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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
States’ Rights panel advances Speaker’s contingency plan for spending cuts  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Feb-2013
Senate Administrative Workers’ Comp act unveiled, hearing Tuesday  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Feb-2013
Oklahoma pension reformers seek ‘sustainability’ and ‘intergenerational fairness’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Feb-2013
Speaker’s bill a reform of unemployment comp system – or ‘Kabuki-theatre set-up?”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Feb-2013
COMMENTARY: Dust to dust, ashes to ashes ... reflections on law, mortality and the meaning of words  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Feb-2013
COMMENTARY: Mike Schwartz, the happy warrior  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Feb-2013
Grover Norquist's tax cut advocacy comes to Oklahoma state Capitol  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Feb-2013
Reactions to Fallin’s “State of the State” run the gamut  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Feb-2013
State of the State: Doin’ fine, just OK, or not so good?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-Feb-2013
COMMENTARY: Stuck in the middle, As Kansas cuts, Texas keeps “no income tax” status  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Feb-2013
Governor Mary Fallin’s 2013 State of the State address  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
04-Feb-2013
OK: House Speaker on taxes, ‘right-sizing’ spending, and budget challenges in the 2013 session  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Jan-2013
State Auditor Gary Jones hit the ground running – and hasn’t let up  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Jan-2013
Analyzing waste, fraud and abuse: Oklahoma state Auditor Jones attacks all three  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Jan-2013
Federal court upholds Wisconsin's Act 10 in its entirety  -  
Ryan Ekvall, Wisconsin Reporter
21-Jan-2013
Where courage wanes, freedom is stifled  -  
House Speaker T.W. Shannon
21-Jan-2013
Editor’s Notebook: terrible talk, Tulsa tops, Kern’s concern, Senate’s site  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Jan-2013
Auditor Gary Jones closes county audit gap, reorganizes agency  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Jan-2013
Framing the Picture: Speaker Shannon makes history, as outline of 2013 legislative session emerges  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Jan-2013
Tom Colbert becomes chief justice of Oklahoma state Supreme Court  -  
05-Jan-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
Editor’s Notebook: Bennington superintendent to challenge Barresi, Ridley retires (in part), school safety commission formed  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Dec-2012
COMMENTARY: Remembering the greatest man I have ever known  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Dec-2012
News Analysis: A layman’s journey through Oklahoma’s right-to-work data  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Dec-2012
COMMENTARY: Right to work transformed Oklahoma, and can do the same for Michigan  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Dec-2012
What is Truth? The prism for all things, and the soul of education  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Dec-2012
Report: Both crime rate and prison populations declined in 2011  -  
Patrick B McGuigan
02-Dec-2012
COMMENTARY: Note to Morningstar: Municipal and state pension hemmorhage accelerating  -  
Frank Keegan
29-Nov-2012
State Supreme Court, denies legal standing to school districts, special needs scholarships sustained  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
20-Nov-2012
Gov. Fallin: Oklahoma will not join health exchange or Medicaid expansion  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Nov-2012
The Sum of All Fears – “Victory!”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Nov-2012
Government pension fixes may take time – but time has run out  -  
Frank Keegan
02-Nov-2012
OK: Supreme Court retention votes get unprecedented attention  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Oct-2012
Facebook fans have their say in final match  -  
Watchdog.org
23-Oct-2012
State Question 762, limiting governor’s role in pardons and paroles, draws critical scrutiny  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-Oct-2012
DEBATE: Hostility at Hofstra ends in a draw?  -  
Watchdog.org
17-Oct-2012
Miracle, or mirage? Justice officials move from chaos to confidence  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Oct-2012
Economist calls on Congress to head off possible financial crisis  -  
Stacy Martin
10-Oct-2012
Husband of state Supreme Court Justice Gurich wrote advocacy memo using state email  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Oct-2012
COMMENTARY: Keeping it real – Is it time to vote yes on State Question 766?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Oct-2012
Commissioner Costello determined to let union cats out of the bag  -  
Stacy Martin
05-Oct-2012
Both critics and supporters of State Chamber’s judicial evaluation begin to speak out  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-Oct-2012
Oklahoma State Chamber’s judicial evaluation system gains some conservative support  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-Oct-2012
Reagan alumni Meese and Eastman give high marks to Romney  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Oct-2012
State leaders seem to agree Obama, Romney have distinctly different views  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Oct-2012
DEBATE: Romney wins in Denver by TKO  -  
Watchdog.org
04-Oct-2012
Visitors from the East bear gifts of Medicaid Reform  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Sep-2012
COMMENTARY: Can the Legislature do more than one thing at a time?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Sep-2012
We’re still No. 1! Prison crowding plan runs into questions, comments, awkward silences  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Sep-2012
Oklahoma Supremes spike Libertarian candidates from ballot  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Sep-2012
America’s most important ballot question that you’ve never heard of (yet)  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Sep-2012
All or nothing: Every state but Oklahoma has Libertarians on the ballot  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Sep-2012
State activists, national expert fight for Libertarian ballot access  -  
Patrick B McGuigan
04-Sep-2012
Kay Floyd gives hope to Democrats, but Republican surge continues in runoffs  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Aug-2012
Americans Elect ballot line stricken in Oklahoma  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Aug-2012
U.S. Energy policy is ‘not broke, just crazy’; critics offer antidotes  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Aug-2012
Commentary: Increased Government Spending Is Our Default Setting  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-Aug-2012
Election Board’s Paul Ziriax grapples with “unusual situation” in third party ballot fight  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Aug-2012
Paul Ryan in Oklahoma: Fight for Freedom “begins now”  -  
Paul Ryan
13-Aug-2012
COMMENTARY: State lawmakers sink deeper into denial on pension catastrophe  -  
Frank Keegan
08-Aug-2012
Changing Culture and changing spending: DHS begins to implement Pinnacle Plan  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-Aug-2012
A leader, a dreamer and a doer – Archie Hoffman sought return of Cheyenne & Arapaho lands  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
31-Jul-2012
Reps. Nelson, Morrissette support final version of Human Services’ “Pinnacle Plan”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Jul-2012
Agriculture Commissioner to Rep. Reynolds: Agency will contract with Youth Expo  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Jul-2012
Flap over funding youth expo not over  -  
Billie Rodely
20-Jul-2012
In U.S. House, conservative Republican opposition could prevent passage of 2012 farm bill  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
18-Jul-2012
Oklahoma Rep. Frank Lucas defends U.S. House Agriculture Committee version of FARRM Act, presses for floor consideration  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Jul-2012
Sen. Anderson asks Gov. Fallin to stop transfer of funds for Youth Expo  -  
Patrick B McGuigan
17-Jul-2012
California, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania – perilous public pensions provide cautionary examples for Oklahoma?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-Jul-2012
Interim thinking: Speaker Steele approves dozens of Interim Studies  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Jul-2012
Rev. Paul Blair ends lawsuit against controversial political action committee  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Jul-2012
Oklahoma delegation unites against President Obama’s health care law  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Jul-2012
The nature of risk – San Bernardino, three other California municipalities are bankrupt  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Jul-2012
Texas “Right on Crime” data points to effective criminal justice strategies  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Jul-2012
Editor’s notebook: By the numbers, a fraud conviction, and a new chairman  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Jul-2012
Tom Coburn joins Republicans in Congress asking nation’s governors, including Oklahoma’s Mary Fallin, not to implement health care exchange  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Jul-2012
36 Hours: ObamaCare in Oklahoma  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Jun-2012
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, legislative leaders decry “ObamaCare” ruling  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Jun-2012
In Oklahoma, Interdenominational alliance forms to oppose controversial HHS mandate, and to advocate religious liberty  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Jun-2012
Rep. James Lankford opposes HHS mandate, encourages state and federal action if “ObamaCare” is stricken in whole or in part  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Jun-2012
Oklahoma City's Catholic archbishop calls for religious freedom, protection of churches from controversial HHS mandate  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Jun-2012
Tulsa law firm Rosenstein Fist Reingold contracts with public schools -- “A fist full of dollars”?  -  
Stacy L. Martin Special Projects Editor
22-Jun-2012
Auditor & Inspector Gary Jones to begin audit of state tax credits  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Jun-2012
Trio of analysts assert: If “ObamaCare” is spiked, states will have options  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Jun-2012
Becket Fund brief supports parents of children with special needs  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
19-Jun-2012
Pew Center on the States: State-level unfunded pension liability nears $1.4 trillion  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Jun-2012
He said, he said: Paul Blair’s challenge to District 41 Senate incumbent gets rowdy  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Jun-2012
Rep. Mike Reynolds files seven complaints with state Ethics Commission  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Jun-2012
Commentary: Don’t read their lips – read their budgets  -  
Perspective Magizine
12-Jun-2012
Romney, Costello, Carnuccio – Walker win is wonderful  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Jun-2012
Walker wins Wisconsin Going Away  -  
Wisconsin Reporter
06-Jun-2012
Ethics controversy flows from complaint about Senator Clark Jolley  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Jun-2012
Commentary: Study calls for “drastic reform” of public pension regulation  -  
Frank Keegan, State Budget Solutions
01-Jun-2012
If voters agree, intangible assets will not face new ad valorem taxation  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-May-2012
Fallin pushes for tax cut deal  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
23-May-2012
Legislative Endgame 2012, OCPA’s analysis: “It’s the spending, … ”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-May-2012
Steele comments on House passage of DHS governance reforms  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-May-2012
Fallin and legislative leaders announce budget accord  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-May-2012
Group of 30 state leaders oppose "tax trigger mechanisms"  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-May-2012
Thinking Small -- One man’s “top 10 ways to cut Oklahoma state government spending”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-May-2012
Justice Reinvestment bill signed, laying basis for policy transformations  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-May-2012
Where the twain does not meet: Dr. Laffer vs. Dr. Hepner  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-May-2012
Steele calls passage of justice reinvestment initiative “a significant moment,” reflects on a quiet week at the Legislature  -  
Patrick B.McGuigan
03-May-2012
As controversy mounts, Oklahoma City woman hires attorney to field questions about relationship with Jay Parmley  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Apr-2012
As he seeks a third term, Senator Clark Jolley of Edmond pushing for significant tax cut  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Apr-2012
Special needs law to remain in force while controversial ruling is appealed  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
18-Apr-2012
In-E-Quality: Quality Jobs Program morphs into easy money source for those who know the game  -  
Stacy Martin
17-Apr-2012
Editor’s notebook: Eyewitness to history, ultrasound appeal, revenue softening, support for Israel  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Apr-2012
State officials respond to Tulsa’s anti-choice legal decision  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
27-Mar-2012
In ruling on lawsuit against parents brought by Union and Jenks public schools, Tulsa judge kills Oklahoma’s special needs scholarship program  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
27-Mar-2012
Senate panel approves H.B. 2388, mandatory drug testing for TANF recipients  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Mar-2012
Taxes and everything else: The hard work begins  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Mar-2012
Tulsa’s Sue Tibbs: tough lady, criminal justice reformer, loyal friend  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Mar-2012
Speaker Steele said taxes will be cut (this year), more legislative transparency will come (some day) and lobbyists are powerful (every year)  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Mar-2012
Editor’s Notebook: Senate advances income tax cut, conservation plan, pension back-fill  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Mar-2012
After debate, Oklahoma state Senate passes income tax phase out, 30-17  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Mar-2012
Bi-partisan majority sends Oklahoma's justice reforms to Senate, action anticipated within two weeks  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Mar-2012
Miller: February Continues 24-Month Revenue Streak  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
11-Mar-2012
Republican leaders press ahead on cluster of substantive policy proposals  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Mar-2012
Fox and sound: Spelling it out  -  
Stacy Martin
08-Mar-2012
Free market think tank projects billions in potential savings  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Mar-2012
Sunshine Review gives “Sunny Award” to five of Oklahoma’s local-level governments  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-Mar-2012
Auditor Jones finds “much bigger problem” in audit of pre-Barresi management and practices at Education Department  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Mar-2012
Oklahoma Legislators, ALEC hold justice reinvestment session  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Mar-2012
Asa Hutchison, former Congressman and U.S. Attorney from Arkansas, hopes Oklahoma will get “right on crime”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Mar-2012
New round of pension reforms advance in Oklahoma House  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Mar-2012
Steele discusses wide range of issues with reporters, is “extremely encouraged” by justice reinvestment intiative's advance in the Legislature  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Mar-2012
Steele and Murphey advance another round of consolidation and projected savings for taxpayers  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Mar-2012
Ok House Seeks Sale of State Properties  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
01-Mar-2012
Editor’s Notebook: Life, Sheriffs, Supplementals, Independent ballot line  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Feb-2012
Robert Coombs from Council of State Governments hopeful for Oklahoma's justice reinvestment plans  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Feb-2012
Historic Justice Reinvestment Initiative, House Bill 3052, gains bipartisan support from Appropriations and Budget Committee  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Feb-2012
Analysis: Teachers association seeks $100 million in teacher raises although existing school district spending patterns reflect questionable expenditures  -  
Stacy Martin and Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Feb-2012
Occupy This! Lyric at the Plaza hosts Oklahoma city Gridiron Club's roast of Obama, Fallin and all their pals  -  
Publius
21-Feb-2012
Firefighter retirement funding measure advances to the Senate, McDaniel presses further reform  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Feb-2012
Republican legislative leaders: steady as she goes  -  
Patrick B McGuigan
17-Feb-2012
Speaker Steele, Minority Leader Inman lead charge to stop pay hike for state officials, judges  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Feb-2012
For Oklahoma's justice reinvestment, analysts say, “Make the change, and stick with it”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Feb-2012
Counsel from a Texan: conservative Republican encourages Oklahoma's Justice Reinvestment Initiative  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Feb-2012
The No Child Left Behind waiver for Oklahoma draws both cheers and jeers  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
09-Feb-2012
Santorum to speak at Capitol Repubican Caucus meeting in Oklahoma City  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Feb-2012
President Pro Temp Bingman details Republican agenda in CapitolBeatOK interview  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Feb-2012
Capitol throng ponders “What Would Reagan Do?”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-Feb-2012
Conservatives cheer Gov Fallin’s income tax reduction/phaseout plan  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Feb-2012
House Democratic leader, OK Policy decry Fallin tax plan  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Feb-2012
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin seeks “most significant tax cut in state history"  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Feb-2012
State of the State Address 2012  -  
Governor Mary Fallin
06-Feb-2012
Treasurer Miller says: “Oklahoma Economy Expands, But ...”  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
03-Feb-2012
As caucus nears, Gingrich tells Nevadans he is best choice for GOP to reverse failed Obama policies  -  
Sean Whaley , Nevada News Bureau
02-Feb-2012
“Building on Momentum” – Fallin seeks “game-changing moment” on income taxes  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Feb-2012
Oklahoma Watchdog stories impact legislative debate over public employee pay  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Feb-2012
Indiana joins Oklahoma and Idaho in the ranks of right-to-work states  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Feb-2012
Conservative leaders reinforce strict “no new taxes” pledge for Oklahoma legislators  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
31-Jan-2012
Dank, Sears and Steele unveil measures to extend moratorium on some tax credits and put stricter criteria into state constitution  -  
Stacy Martin
27-Jan-2012
National School Choice advocates cheer Oklahoma event  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Jan-2012
District 4 Board candidate Crystal Hodges touts fiscal accountability, homeschool experiences  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Jan-2012
OCPA’s Michael Carnuccio cheers legislative momentum for income tax phase out  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Jan-2012
Patrick Gaines promotes local control, Barresi's waiver request, technology and charter schools  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Jan-2012
House leaders react to resignation of Howard Hendrick as DHS director  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Jan-2012
Editor’s Notebook: tax rate cut surges, Barresi believes, Reynolds responds  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Jan-2012
Laura Massenat, Oklahoma City school board candidate, supports choice, better nutrition and Core Curriculum  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Jan-2012
Importance of local school board races illustrated in Oklahoma City's District 4  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-Jan-2012
Senator Treat sponsors bill to limit wage garnishment provisions  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Jan-2012
Jason Murphey, Randy McDaniel, Kris Steele unveil intensified agenda for agency consolidation, fiscal stability, pension reform  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Jan-2012
Lt. Gov. Lamb's report studies: “What impedes our growth as a state?”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Jan-2012
Oklahoma City to host Jan. 24 “town hall” during National School Choice Week  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
18-Jan-2012
Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Lamb advocates moving school board elections to November  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Jan-2012
Sen. David Holt files bill to bring Legislature under requirements for open meetings, open records  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Jan-2012
House Republicans promise conservative agenda, tax rate action  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-Jan-2012
Speaker Steele, Council of State Governments unveil “justice reinvestment” initiative  -  
William F. O'Brien
15-Jan-2012
Auditor Gary Jones summarizes education department findings  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Jan-2012
WIR’s story is evidence that “justice reinvestment” can work  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Jan-2012
Eleven years on, a fight that mattered: Right To Work in Oklahoma  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Jan-2012
Justice Reinvestment update scheduled for Wednesday, model Tulsa program advances alternatives to incarceration  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Jan-2012
Analysis: Indiana Leads the Manufacturing Belt  -  
James Holman
10-Jan-2012
Right-to-work bill moves forward in Indiana  -  
Benjamin Yount
10-Jan-2012
Settlement agreement in DHS lawsuit lays basis for agency reform, likely spending increases  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Jan-2012
In DHS lawsuit settlement, “co-neutrals” not subject to open records provisions  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Jan-2012
Treasurer Miller reacts cautiously to Mazzei, Dank and OCPA tax proposals, says “major change” should require voter approval  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Jan-2012
DHS settlement amended by Contingency Review Board, details undisclosed  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Dec-2011
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
Steele outlines process to allow Oklahoma taxpayers to keep “money that rightfully belongs to them”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Dec-2011
Chamber leaders oppose some proposed tax credit reforms  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Dec-2011
Task Force on tax credits and incentives approves final report  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Dec-2011
Not so routine: Board of Equalization funds OHLAP, but designates use of agency reserve  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Dec-2011
State Supreme Court upholds transparency standards for key judicial records  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Dec-2011
Sullivan assumes leadership of Grand River Dam Authority  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-Dec-2011
Jones: Audit of Grand River Dam Authority points to major problems during Easley era  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Dec-2011
Tax credits and incentives task force evaluates proposed reforms  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
30-Nov-2011
Editor’s Notebook: Fallin on AMR bankruptcy, OCPA presses tax phaseout, task force meets, Costello assails “frontal attack” on family farm  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Nov-2011
“Let’s Get It On”-- Laffer outlines plan for phased in elimination of Oklahoma state income tax  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Nov-2011
Size Matters: Analysts argue for state income tax phaseout to trigger economic growth  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Nov-2011
Oklahoma Curve: Phased-in income tax elimination would yield 312,000 more jobs, higher personal income, better economy, analysis says  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Nov-2011
Fair to middlin’ – Oklahoma debt high, but look at Alaska, New Jersey, Hawaii, Connecticut, New Mexico and Illinois  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-Nov-2011
For the Legislature at mid-cycle, the times, they are a-changin'  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-Nov-2011
Rice and Reynolds contribute alternative views in tax credit task force deliberations  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Nov-2011
Treasurer Ken Miller takes critical view of some reform ideas before tax credit task force  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Nov-2011
Rep. Earl Sears, Auditor & Inspector Gary Jones outline views on reform of tax credits and economic incentives  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Nov-2011
Dank provides aggressive framework for reform of Oklahoma tax credits and economic incentives  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Nov-2011
Franklin Center applauds decision to withdraw FOIA Regulation  -  
Staff Report
07-Nov-2011
Commentary: Occupy Wall Street should occupy GASB  -  
Frank Keegan
06-Nov-2011
Commentary: For the sake of Oklahoma's judicial system, secrecy rule must be rebuffed  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-Nov-2011
Speaker Kris Steele sketches Texas results, works to advance “justice reinvestment” model  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
31-Oct-2011
Phyllis Schlafly decries “Race to the Top” grant process, assesses presidential field, looks back fondly at Robert Taft, Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
31-Oct-2011
Conservative group believes less means more  -  
Billie Rodely
28-Oct-2011
As task force deliberations continue, dialogue on wind and coal incentives occasionally testy  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Oct-2011
“Right on Crime” analyses tout Lone Star State's dramatic criminal justice reforms  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Oct-2011
Three town halls indicate tough decisions on incarceration, criminal justice issues  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Oct-2011
Speaker Steele, Rep. Nelson lead drive for DHS reform, call for more involvement from churches and other non-government groups  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Oct-2011
Fallin announces more appointments  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Oct-2011
Making the intangible tangible: Oklahoma Task Force looks at problematic precedent, and tough taxation issues  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Oct-2011
As Fallin and Steele critically scrutinize DHS policies and procedures, two legislators announce their own probe  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-Oct-2011
Rep. Dank outlines layered scrutiny of tax credits and incentives  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Oct-2011
Reynolds: Two programs have per-job costs “worse than Solyndra”  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
12-Oct-2011
Workers comp lawyer Richard Bell assails tax credit transferability  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Oct-2011
Mitch Daniels reflects on progress in limiting government, without making it inert  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-Oct-2011
War of the words intensifies as superintendents try to kill special needs scholarships  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Sep-2011
State Democrats organize to oppose Labor Commissioner Mark Costello  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Sep-2011
Investigatory Committee decries Rep. Terrill’s alleged behavior as “egregiously reprehensible,” takes no formal action  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Sep-2011
Oklahomans back lower taxes, smaller government, SoonerPoll finds  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Sep-2011
House Investigative Committee: Terrill reprimand is enough  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-Sep-2011
Oklahoma figures prominently in national analyses touting “The Year of School Choice”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy L. Martin
02-Sep-2011
AT&T pledges restored jobs if merger is approved, Oklahoma minority business advocates back federal regulatory consent  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
31-Aug-2011
Oklahoma Farm Bureau, other rural advocates support proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Aug-2011
Doak announces workers comp analyst to seek insurance rate reduction  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
28-Aug-2011
FCC resets “shot clock” to advance consideration of AT&T/T-Mobile merger, state president hopeful of outcome  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Aug-2011
Investment procedures and process scrutinized at Capitol hearing of Dank Committee  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Aug-2011
Governor Fallin announces appointments to Task Force on Comprehensive Tax Reform  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
23-Aug-2011
Oklahoma officials applaud ruling on federal health care law’s individual mandate  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Aug-2011
Abortion advocates target pregnancy centers and state pro-life group  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Aug-2011
Oklahoma Higher Education exemption subject of legislative interim study  -  
Billie Rodely
11-Aug-2011
Seeking to define the word “reimbursement” – task force looks at successful incentive program, and who benefits  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Aug-2011
Hearing on residential energy efficiency draws crowd to state House chamber  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Aug-2011
Kansas joins Oklahoma to opt out of “innovator” federal exchange grant  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Aug-2011
U.S. Rep. James Lankford of Oklahoma summarizes reasons for “yes” vote on debt ceiling  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Aug-2011
Pruitt announces pension probe, Steele and McDaniel press additional reforms  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Jul-2011
Fallin hopeful of future investments in Oklahoma economy  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Jul-2011
In GASB exposure drafts, school districts must account for teacher pension liabilities  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Jul-2011
Public employee retirement system director reacts cautiously to GASB drafts  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Jul-2011
When a credit is an offset, is an exemption, is a reserve, is a bailout: Task Force tackles insurance industry tax credits  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Jul-2011
Texas joins Missouri, Oklahoma and Georgia in historic health care compact  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Jul-2011
Oklahoma’s primary care physician shortage provokes contrasting analysis  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Jul-2011
Missouri becomes third health care compact state, joining Oklahoma and Georgia  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Jul-2011
With proposed new pension norms, it is the Great GASB, or the late GASB?  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Jul-2011
Commentary: Bond lawyers not waiting for new public pension rules from Government Accounting Standards Board  -  
Frank Keegan
13-Jul-2011
Jim Wilson advances legal challenge to state Senate district lines  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Jul-2011
Janet Barresi's “State of Education” speech  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-Jul-2011
The Eyes of the Beholders: Is Oklahoma a rich state, or a poor state?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Jun-2011
Commentary: FCC report details fall of state, local news but offers wrong solution  -  
Jason Stverak
27-Jun-2011
Pruitt chooses prosecutor to lead medicaid fraud control unit  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
24-Jun-2011
Oklahoma state leaders announce Justice Reinvestment Initiative  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-Jun-2011
Auditor & Inspector Gary Jones: “rapid progress” in closing audit backlog  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Jun-2011
OklahomaWatchdog.org, Society of Professional Journalists focus on open meeting violations, related issues  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Jun-2011
Fallin’s first choices: Conservative Republicans, for the most part  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-Jun-2011
Fallin’s first choices: One-fourth are re-appointments  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-Jun-2011
Looking at Lankford: A freshman member of Congress becomes a player  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Jun-2011
Broken Arrow school audit points to problems; officials withhold (for now) sections on open records and vendor favoritism  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Jun-2011
Analysis: Oklahoma ranked twelfth in freedom among the 50 states  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Jun-2011
Henry Scholarships for special needs students strengthened in new law  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-Jun-2011
Texas Democrat applauds Oklahoma for passing health care compact law  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Jun-2011
Election Board secretary announces governor’s decision on timing of Senate District 43 election  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Jun-2011
California public pension ruling could have broader implications  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Jun-2011
Attorney General Pruitt says two Barresi aides at Education Department did not have “de jure” or “de facto” authority  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-May-2011
Waters Resources board spokesman defends water plan process  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-May-2011
Fallin names GRDA board member, May and April appointments sketched  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-May-2011
Oklahoma Comprehensive Water Plan: The end of the beginning  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-May-2011
Signing another school reform, Fallin says efficiency reforms could be model for managing school administrative costs  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-May-2011
Law to modernize state vendor payments signed on May 24  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
24-May-2011
Fallin to sign several “agenda” bills Tuesday morning  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-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
State House buries effort to weaken government transparency provisions  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-May-2011
Governor Mary Fallin, touting health care compact as method to meet citizens’ needs, signs S.B. 722  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-May-2011
Commentary: If public pension checks bounce, blame union leaders and politicians, not taxpayers  -  
Frank Keegan
17-May-2011
Andrea Baker: the face of Oklahoma corrections reform?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-May-2011
Senate redistricting plan unveiled  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
11-May-2011
Health care compact heads to Governor Fallin  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-May-2011
Is pension reform the crowning achievement of the 2011 Legislature?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-May-2011
Legislative leaders and Governor Fallin announce budget outline  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-May-2011
NEWS FLASH: Oklahoma Governor Fallin signs pension reforms, to save $6.8 billion  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-May-2011
NEWS FLASH: State board enhances Superintendent Janet Barresi’s powers  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-May-2011
Editor’s Notebook: Pension reform nears, economic hopes, budget prospects  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-May-2011
On a legislative “siding” – a fight over government transparency?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-May-2011
Senator Dan Newberry shepherds opportunity scholarship to passage  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
05-May-2011
NEWS FLASH: Opportunity scholarship heads to Governor Fallin  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-May-2011
Governor Fallin signs bills Superintendent Barresi strongly pushed  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-May-2011
Health Care Authority on exchange: “all grant activities have ceased”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-May-2011
Fallin signs municipal collective bargaining repeal  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Apr-2011
Bipartisan hopes: Hamilton, Denney make the case for opportunity scholarships  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Apr-2011
The transcript of Sally Kern’s remarks on S.J.R. 15  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Apr-2011
House sends teacher retirement changes back to Senate  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Apr-2011
Oklahoma Pension Commission adopts reforms  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Apr-2011
Binding arbitration measure misses deadline, still alive for 2012  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
28-Apr-2011
Health care compact passes Oklahoma House, moves back to Senate  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Apr-2011
Consolidation measure moves to conference committee  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
28-Apr-2011
Kern controversy: comments draw minority leader’s condemnation  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Apr-2011
Waiting for Supermen: Republicans Corey Holland, Earl Sears make the case for choice  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Apr-2011
Bingman hints at budget deal, reflects on consolidation, immigration, corrections, hospital fees  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Apr-2011
Oklahoma Republicans form urban-rural coalition for choice, flexibility  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Apr-2011
Conservatives praise passage of Opportunity Scholarship bill  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
27-Apr-2011
Oklahoma House Democrats decry opportunity scholarship bill  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
27-Apr-2011
NEWS FLASH: Oklahoma House passes opportunity scholarship bill  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Apr-2011
Sen. Shortey presses on immigration reform, faces opposition from religious leaders  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Apr-2011
With changes, Corrections reform measure pending in state House  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
25-Apr-2011
Shelton criticizes proposed relocation of civil rights office  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
24-Apr-2011
Pensions for Pols: The retirement benefits of 16 Oklahomans  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Apr-2011
Terrill, small band of Republicans fail “Kern-servative” test  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Apr-2011
Bingman presses challenge to EPA regulations  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
20-Apr-2011
Dank delivers, Reynolds rejoices: property tax limitation amendment goes to the voters  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Apr-2011
Municipal collective bargaining law headed for repeal  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
20-Apr-2011
Oklahoma Senate advances pension reform measure  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Apr-2011
Oklahoma Treasurer Ken Miller preparing pension recommendations  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
19-Apr-2011
Progress for process reforms, on a difficult day for Murphey’s Law  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Apr-2011
Governor Fallin issues first veto – House Bill 1812  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
15-Apr-2011
Upon further reflection, Oklahoma leaders reject federal money for health exchange, state to build insurance information network  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Apr-2011
Candidate ballot access measure languishes in Senate Rules  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Apr-2011
Speaker Steele announces standing conference committees  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
13-Apr-2011
Scrutiny of S.J.R. 37, initiative limiting bill, intensifies  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Apr-2011
Fallin’s signature will shift power from board to Barresi  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Apr-2011
Fallin appointments made in higher education, common education, transportation  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-Apr-2011
Amended Opportunity Scholarship program heads to House floor in wake of Supreme Court support for choice programs  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
08-Apr-2011
House sends back to Senate measure to transform state Board of Education  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Apr-2011
House Committee advances measure to end “preferential treatment”  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-Apr-2011
Train Wreck, or hopeful prelude? Exchanges, compacts, Medicare, Medicaid -- sidebars, or key to the future?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Apr-2011
Franklin Center Statement on Saving Transparency Websites  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-Apr-2011
Legislature sends Fallin education reforms, including end to “trial de novo” for dismissed teachers  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
02-Apr-2011
Rep. Charles Key leads ballot access reform with House Bill 1058  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
01-Apr-2011
Health insurance compact options emerge in Oklahoma Legislature  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
31-Mar-2011
Dr. Ritze praises improvement at Medical Examiner’s office, Rep. Grau praises new chief  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
31-Mar-2011
Senator Bingman says health care exchange (H.B. 2130) won’t be heard  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
31-Mar-2011
Bingman, Steele cheer advance of two lawsuit reforms  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
30-Mar-2011
Government has no place in journalism  -  
Jason Stverak
30-Mar-2011
New survey puts Oklahoma as second worst-funded state for government pensions  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Mar-2011
Oklahoma Family Policy Council will close March 31  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Mar-2011
Commentary: Why private sector unions are much different from government unions  -  
Bob Williams, StateBudgetSolutions.org
28-Mar-2011
On pensions, Deputy Treasurer pleads: “stop studying, take action”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Mar-2011
Senator Holt blasts union ads using bombing images  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
24-Mar-2011
Senator Mike Mazzei, on “the one that could implode us”  -  
Patrick B.McGuigan
23-Mar-2011
Fallin endorses health care exchange measure, House Bill 2130  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Mar-2011
At 'Right on Crime' unveiling, Steele says time is right for reform, predicts broad support  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Mar-2011
Senator Jim Reynolds advances property tax limitation, S.J.R. 5  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Mar-2011
Superintendent Barresi launches her '3R' Agenda  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Mar-2011
The week (or two) that was: House Republicans highlight agenda steps  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Mar-2011
Insurance Commissioner supports health care compact  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
17-Mar-2011
House approves Information Technology (IT) process reforms  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
17-Mar-2011
ROPE lassoes volunteers, as quietly emerging counter to 'OEA agenda'  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
16-Mar-2011
Oklahoma Senate advances pension reform measure  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
16-Mar-2011
Oklahoma House sends 'hard cap' on damages to Senate  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
16-Mar-2011
Right on Crime launches Oklahoma effort with Blue Room conference  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
15-Mar-2011
Rep. McDaniel cheers Truth in Funding Act, says structural pension problems remain  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Mar-2011
Senate approves workers comp bill 44-0, Governor Fallin encourages quick House action  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
10-Mar-2011
Northwestern University: Oklahoma will be first to run out of pension cash -- in 2017  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Mar-2011
House advances 3-year moratorium on public art  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Mar-2011
Reality de novo: House and Senate move to change process for dismissing bad teachers  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Mar-2011
Senate vote could end special treatment for elected officials  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-Mar-2011
Lawmakers approve change to rule process  -  
Legislative Staff Report
08-Mar-2011
Education Department reforms move to Senate -- without emergency clause  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Mar-2011
Urban vs. Rural, and divided parties: measure to hike petition burden proves controversial in Senate debate  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Mar-2011
Americans for Prosperity back Sen. Reynolds in joust with Assessor Sullivan  -  
by Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Mar-2011
Majority of Oklahoma voters in favor of eliminating franchise tax  -  
By Wesley Burt, SoonerPoll
04-Mar-2011
Education spending inefficiency: Outlining the challenge  -  
By Stacy Martin and Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Mar-2011
Senate Pension panel gets support for 'major reforms'  -  
Legislative Staff Release
03-Mar-2011
Steele’s agency consolidation moves to Senate  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
03-Mar-2011
Senator Reynolds encourages property tax appeals  -  
Legislative Staff Release
02-Mar-2011
Dead before arrival: Higher Ed accountability proposal  -  
by Billie Rodely
02-Mar-2011
Conference on Effective Criminal Justice Strategies enlightens, challenges participants  -  
by Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Mar-2011
Wisconsin per-taxpayer burden far lower than Oklahoma’s  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
28-Feb-2011
Against the odds: Morrissette pushes for taxpayer financing of election campaigns  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Feb-2011
Washington state per-taxpayer burden gives context to Oklahoma debt data as pension plan concerns increase  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Feb-2011
Municipal collective bargaining repeal advances  -  
Legislative Staff Release
25-Feb-2011
Steele’s corrections measure H.B. 2131, heads to the floor  -  
Legislative Staff Release
24-Feb-2011
House sends major pension reforms to Senate  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
24-Feb-2011
S.B. 863, limit on non-economic damages in lawsuits, clears first hurdle  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Feb-2011
Anderson, Sykes advance Falllin workers’ compensation reforms  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Feb-2011
Board of Education reform goes to House  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-Feb-2011
Newberry’s scholarship measure clears Senate Committee  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Feb-2011
Dank’s property tax proposals face Wednesday subcommittee vote  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Feb-2011
Sen. Mike Schulz reviews Senate week, tells reporters revenue gains 'encouraging'  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Feb-2011
Rice wants Attorney General Pruitt to study use of private pay for Education Department senior staff  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Feb-2011
Agency consolidation approved in committee  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
19-Feb-2011
Senate pension panel tackles $16 billion unfunded pension liability  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
17-Feb-2011
Speaker Steele, Rep. McDaniel press pension reforms  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
16-Feb-2011
Senate Committee on Redistricting slates public hearings  -  
Legislative Staff Release
16-Feb-2011
Bill would require initiative Petitioners to identify funding sources  -  
Legislative Staff Release
16-Feb-2011
Speaker Steele names investigatory committee’s members  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
15-Feb-2011
Kentucky’s per-taxpayer burden even higher than Oklahoma’s  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Feb-2011
Senator Ford advances alternative Education Board reform  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Feb-2011
Oklahoma has higher taxpayer burdens than in Pennsylvania, Alaska  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
11-Feb-2011
Fallin names Kim Edd Carter to Homeland Security post  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
10-Feb-2011
Governor Mary Fallin's executive budget “not a work of fiction?” Time will tell  -  
by Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Feb-2011
Senate Judiciary Committee presses lawsuit reforms  -  
Legislative Staff Report
09-Feb-2011
Analysis: As Obama and Coburn clash over judicial nominee Arvo Mikkanen, supporters defend him  -  
by Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Feb-2011
Steele honored for leadership in seeking alternatives to incarceration  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Feb-2011
Governor Mary Fallin gives State of the State address  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Feb-2011
Senate Education panel passes board reforms  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Feb-2011
Steele, Bingman join forces in effort to reform Board of Education  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-Feb-2011
Rep. David Dank brings critical eye to bear on tax credits, incentives  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Feb-2011
CapitolBeatOK announces new affiliation with the Franklin Center  -  
03-Feb-2011
Arizona's 'state of the state' grim – but Oklahoma's is worse  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
03-Feb-2011
Doak praises Florida judicial ruling on “ObamaCare”  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
02-Feb-2011
Pruitt hails Florida decision, commends Florida A.G.  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
31-Jan-2011
Governor Fallin’s Statement on Florida Judge’s Health Care Ruling  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
31-Jan-2011
Legislation Would Change Agency Rule Process  -  
Legislative Staff Release
31-Jan-2011
Rep. Scott Martin Calls for Reforming Board of Education  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Jan-2011
Rep. Mike Brown says focus should be on “Unlawful Actions,” State Chamber challenges critique of private funding  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Jan-2011
Brumbaugh supports review of education board’s actions  -  
Legislative Staff Release
29-Jan-2011
Auditor’s Office Earns a Clean Audit Report  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
28-Jan-2011
Lisa Billy condemns anti-Barresi actions, misogynist comments  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
28-Jan-2011
Secretary-designate Lopez welcomes Rep. Dank’s critical analysis, points to jobs retention as 'vital'  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Jan-2011
Nelson encourages rebukes of Rozell, Gilpin, controversy won’t abate  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Jan-2011
Rep. Sanders ‘disgusted’ by Board of Education’s behavior  -  
Legislative Staff Release
28-Jan-2011
Ardmore legislators decry state Board of Education’s conduct  -  
Legislative Staff Release
28-Jan-2011
Steele forms investigatory committee  -  
Legislative Staff Release
28-Jan-2011
Speaker Pro Tempore Hickman calls Board actions ‘deplorable’  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
28-Jan-2011
State officials denounce Board of Education’s treatment of Barresi, staff  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Jan-2011
President Pro Tem Bingman responds to actions taken against Superintendent Janet Barresi  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
27-Jan-2011
Speaker Kris Steele condemns state Board of Education’s actions  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
27-Jan-2011
Watchdog reporter describes 'war' at Education Board meeting  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Jan-2011
Watchdog reporter describes 'war' at Education Board meeting  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Jan-2011
Rep. Kern asks for A.G. opinion on scholarship taxation, Tulsa attorney rebuts assertion in story  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Jan-2011
School officials and law firm claim Henry Scholarships are taxable, IRS disagrees  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Jan-2011
Bingman and colleagues press for budget cuts, Rice cautions: “don’t go too far”  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Jan-2011
Attorney General Pruitt files federal lawsuit against Health Care Act  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Jan-2011
Nelson files changes to special needs scholarship law  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Jan-2011
Doak cheers as Lankford, Boren join U.S. House majority seeking repeal of ‘ObamaCare’  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Jan-2011
Attorney General Pruitt instructs districts to implement Henry Scholarships by Monday  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Jan-2011
Health care debate reintensifies in competing state Capitol press conferences  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Jan-2011
Ritze seeks nullification of ObamaCare  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
19-Jan-2011
Ownbey’s bill would require initiative petitioners to identify funding source  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Jan-2011
National group challenges privatization of ‘ED’ agencies  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Jan-2011
Kim Holland takes national leadership post, Commissioner Doak responds  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Jan-2011
Senator Rice jabs at Republican rhetoric, agenda items; Barresi aide defended  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Jan-2011
Transition complete, new Oklahoma Auditor Gary Jones 'gets down to business'  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
11-Jan-2011
As oral arguments were set in lawsuit, Jolley repeated plea for appointment delay  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-Jan-2011
As Attorney General, Scott Pruitt will challenge federal health care mandate  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-Jan-2011
Steele, Bingman make appointments to Judicial Nominating Commission  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Jan-2011
Scott Pruitt praises Drew Edmondson for 'outstanding' transition process  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-Jan-2011
Chambers announce unified jobs agenda  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Jan-2011
Lankford joins historic reading of entire U.S. Constitution  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Jan-2011
Dank to chair Revenue and Taxation Subcommittee, plans study of state tax system  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Jan-2011
Rep. Mike Brown calls for House investigation of Rep. Terrill’s action  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Jan-2011
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