan

11-Aug-2014

Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs advances free market policies in the Heartland -

Patrick B. McGuigan

10-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

Rep. Bobby Cleveland presses, steadily for corrections and prison reforms -

Patrick B. McGuigan

31-Jul-2014

A.G. Pruitt’s office hosts training seminar to commemorate 50th anniversary of Civil Rights Act -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

26-Jul-2014

A.G. Scott Pruitt ‘hopes and prays’ a ‘consequential’ ruling hints at ACA’s demise -

Patrick B. McGuigan

25-Jul-2014

Pruitt praises Appeals Court ruling on Affordable Care Act -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

22-Jul-2014

Housing of immigrants at Fort Sill questioned, opposed -

Patrick B. McGuigan

20-Jul-2014

Bipartisan group of state leaders support immigration reform -

Patrick B. McGuigan

20-Jul-2014

An analysis: U.S. Interior Department rebuffs BIA meddling in OK Cheyenne & Arapaho governance -

Patrick B. McGuigan

16-Jul-2014

American Federation for Children aims to advance school choice in Oklahoma -

Patrick B. McGuigan

11-Jul-2014

Transition Continues for New Workers’ Compensation System -

Staff Report

09-Jul-2014

Bi-partisan legislative team advocates greater support for rural firefighters -

Staff Report

05-Jul-2014

Polemical, Powerful and Provocative: “America, the Movie” -

Patrick B. McGuigan

04-Jul-2014

Oklahoma ranked as eleventh most corrupt state in analysis of federal data -

Patrick B. McGuigan

02-Jul-2014

U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Hobby Lobby, OCRJ responds -

Staff Report

30-Jun-2014

In Hobby Lobby case, victory for religious liberty cheered in comments from Oklahoma and national leaders -

Patrick B. McGuigan

30-Jun-2014

Rutherford Institute applauds 5-4 Supreme Court ruling protecting right of ‘closely held for-profit corporations' to avoid contraception mandate -

Staff Report

30-Jun-2014

Mourning Oklahoma's Medicaid Malaise: Lawmakers Reject Free-Market Reforms -

Patrick B. McGuigan

30-Jun-2014

Oklahoma Fifth C.D.: Col. Russell seeks to carry leadership tradition to Congress -

Patrick B. McGuigan

20-Jun-2014

In Oklahoma’s Fifth Congressional District, Tom Guild hopes third time is a charm; Al McAffrey eschews obstructionism -

Patrick B. McGuigan

20-Jun-2014

OK Senate: Shannon pledges to ‘stop the debt, control the spending, balance the budget’ -

Patrick B. McGuigan

20-Jun-2014

OK Woman battles ‘mandatory biometric’ required for drivers’ licenses -

Patrick B. McGuigan

19-Jun-2014

Oklahoma Senate’s blue gal in a red state: Sen. Connie Johnson seeks Democratic nomination in race to replace Coburn -

Patrick B. McGuigan

19-Jun-2014

Following Oklahoma, should New Mexico make a pension switch? -

Rob Nikolewski

18-Jun-2014

Rebuffing Arne Duncan, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin defends repeal of Common Core -

Patrick B. McGuigan

16-Jun-2014

Gov. Mary Fallin signs bill repealing Common Core in Oklahoma -

Patrick B. McGuigan

06-Jun-2014

Gov. Fallin must decide this week to sign or veto legislation repealing Common Core -

Patrick B. McGuigan

02-Jun-2014

NEWS UPDATE: COMMON CORE REPEAL HEADS TO FALLIN’S DESK -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

23-May-2014

NEWS UPDATE: COMMON CORE REPEAL CLEARS OKLAHOMA HOUSE -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

23-May-2014

Legislature overrides Gov. Mary Fallin’s veto, new law erodes third grade reading requirement -

Patrick B. McGuigan

22-May-2014

ReMerge program helps women facing prison become productive citizens -

Darla Shelden

12-May-2014

Why did OK Gov. Fallin flex her veto muscle? -

Patrick B. McGuigan

07-May-2014

ObamaCare has a payment problem -

Patrick B. McGuigan

06-May-2014

In Death Penalty Debate, Remember the Victims -

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin

05-May-2014

Pro-gun group leads revolt, OK House votes to override Gov. Fallin’s veto -

Patrick B. McGuigan

01-May-2014

“Vapor” Regulation Approved -

State House Minority Staff

29-Apr-2014

New FDA rules for e-cigs could give advantage to Big Tobacco -

Eric Boehm

29-Apr-2014

Could managed care offset OK’s surge in Medicaid spending for Emergency Room visits? -

Patrick B. McGuigan

24-Apr-2014

ANALYSIS: OK House Speaker Jeff Hickman steers conservative course -

Patrick B. McGuigan

09-Apr-2014

Oklahoma pension problems: $823 million annual debt, or $3.4 billion in savings after 30 years? -

Patrick B. McGuigan

03-Apr-2014

OK teachers’ union and allies contend public education spending is weak, but is it? -

Patrick B. McGuigan

31-Mar-2014

Common Core crusaders comment on controversial curriculum’s collapse -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

25-Mar-2014

As Indiana goes, so goes Oklahoma: Common Core curriculum support collapses in the Sooner State -

Patrick B. McGuigan

25-Mar-2014

Oklahoma’s newest think tank makes its case: ‘Why families still matter’ -

Patrick B. McGuigan

24-Mar-2014

COMMENTARY: The wonderful thing about open records is that they are open to everyone -

Patrick B. McGuigan

19-Mar-2014

Some drama: Legislature advances bills to repeal Common Core, protect e-cigs and finance prison alternatives -

Patrick B. McGuigan

14-Mar-2014

COMMENTARY: ‘Pay for Success’ program could boost reform -

Patrick B. McGuigan

11-Mar-2014

OK Senate income tax measure would increase taxes for some -

Patrick B. McGuigan

21-Feb-2014

Dylan’s Song: One Boy’s Real Life, and His Parents’ Choice -

Patrick B. McGuigan

17-Feb-2014

OK Pension proposals would shift systems toward sustainability, reformers say -

Patrick B. McGuigan

15-Feb-2014

Oklahoma Senate: Young men in a hurry, with a shade of difference -

Patrick B. McGuigan

10-Feb-2014

President Barack Obama at the 2014 National Prayer Breakfast -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

09-Feb-2014

Analysis: OK Republicans to squabble over agency cuts, lower taxes, energy incentives -

Patrick B. McGuigan

06-Feb-2014

Governor Mary Fallin's State of the State Address -

Staff Report

03-Feb-2014

Seeking more positive tomorrows, Oklahoma school choice leaders push Arizona model -

Patrick B. McGuigan

27-Jan-2014

Remembering the man who helped make real ‘the promises of democracy’ -

Patrick B. McGuigan

20-Jan-2014

Prisons and purity: Is Oklahoma still crazy after all these years? -

Patrick B. McGuigan

15-Jan-2014

Fiscal Armageddon: Actuarial foreplay, public debt and inadequate paranoia -

Patrick B. McGuigan

11-Jan-2014

The Top 10 moments of government waste from 2013 -

Dustin Hurst

03-Jan-2014

A million stories in Oklahoma City -- including 2013’s top 10 -

Patrick B. McGuigan

03-Jan-2014

From Kansas, 2013 in Review: Top 10 Sunflower State Stories -

Travis Perry

02-Jan-2014

Special Report: How actions by Gov. Fallin's staff weakened the Justice Reinvestment Initiative -

Clifton Adcock

31-Dec-2013

From the state capitol beat, Oklahoma’s Top 10 public policy stories -

Patrick B. McGuigan

26-Dec-2013

After Coburn’s report: Inspector’s audit gives ‘clean’ bill or whitewash at Homeland Security? -

Kenric Ward | Watchdog.org

18-Dec-2013

COMMENTARY Will the farm bill include efforts to block return of Cheyenne and Arapaho lands in OK? -

Patrick B. McGuigan

17-Dec-2013

Brenda Reneau’s Legacy -

Steve Fair

10-Dec-2013

Will a Detroit judge’s green light to bankruptcy result in red lights for pension debt elsewhere, including Oklahoma? -

Patrick B. McGuigan

04-Dec-2013

In love with Oklahoma’s “Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo” -

Patrick B. McGuigan

29-Nov-2013

COMMENTARY Red and blue all over: ‘We, the people’ before we the government -

Patrick B. McGuigan

27-Nov-2013

COMMENTARY: A heartland with heart: 42 Kansans ‘get-’er-done’ -

Patrick B. McGuigan

26-Nov-2013

In their eyes: 'Invisible Eve' has, in black and white, stories beyond the power of words -

by Patrick B. McGuigan

25-Nov-2013

Oklahomans and ObamaCare: Where we’ve been, where we’re going -

Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs Analysis

22-Nov-2013

New study counters health arguments against e-cigarettes -

Patrick B. McGuigan

21-Nov-2013

COMMENTARY: A “bite-sized” start to reverse Oklahoma’s exploding prison spending problems -

Patrick B. McGuigan

21-Nov-2013

Oklahoma City Council may consider e-cigarette ban -

Patrick B. McGuigan

20-Nov-2013

In lawsuits and amicus briefs, OK AG Pruitt pushes back at Obama Administration -

Patrick B. McGuigan

19-Nov-2013

Tahlequah, OK steps away from e-cigarette ban, OK Advocates of ‘Vaping’ cheer -

Patrick B. McGuigan

15-Nov-2013

For Indian Country in Oklahoma, it’s never too late for justice -

Patrick B. McGuigan

14-Nov-2013

‘Vape’ activists seek tolerance, and a ‘less insane’ e-cigarette ordinance in Tahlequah, OK -

Patrick B. McGuigan

13-Nov-2013

Another Oklahoma town will consider e-cigarette ban, “vape” advocates offer alternatives -

Patrick B. McGuigan

12-Nov-2013

Oklahoma Eagle Forum honors Phyllis Schlafly, state leader Bunny Chambers and state Rep. Dan Fisher -

Patrick B. McGuigan

07-Nov-2013

COMMENTARY: Fighting over the grading of OK schools, from A to F -

Patrick B. McGuigan

01-Nov-2013

COMMENTARY: Capitol Coercion: Conviction of former OK state representative is rough Justice -

Patrick B. McGuigan

30-Oct-2013

Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma in joust over same-sex marriage plans -

Patrick B. McGuigan

25-Oct-2013

Oklahoma Interim Study: Family structure key factor in economic growth -

Patrick B. McGuigan

18-Oct-2013

Arizona Education Savings Accounts aren’t vouchers, study says -

Mary C. Tillotson, Watchdog.org

12-Oct-2013

BOGO: From Africa to Anadarko, a story of love and markets -

Patrick B. McGuigan

11-Oct-2013

Common Core, or a common cause -- ‘Concentrate on issues that unite us, and divide the left’ -

Patrick B. McGuigan

10-Oct-2013

Interim Hearings on activities association wrap up look into power, money and football -

Patrick B. McGuigan

09-Oct-2013

COMMENTARY: America is choosing education freedom, as the future rushes in -

Patrick B. McGuigan

09-Oct-2013

Conservative state Rep. Paul Wesselhoft honored by ACLU-OK -

Patrick B. McGuigan

04-Oct-2013

Oklahoma Readers speak up for and against the shutdown -

Patrick B. McGuigan

01-Oct-2013

Former Cheyenne & Arapaho Gov. Flyingman subject of criminal complaint -

Patrick B. McGuigan

30-Sep-2013

As allies send nuanced messages, will OK Gov. Mary Fallin stick to her guns on Medicaid expansion? -

Patrick B. McGuigan

25-Sep-2013

Criminal Complaint issued on former C&A Gov. Flyingman -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

24-Sep-2013

Legislator makes new push for OK pension reforms, in midst of gloomy national funding picture -

Patrick B. McGuigan

20-Sep-2013

New workers comp system challenged in OK courts -

Patrick B. McGuigan

20-Sep-2013

State AFL-CIO leaders agree ACA is “not perfect” -

Patrick B. McGuigan

16-Sep-2013

COMMENTARY: As jousts over judicial role continue, reinstated state lawsuit limits might trigger … lawsuits -

Patrick B. McGuigan

13-Sep-2013

Everything Old is New Again: Special session restores 2009 lawsuit reforms -

Patrick B. McGuigan

12-Sep-2013

State Insurance Department officials clarify licensed functions, pledges “cease and desist” orders for violators -

Patrick B. McGuigan

09-Sep-2013

Dreams can come true: Workers Compensation administrative shift to trigger quick savings -

Patrick B. McGuigan

09-Sep-2013

State pension liabilities top $4 trillion -

Eric Boehm Watchdog.org

05-Sep-2013

Under the dome: Bills under consideration for the special session -

Patrick B . McGuigan

03-Sep-2013

In testing results, more bad news for Oklahoma public education -

Patrick B. McGuigan

01-Sep-2013

A.G. Pruitt presses to clear the haze from EPA regional standards fight -

Patrick B. McGuigan

23-Aug-2013

Remembering Odilia Dank -- a graceful lady, and an Army of one -

Patrick B. McGuigan

21-Aug-2013

OK Speaker Shannon says lawsuit reform fix may take 26-28 bills, 6-8 days -

Patrick B. McGuigan

20-Aug-2013

More than digital genius, in a wondrous life, ‘Steve Jobs’ -

Patrick B. McGuigan

16-Aug-2013

Oklahoma Higher Regents’ pay hike assailed -

Patrick B. McGuigan

15-Aug-2013

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin sets special session for September 3 -

Patrick B. McGuigan

12-Aug-2013

Oklahoma’s food stamp overpayments totaled over $29 million in Fiscal Year 2011 -

Patrick B. McGuigan

12-Aug-2013

Milton Friedman honored, as Oklahoma’s special needs children are ‘Free to Choose’ -

PatrickB. McGuigan

01-Aug-2013

Neither Weiners nor whiners here -- AFP-OK and A.G. Pruitt rebuff EPA’s shaft job -

Patrick B. McGuigan

29-Jul-2013

How to Win by Throwing in the Towel -

Dr. G. Keith Smith

29-Jul-2013

COMMENTARY: ObamaCare’s fate? Legal challenges and ultimate reversal -

Patrick B. McGuigan

26-Jul-2013

Hobby Lobby secures preliminary injunction against abortion mandate in ‘ObamaCare’ -

Patrick B. McGuigan

19-Jul-2013

OK Gov. Fallin now has the call on special session to remedy Court’s tort slap down -

Patrick B. McGuigan

18-Jul-2013

A Bit Confused and Still Missin’ the Hippies -

G. Keith Smith, M.D.

17-Jul-2013

COMMENTARY: Journalism is an act, not a profession -

Steven Greenhut The Franklin Center

15-Jul-2013

Analysis: Attorney General Pruitt presses newly invigorated arguments against ‘ObamaCare’ -

Patrick B. McGuigan

15-Jul-2013

Finance Secretary Doerflinger floats possible changes in energy incentives, industry reacts -

Patrick B. McGuigan

11-Jul-2013

COMMENTARY Nothing ‘Anonymous’ about wasted lives and bad laws: Prison policies must change -

Patrick B. McGuigan

10-Jul-2013

Varied reactions to delayed health care mandate: relief, reserve, rejoicing -

Patrick B. McGuigan

08-Jul-2013

Critics of ‘ObamaCare’ skeptical of Leavitt Partners’ Medicaid recommendations -

Patrick B. McGuigan

03-Jul-2013

COMMENTARY: Born on the Fourth of July, or thereabouts, an enterprise of Liberty -

Patrick B. McGuigan

02-Jul-2013

COMMENTARY: Public opinion on Medicaid expansion, the Augean Stables, and a better future -

Patrick B. McGuigan

28-Jun-2013

“Flexible federalism” themes likely for OK Gov. Fallin in National Press Club speech -

Patrick B. McGuigan

25-Jun-2013

Conservative critic says ObamaCare not a “CLASS” act -

Patrick B. McGuigan

24-Jun-2013

OK Dueling Docs react to HHS Report’s identification of Medicare discrepancies -

Patrick B. McGuigan

24-Jun-2013

State health care analysts react to investigation saying Medicare provider data ‘inaccurate, incomplete and inconsistent’ -

Patrick B. McGuigan and Carten Cordell

21-Jun-2013

COMMENTARY A Cheyenne & Arapaho Summer: Tribes’ frozen funds impede western Oklahoma economy -

Patrick B. McGuigan

21-Jun-2013

Conservative icon Richard Viguerie boosts ‘right on crime’ efforts -

Patrick B. McGuigan

18-Jun-2013

A new chapter: Corrections Director Jones explains his reasons for leaving -

Patrick B. McGuigan

18-Jun-2013

For Oklahoma, more time and fresh opportunity for prison reform -

Patrick B. McGuigan

18-Jun-2013

Water rights victory historic, setting stage for state-tribal case -

Patrick B. McGuigan

17-Jun-2013

“Black Friday” reform signed into law after years of debate -

Patrick B. McGuigan

11-Jun-2013

Sen. David Holt details “Black Friday” reform struggle -

Patrick B. McGuigan

11-Jun-2013

UPDATE: OK ‘Lifeline’ changes signed into law -

Patrick B. McGuigan

10-Jun-2013

Rep. David Dank rejects grading on the curve, gives 2013 legislative session a “C-“ -

Patrick B. McGuigan

07-Jun-2013

COMMENTARY: Pension reform – Keeping promises and reducing liabilities -

06-Jun-2013

State leaders laud their performance at end of 2013 legislative session -- and give themselves an “A” -

Patrick B. McGuigan

03-Jun-2013

Oklahoma City’s Chabad organizes Dallas youth in Oklahoma relief mission -

Patrick B. McGuigan

28-May-2013

Senate plan could rescue Insure Oklahoma program for working poor -

Patrick B. McGuigan

20-May-2013

State Legislators ponder veto overrides -

Patrick B. McGuigan

16-May-2013

Income tax receipts boost government revenue in April -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

16-May-2013

COMMENTARY: Don’t make the perfect the enemy of the good -

Patrick B. McGuigan

15-May-2013

Senate clears omnibus budget, Gov. Fallin will sign soon -

Patrick B. McGuigan

15-May-2013

Gov. Fallin vetoes pension reform bill, H.B. 2077 -

Patrick B. McGuigan

14-May-2013

State officials deliberate on ways to preserve Insure Oklahoma -

Patrick B. McGuigan

10-May-2013

Oklahoma’s dynamic Medicaid discussion includes Florida pilot program -

Patrick B. McGuigan

10-May-2013

COMMENTARY: From the Heartland, competitive federalism, where everything old is new again -

Patrick B. McGuigan

08-May-2013

Obama administration denies extension of Insure Oklahoma program for working poor -

Patrick B. McGuigan

08-May-2013

Gov. Fallin signs workers comp, infrastructure bills -

Patrick B. McGuigan

08-May-2013

House Speaker’s infrastructure plan goes to Gov. Mary Fallin for enactment -

Patrick B. McGuigan

01-May-2013

Cops gone wild: Rocky Mountain lows, and OK Great Plains blues -

Patrick B. McGuigan

30-Apr-2013

Business group counters AFL-CIO critique of likely workers’ compensation reforms -

Patrick B. McGuigan

26-Apr-2013

‘Workers Comp, not lawyers’ comp’ -- administrative reform nears passage as business advocates cheer, legislative Democrats holler -

Patrick B. McGuigan

26-Apr-2013

Citizenship dinner to honor Ed Feulner, former Sen. Jim DeMint to give keynote address -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

22-Apr-2013

Doing some good: Slowly, Archie Hoffman’s dreams for Oklahoma’s Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes coming true -

Patrick B. McGuigan

22-Apr-2013

Legislative leaders, Gov. Fallin say income tax cut, workers’ comp reform likely -

Patrick B. McGuigan

19-Apr-2013

UPDATE: Senate toughens provisions against ‘Lifeline’ phone abuses -

Patrick B. McGuigan

17-Apr-2013

Annual banquet of Council on American-Islam Relations (CAIR) Oklahoma includes awards presentations & fundraising -

Patrick B. McGuigan

14-Apr-2013

Group encourages Gov. Fallin to sign legislation banning foreign law precedents -

Patrick B. McGuigan

12-Apr-2013

Come Hell or High Water: Robert Bork’s ‘Saving Justice’ -

Patrick B. McGuigan

11-Apr-2013

House Judiciary Committee approves Speaker’s workers comp reform, 11-4 -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

10-Apr-2013

COMMENTARY: Time and place: Judge Bork, the Mayflower Hotel’s Grand Ballroom, and unfinished work -

Patrick B. McGuigan

09-Apr-2013

Fallin signs trio of agreements with Gov. Boswell for Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma -

Patrick B. McGuigan

06-Apr-2013

Americans United for Life to discuss policy, court cases at city event -

Staff Report

06-Apr-2013

Speaker applauds sale of unused state properties -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

02-Apr-2013

Emerging from despair, quartet of women graduate into productive citizenship -

Patrick B. McGuigan

01-Apr-2013

Mercatus Center raves about Oklahoma’s dramatic move toward economic liberty -

Patrick B. McGuigan

28-Mar-2013

Progress in the midst of peril: Oklahoma’s ReMerge program graduate looks forward to ‘a positive, productive life’ -

Patrick B. McGuigan

27-Mar-2013

Hoosier State decision could influence Oklahoma special needs scholarship litigation -

Patrick B. McGuigan

27-Mar-2013

OK: For the 2014 budget -- $200 million more, or $200 million less? -

Patrick B. McGuigan

25-Mar-2013

Action Items for Oklahoma: Criminal Justice -

Gene Perry, Oklahoma Policy Institute

21-Mar-2013

First group of women set for graduation from Oklahoma County diversion program -

CapitolBeat Staff Report

20-Mar-2013

Gov. Fallin wants to consolidate pension administration -- firefighters oppose that and more -

Patrick B. McGuigan

19-Mar-2013

Pension reforms advance, including the firefighters fund -

Patrick B. McGuigan

19-Mar-2013

Prison plan at center of controversy between reform advocates and governor's staff -

Patrick B. McGuigan

18-Mar-2013

Conservative activists cheer Rand Paul at national conference – and “Ben Franklin” stops in -

Keisha Schultz

16-Mar-2013

Gov. Fallin hails bill that revises Council overseeing prisoner reentry programs -

Patrick B. McGuigan

14-Mar-2013

Oklahoma Attorney General’s Chief of Staff unresponsive to written question on state programs for non-violent offenders -

Patrick B. McGuigan

14-Mar-2013

Habemus Papam! Habemus Budgetam? -

Patrick B. McGuigan

13-Mar-2013

Midnight special: Oklahoma House advances bill to allow armed teachers -

Patrick B. McGuigan

13-Mar-2013

Oklahoma local-level government entities win total of 10 National transparency awards -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

13-Mar-2013

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin renews pledge of support for American Indian museum financing, as bond foes demur -

Patrick B. McGuigan

12-Mar-2013

COMMENTARY: Sooner and Later: For prison reform, light a candle and ‘stick with it’ -

Patrick B. McGuigan

12-Mar-2013

Transparency Tipsheet & Commentary: How to be a transparency watchdog -

Kevin Palmer

11-Mar-2013

DHS gets final approval for Pinnacle Plan -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

06-Mar-2013

Reach out and touch someone – Oklahoma House passes reforms in Lifeline ‘free’ phone program -

Patrick B. McGuigan

06-Mar-2013

COMMENTARY: Medicaid Expansion: Principle, People and Peril -

Patrick B. McGuigan

06-Mar-2013

Parker a star at Oklahoma ‘policy to share’ conference -

Patrick B. McGuigan

04-Mar-2013

Gov. Fallin’s team defends rebuff of prison reform funding -

04-Mar-2013

Oklahoma Justice Commission issues final report, adjourns -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

01-Mar-2013

Still tough on crime, Sooner State seeks “smart” prison policy shift -

Patrick B. McGuigan

01-Mar-2013

Workers Comp Administrative proposal clears Senate -

Patrick B. McGuigan

27-Feb-2013

COMMENTARY: Practical or moral, for the sake of the ten -

Patrick B. McGuigan

26-Feb-2013

Gov. Fallin rebuffs Justice Reinvestment implementation funds -

Patrick B. McGuigan

26-Feb-2013

Gridiron delivers again: Witty musical satire performs this week at Plaza Lyric -

Publius

25-Feb-2013

States’ Rights Fight in Sooner State -

Patrick B. McGuigan

24-Feb-2013

Hobby Lobby garners new support in challenge to HHS mandate -

Patrick B. McGuigan

20-Feb-2013

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