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California judges with traditional values are purged, and consumers could pay more for blinds  -  
Ernest Istook
28-Jan-2015
Sen. Mazzei and Rep. Sears draft legislation to limit new wind farm subsidies  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
28-Jan-2015
A conversation starter: Are public schools accountable or efficient? If not, what can be done?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Jan-2015
Bice boosts better beer law  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
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. Cooksey advocates insurance coverage for proton therapies  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
25-Jan-2015
Senator Holt introduces election reform package for consideration during 2015 session  -  
Capitol Beat Staff Report
22-Jan-2015
Rep. Shelton proposes to give state attorney general authority to investigate ‘officer-involved’ shootings  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Jan-2015
Rep. Morrissette blasts Medical Licensure Board for 'egregious behavior' against Tulsa physician  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Jan-2015
Insights on global warming, perfume as poison, government debt, and the big con  -  
Ernest Istook
20-Jan-2015
Rep. Shane Stone, human rights advocate Carlos Ortiz to lead march against domestic abuse  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
20-Jan-2015
Marcie Mack becomes director of CareerTech, Fallin says execution served justice  -  
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
Portrayals of Dr. King, his wife and close allies highlight a stirring “Selma”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan, The City Sentinel
18-Jan-2015
Martin Luther King, Jr., as someone we could know, at 'The Mountaintop'  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan, The City Sentinel
18-Jan-2015
Oklahoma City University hosts Forum on Citizen-Police Interactions  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
17-Jan-2015
Letters from America: Starting a New Year with confidence  -  
Barack H. Obama
17-Jan-2015
Restore Constitutional government, and put the people first  -  
Steve Russell
17-Jan-2015
Legislators file bill to revise reading sufficiency standards  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Reporter
17-Jan-2015
Group opposing death penalty schedules Capitol press conference, vigil during execution  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
15-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
OETA to air Gov. Fallin’s State of the State Address Live  -  
Staff Report
12-Jan-2015
Always Right: Ritze speaks up on Pruitt lawsuit and on the Decalogue  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
12-Jan-2015
Editor’s Notebook: OCPA choice tours, OCU leads, Ben Carson boosts home educators, Fallin hails ‘diverse schooling’ options  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-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
Oklahoma City’s ASTEC charter school gains ‘excellence’ distinction  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Jan-2015
Oklahoma economy grew in 2014, Treasurer Ken Miller reports revenue details  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Jan-2015
Speaker Jeffrey Hickman designates state House Committee assignment  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Jan-2015
Brian Bingman reelected Senate President Pro Temp, Sen. Bass names Democratic committee members  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Jan-2015
Jeffrey W. Hickman Hickman reelected Speaker of the House  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Jan-2015
Insights: Why Egg prices are rising by 40 percent or more, and feds bribe the states  -  
Ernest Istook
06-Jan-2015
The best of the worst: The Media Research Center's 'Notable Quotables' for 2014  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Jan-2015
House Organizational Day set for Tuesday, January 6  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Jan-2015
New analysis documents rising economic clout of Hispanic households in Oklahoma and the nation  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-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
Senator Jabar Shumate resigns from Legislature  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
31-Dec-2014
Morrissette, Echols to lead Jan. 15 hearing on Medical Licensure board  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
31-Dec-2014
Sen. Sharp Files Bill Targeting Texting While Driving  -  
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
Freshman Democratic legislator presses measures he says will support middle class  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
26-Dec-2014
From the Capitol Beat: Oklahoma's top 10 news stories for 2014  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Dec-2014
Meeting Jesus … along the way  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan, The City Sentinel
24-Dec-2014
In OCU’s Vespers joined: Stained Glass and Worship, Music and Message, Humanity and Divinity  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan, The City Sentinel
24-Dec-2014
Denton’s story: Heaven, Hell, Christmas, Passion  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-Dec-2014
Fix Public Schools by Not Fixing Them  -  
Greg Forster
23-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
Insights: Justice for New York Woman, Green greed fails, Oil drilling helps consumers  -  
Ernest Istook
17-Dec-2014
Pam Pollard joins Randy Brogdon, Dave Weston in race for Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Dec-2014
Oklahoma Speaker of the House Jeff Hickman announces committee leadership for 2015  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
15-Dec-2014
Oklahoma General Revenues Fund (GRF) receipts flat in November, slightly less than prior year  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
12-Dec-2014
Treasurer’s Gross Receipts Report for November: Strong sales, soft oil prices  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
12-Dec-2014
Editor’s Notebook: State’s professed tax revenue woes, Utah’s revenue joys, and signs that God loves us  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Dec-2014
‘Infamy to Gallantry’ Concert scheduled Dec. 16 at State Capitol  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
11-Dec-2014
Senator-elect James Lankford questions long-term viability of Renewable Fuel Standard  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
10-Dec-2014
Pro-life, Pro-Choice Groups agree in pregnancy case  -  
Tom Strode
10-Dec-2014
HUGS Project ‘Pack Out’ on Wednesday, Project team leaders seek volunteers, donations  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Dec-2014
Inman, Lockhart press for boost in rural fire-fighting grants  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Dec-2014
Rep. Morrissette hopeful for Oklahoma passenger rail  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Dec-2014
Speaker Hickman appoints top state House leadership  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-Dec-2014
Sen. Standridge appointed to attend national meeting  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-Dec-2014
An Editor's Notebook: Louisiana may strengthen Republicans; Inhofe and Coburn gain high ratings for conservatism  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Dec-2014
Matters of principle, matters of power: When bureaucrats assert they understand children better than parents  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Dec-2014
Let me count the ways: Public money flowing to private schools  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Dec-2014
State Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of State Question 640’s tax limit strictures  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Dec-2014
Oklahoma City Catholic Archbishop Paul Coakley hailed for outstanding leadership  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Dec-2014
Return Fort Reno to the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
01-Dec-2014
Oklahoma delegation tours renovated Kansas Capitol  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Nov-2014
Editor's Notebook: Brenda's Business advocacy, Mayor Mick's bride, better health for aging  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Nov-2014
Adoptive family will join Gov. Fallin to light state Christmas tree on Dec. 2  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
26-Nov-2014
OK Policy to host Washington Post columnist for Budget Summit  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
26-Nov-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
Former Rep. Joe Dorman continues to boost spirits of recovering soldiers  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
23-Nov-2014
Lankford decries EPA delay on Fuel standards  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
23-Nov-2014
October General Revenue Fund collections beat estimate  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
23-Nov-2014
Lankford: President Obama was right the first time  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Nov-2014
Sen. Brian Crain announces bond packages for eternal education trusts  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff report
20-Nov-2014
Human Services promises continued efforts to improve foster home recruitment  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Nov-2014
ANALYSIS Something old and something new: In the perfect storm, Nelson and school choice supporters not blue  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Nov-2014
House and Senate members take oaths of office for the Fifty-fifth Oklahoma State Legislature  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Nov-2014
Incoming Senator Kay Floyd guides training for new “lethality assessment” protocol  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
17-Nov-2014
Transparency and domestic violence response laws take effect  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
17-Nov-2014
Former Speaker Steele, retired Corrections Director Justin Jones gain honors from VOICE  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Nov-2014
Oklahoma's Society of Professional Journalists responds to embezzler's sentence  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Reports
13-Nov-2014
Study Shows Big Gains for Oklahoma’s Pension System  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
13-Nov-2014
State Chamber Welcomes Good News on State’s Pension Systems  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
13-Nov-2014
Senate Study outlines options for cost savings in Oklahoma's school districts  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
12-Nov-2014
Hamilton, Human Rights / Social Justice advocate leaving Legislature after 18 Years  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
12-Nov-2014
COMMENTARY: Taking the Helm  -  
State Rep. David Perryman
10-Nov-2014
Oklahoma State Senate transitions to 40-8 Republican majority  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Nov-2014
Oklahoma House Republican leadership named  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Nov-2014
Quartet of Oklahoma City anti-hunger leaders honored for good works  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Nov-2014
Oklahoma Forum: McGuigan joins Pryor, Ashley for post-election OETA analysis  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Nov-2014
Gross Receipts to the Oklahoma Treasury Continue To Climb  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-Nov-2014
COMMENTARY: Why early childhood education supporters should back school choice  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Nov-2014
OCU Law Gala honors Judge Miles-LaGrange, Lt. Gov Lamb, attorney Squires and local firm  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Nov-2014
Analysis: Three State Questions appearing on all ballots in Oklahoma  -  
Pam Pollard
02-Nov-2014
Rose State College Announces Homeland Security Institute  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
01-Nov-2014
Former Oklahoma Gov. David Walters leads Knights of Columbus in JFK honors to Anoatubby  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Nov-2014
Jason Nelson leads at the Legislature, seeks fourth term in state House  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Oct-2014
Editor's Notebook: Early voting to begin, OCU launches new M.A. in teaching program, Reynolds has questions  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Oct-2014
John Handy Edwards battles independent expenditures benefiting his foe in S.D. 40 campaign  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Oct-2014
Rep. Emily Virgin criticizes state's failure to acccept federal health care aid  -  
Staff Report
24-Oct-2014
Rep. Ritze: Ten Commandments monument 'will be repaired and replaced'  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Oct-2014
Forester guides Oklahomans through Ancient Woodlands  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-Oct-2014
Oklahoma City judicial forum affords opportunity to know trial judges before November election  -  
Darla Shelden
22-Oct-2014
Barresi calls on feds to restore flexibility waiver  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Oct-2014
Rep. Dank sets the stage for long-term care deliberations  -  
David Dank
21-Oct-2014
Sen. John Ford backs ACT as replacement for EOI (end of instruction) tests  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
17-Oct-2014
A PASSing grade: Restored Oklahoma academic standards certified as ‘college-ready’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-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
OK Policy: The 2014 Elections and the Future of Health Reform  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Oct-2014
COMMENTARY: The man who made the world one  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Oct-2014
COMMENTARY: Give the tax hogs fewer opportunities  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Oct-2014
September tax receipts best in 17 months  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
10-Oct-2014
Fallin touts economics, Dorman points to education agenda  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Oct-2014
Rep. Grau says gubernatorial debate underscores bipartisan support for legislative reform  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Oct-2014
State Chamber Foundation boosts study projecting manufacturing gains  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Oct-2014
When ‘dark’ brings light: “First Amendment expenditures’ yield school choice victories  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Oct-2014
Watching Joe and Mary run … is kinda fun  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Oct-2014
Outside Oklahoma City black mass, prayers and protest  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Sep-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
Thank God, I wasn’t on the list  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Sep-2014
Workers’ Compensation Loss Costs Fall for Second Straight Year  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
26-Sep-2014
Free Market Medical Association meets in Oklahoma City  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Sep-2014
Lankford secures wave of conservative endorsements  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Sep-2014
Connie Johnson attends “No Labels National Ideas" Meeting in Washington, D.C.  -  
CapitolBeat Staff Report
19-Sep-2014
Editor’s Notebook: Rhetorical Jabs, Votes by Mail, Small Business, Seismic Activity  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Sep-2014
The U.S. Constitution Still Stands  -  
Attorney General Scott Pruitt
18-Sep-2014
Health Commissioner Cline says low nursing home grade does not reflect progress  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-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
National group gives Oklahoma nursing homes an “F”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Sep-2014
COMMENTARY: OCU continues to honor Clara Luper’s legacy  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Sep-2014
Oklahoma City University Ranked Among Nation's Top Schools  -  
Staff Report
09-Sep-2014
Honoring Clara Luper and supporting Oklahoma City University, Turpen takes time  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Sep-2014
August gross receipts to the treasury show growth  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
03-Sep-2014
Scott Inman: Democrats ‘disappointed, not surprised’ at loss of education waiver  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
01-Sep-2014
Joy Hofmeister assails federal slap at Oklahoma-based education standards  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
28-Aug-2014
Black and white, and read all over: School choice more compelling than ever  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Aug-2014
Paula Sophia narrowly loses to Jason Dunnington in OK House District 88  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-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
Steve Kern and his wife contribute thousands of dollars to Republican party  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Aug-2014
Louisiana legislators examine Common Core with Rep. Nelson and Sen. Brecheen  -  
Staff Report
23-Aug-2014
North Dakota U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp tells progressive crowd: 'Don't back up'  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-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
Morrissette assails hate speech in anti-Catholic Black ‘Mass’  -  
Staff Report
14-Aug-2014
Oklahoma requests extension of education flexibility waiver  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
13-Aug-2014
General Revenue Funds up to start Fiscal Year 2015  -  
12-Aug-2014
New rules, new challenges: Commissioner Dana Murphy will host session on EPA rule  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
12-Aug-2014
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
State food expert leads professional organizations  -  
Capitol Beat Staff Report
09-Aug-2014
Almost like a song: Miller reports better July gross receipts  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Aug-2014
Oklahoma state Department of Labor to host Interstate Labor Standards Association conference  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-Aug-2014
Gov. Mary Fallin applauds Koch Jobs announcement in Enid  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-Aug-2014
In Town Halls, meetings and interviews, U.S. Senator Tom Coburn begins a long goodbye  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-Aug-2014
Fallin says Fort Sill facility for unaccompanied minors to be closed this week  -  
Staff Report
04-Aug-2014
United Way supports ‘Remerge’ program clients  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
01-Aug-2014
Pat McGuigan plans to intensify his focus on state and local journalism  -  
Staff Report
01-Aug-2014
COMMENTARY: Corporation Commissioner Douglas running on our time less work  -  
David Arnett
31-Jul-2014
Rep. Bobby Cleveland presses, steadily for corrections and prison reforms  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
31-Jul-2014
What can be done about new epidemic of unfair foreclosures?  -  
Stacy Martin
30-Jul-2014
Analyzing another mess that’s bigger and badder than the last one  -  
Stacy Martin
30-Jul-2014
Oklahoma City's CAIR activists decry IDF actions, advocate peace in the Gaza  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Jul-2014
Oklahoma Jewish community and allies support Israel's defense against Hamas missile attacks and tunnels  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan, with William F. O’Brien
29-Jul-2014
Flesh in the desert: A book of compelling relevance renews interest in T. E. Lawrence  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Jul-2014
A.G. Pruitt’s office hosts training seminar to commemorate 50th anniversary of Civil Rights Act  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
26-Jul-2014
Gov. Fallin names Patricia High, city attorney, to Pardon and Parole Board  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
25-Jul-2014
Surgery Center of Oklahoma: Savings to county government exceed $570,000 in five months  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Jul-2014
Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb ends terms as organizational chairman  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
23-Jul-2014
Steve Russell lands PAC endorsement, Costello’s backing  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-Jul-2014
Rear Admiral (Ret.) Greg Slavonic Endorses Patrice Douglas for Congress  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-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
State Education Department begins development of new academic standards  -  
Staff Report
20-Jul-2014
An analysis: U.S. Interior Department rebuffs BIA meddling in OK Cheyenne & Arapaho governance  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-Jul-2014
Remembering Currie Ballard: Inspiration to Oklahomans  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-Jul-2014
OK state general revenue up for FY 2014, but slightly below estimate  -  
Staff Report
15-Jul-2014
Education & Workforce Sec. Robert Sommers to retire  -  
Staff Report
15-Jul-2014
Gov. Fallin makes several new appointments  -  
Staff Report
11-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
Rep. Ben Sherrer to ask for special session addressing adult, sexually-oriented businesses  -  
House Minority Staff Report
07-Jul-2014
Mourning and evening: Memories of Things Past, and reflections on the days to come  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-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
Five years after Great Recession, Oklahoma continues steady economic expansion  -  
Staff Report
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
Oklahoma A.G. Scott Pruitt comments on Hobby Lobby ruling  -  
Staff Report
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
Governor Fallin signs criminal justice reform bill  -  
Staff Report
29-Jun-2014
Republican state House members endorse Todd Hiett for Corporation Commission  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Repoprt
23-Jun-2014
A funny thing happened on the way to Oklahoma's U.S. Senate primary: T.W. Shannon's right flank is restive  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-Jun-2014
Kay Floyd vs. Wildredo Santos Rivera in Senate District 46  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-Jun-2014
Todd Hiett versus Cliff Branan in June 24 primary will decide Corporation Commission seat  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-Jun-2014
Sparks of hope: Oklahoma’s Fifth Congressional District Primary, Last Words: Micah 6:8  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Jun-2014
Oklahoma Fifth C.D. -- Shane Jett aims at fiscal policy, immigration reform and national security  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Jun-2014
Oklahoma Fifth C.D. – Clark Jolley stresses “conservative record of accomplishment”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Jun-2014
Oklahoma Fifth C.D.: Col. Russell seeks to carry leadership tradition to Congress  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Jun-2014
Oklahoma Fifth C.D.: Commissioner Patrice Douglas says she will fight federal overreach in Congress  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Jun-2014
Oklahoma Fifth C.D.: State Rep. Mike Turner fashions strong multi-issue conservative message in campaign  -  
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
Oklahoma Senate: Seeking to follow Tom Coburn, James Lankford emphasizes ‘debt, debt, debt’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Jun-2014
OK Woman battles ‘mandatory biometric’ required for drivers’ licenses  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Jun-2014
Hundreds of Oklahoma ministers announce support for James Lankford  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
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
Oklahoma Senate: Randy Brogdon says he’s the most conservative of all  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Jun-2014
Labor Commissioner Costello endorses Todd Hiett for Corporation Commission  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Jun-2014
Economist Arthur Laffer endorses James Lankford in U.S. Senate race  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff report
18-Jun-2014
Following Oklahoma, should New Mexico make a pension switch?  -  
Rob Nikolewski
18-Jun-2014
COMMENTARY: Anything Left in the cupboard?  -  
State Rep. David Perryman
16-Jun-2014
Rebuffing Arne Duncan, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin defends repeal of Common Core  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-Jun-2014
State Rep. Bobby Cleveland on Purcell-Lexington Bridge Repairs  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
13-Jun-2014
Oklahoma utilities say compliance with EPA standards will drive rate increases  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Jun-2014
OK General Revenue Fund: In May, after refunds, corporate income tax yields no $$  -  
Staff Report
11-Jun-2014
Oklahoma’s path not taken: Many ways to trim state spending, analysts say  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Jun-2014
New EPA regulations will likely trigger lawsuits, eventual U.S. Supreme Court decision  -  
Eric Boehm
10-Jun-2014
Oklahoma Forum panel analyzes June 24 primary  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Jun-2014
Wednesday’s work: Governor signs two bills, vetoes five  -  
House Minority Staff
06-Jun-2014
Gov. Mary Fallin signs bill repealing Common Core in Oklahoma  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Jun-2014
Oklahoma Budget Games: less is more, more or less  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-Jun-2014
In May Oklahoma state government gross receipts continued to rise  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
03-Jun-2014
Gov. Fallin must decide this week to sign or veto legislation repealing Common Core  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Jun-2014
COMMENTARY: Sparks Flying: Party purity and discretionary wisdom  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-May-2014
NEWS UPDATE: COMMON CORE REPEAL HEADS TO FALLIN’S DESK  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
23-May-2014
Pensions – tempered enthusiasm for Oklahoma reform measure  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-May-2014
House advances $120 million State Capitol repair bond issue  -  
House Minority Staff Report
23-May-2014
NEWS UPDATE: COMMON CORE REPEAL CLEARS OKLAHOMA HOUSE  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
23-May-2014
House Bill 3293 to boost pay for some government workers  -  
House Minority Staff Report
22-May-2014
Legislature overrides Gov. Mary Fallin’s veto, new law erodes third grade reading requirement  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-May-2014
Traveling this Season? Keep yourself and others safe while behind the wheel  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-May-2014
Reading Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin’s ‘tough love’ -- Veto boosts reformers, sparks bi-partisan criticism  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-May-2014
Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant: Power and principle, strength and humility, skill and wisdom  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-May-2014
“Global agreement” for OK state budget announced, with historic pension reforms included  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-May-2014
Insurance Commissioner John Doak says ObamaCare exchange costs average $1,095 per enrollee  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-May-2014
For a better economy, Funk advocates “transformational mobility” in education, government  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-May-2014
Express Employment CEO, Bob Funk, Sr., cautions “College is not for everyone”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-May-2014
ReMerge program helps women facing prison become productive citizens  -  
Darla Shelden
12-May-2014
State House rejects override attempts of bills on whooping cough, veterans’ tax exemption  -  
State House Minority Staff
08-May-2014
For the first time, Legislature overrides Gov. Mary Fallin’s veto  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-May-2014
Why did OK Gov. Fallin flex her veto muscle?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-May-2014
OCPA’s Carnuccio praises MO Legislature for keeping ‘Heartland Tax Rebellion’ Burning  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-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
Appreciating Kevin Durant: OKC’s MVP (most valuable person) and the power of words  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-May-2014
Pro-gun group leads revolt, OK House votes to override Gov. Fallin’s veto  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-May-2014
Gov. Mary Fallin spanks Legislature for 'not acting on big issues'  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Apr-2014
“Vapor” Regulation Approved  -  
State House Minority Staff
29-Apr-2014
Blowing smoke: Times makes silly, one-sided claims about e-cigs  -  
Eric Boehm
29-Apr-2014
New FDA rules for e-cigs could give advantage to Big Tobacco  -  
Eric Boehm
29-Apr-2014
Measure to combat domestic violence heads to Gov. Fallin’s desk  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
24-Apr-2014
Could managed care offset OK’s surge in Medicaid spending for Emergency Room visits?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Apr-2014
Oklahoma conservatives plan to protest U.S. Attorney General Holder’s appearance  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Apr-2014
Readers Remember the Murrah Bombing  -  
Compiled by CapitolBeatOK.com
19-Apr-2014
Sounds, sights, silence: Memories of the Bombing  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Apr-2014
Oklahoma’s economic outlook slips from 14th to 21st in ‘Rich States, Poor States’ assessment  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Apr-2014
‘100 Black Men’ Banquet scheduled Friday in Tulsa  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Apr-2014
Innovative, unique, even revolutionary: Surgery Center of Oklahoma  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Apr-2014
ANALYSIS: OK House Speaker Jeff Hickman steers conservative course  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Apr-2014
Oklahoma Labor Commissioner Mark Costello seeks second term  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Apr-2014
Watchdog.org takes home six awards at Virginia Press Association’s conference  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Apr-2014
States work to protect electric grid from solar storms and nuclear attacks  -  
Josh Peterson
07-Apr-2014
Oklahomans back charter school expansion, say rural parents should have option  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
04-Apr-2014
Surgery Center of OK: Saving taxpayers real money, in real time  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Apr-2014
Oklahoma pension problems: $823 million annual debt, or $3.4 billion in savings after 30 years?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Apr-2014
Once upon a time in Washington, a former POW remembered, and I listened  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Apr-2014
Would OK Common Core repeal be a ‘tipping point’ in national debate?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
31-Mar-2014
OK teachers’ union and allies contend public education spending is weak, but is it?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
31-Mar-2014
McGuigan on OETA’s Oklahoma Forum March 30-April 6  -  
Staff Report
30-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
State Sens. Brecheen and Sykes advance measure to assure high standards under state control  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-Mar-2014
For better education in OKC, have a SIG (School Improvement Grant)?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Mar-2014
COMMENTARY: The wonderful thing about open records is that they are open to everyone  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Mar-2014
Critics of Common Core press their advantage on St. Pat’s Day  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-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: Republican Senate primary grows more complicated  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Mar-2014
COMMENTARY: ‘Pay for Success’ program could boost reform  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Mar-2014
Nationalized Common Core is a takeover of education  -  
Commissioner Mark Costello
11-Mar-2014
COMMENTARY: Battle over E-cigarettes in Oklahoma is getting lost in the weeds  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Mar-2014
OK House takes up regulations on e-cigs  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Mar-2014
Oklahoma City Council Member Pete White hangs back on e-cig ban  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Mar-2014
COMMENTARY: For Oklahoma, are Republican tax hikes and spending increases inevitable?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Mar-2014
Oklahoma measures would cut income tax rates – in January 2016  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Mar-2014
Oklahoma Education Savings Accounts nixed, for now  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Mar-2014
Democratic gubernatorial candidate declares opposition to Common Core in Oklahoma  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Feb-2014
Political Comedy, Parody Perfection, and good music: Gridiron 2014  -  
Publius, for The City Sentinel
25-Feb-2014
ObamaCare to hurt Oklahoma Wage Earners  -  
Mark Costello
23-Feb-2014
OK Senate income tax measure would increase taxes for some  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Feb-2014
Finance Secretary says appropriations will be tight, but “sky is not falling”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-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
Advocates of legal pot rally at Oklahoma state Capitol  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-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
In memory yet green, Ronald Reagan at 103  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Feb-2014
Admiring Oklahoma’s “Dr. Tom” -- and honoring his legacy  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Feb-2014
Governor Mary Fallin's State of the State Address  -  
Staff Report
03-Feb-2014
Lawmakers in 10 states push back against NSA as movement picks up steam  -  
Josh Peterson
29-Jan-2014
Building Bridges: American Jewish and Muslim youth assist OK recovery  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Jan-2014
Seeking more positive tomorrows, Oklahoma school choice leaders push Arizona model  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Jan-2014
Rep. Pittman to host bipartisan Lincoln Legacy Dinner, OCU's Robert Henry to speak  -  
Staff Report
25-Jan-2014
Oklahoma City Convention Center analysis: headquarters hotel a must, along with operating subsides from taxpayers  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-Jan-2014
Horizontal oil and gas drilling incentives debated among Republicans  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Jan-2014
Martin Luther King, Jr. (inspired by Wallace Hamilton) reflections from the Gospels and 'a new world'  -  
Staff Report
20-Jan-2014
Remembering the man who helped make real ‘the promises of democracy’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Jan-2014
President Obama praises Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-Jan-2014
Prisons and purity: Is Oklahoma still crazy after all these years?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Jan-2014
Cut up the credit cards: states have $5 trillion in debts taxpayers will have to pay  -  
Eric Boehm
13-Jan-2014
Fiscal Armageddon: Actuarial foreplay, public debt and inadequate paranoia  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Jan-2014
Federal OSHA should stand down from proposed “name and shame” rule  -  
Oklahoma Labor Commissioner Mark Costello
09-Jan-2014
Oklahoma’s state debt is better than most, but that’s no reason to relax  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Jan-2014
Which is better: Constitutional or unconstitutional? A tax cut now, later, or never?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Jan-2014
COMMENTARY: If an Oklahoma income tax cut never happens, blame politicians, not the state Supreme Court  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-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
Requiem for a little giant: Remembering Brenda Reneau  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Dec-2013
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin bans use of e-cigarettes on public property  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-Dec-2013
After Coburn’s report: Inspector’s audit gives ‘clean’ bill or whitewash at Homeland Security?  -  
Kenric Ward | Watchdog.org
18-Dec-2013
Notable Quotables -- The Best of the Worst in 2013  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Dec-2013
In an OK election: Law and life, secrecy and privacy, politics and wisdom  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-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
COMMENTARY: Insurance markets and Oklahoma, singing state budget blues  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-Dec-2013
Dollars and Sense: OK prison reform by the numbers, and in understanding hearts  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Dec-2013
COMMENTARY: Few dare call it bribery: Grants, e-cigs, and another brick in the wall  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Dec-2013
Brenda Reneau’s Legacy  -  
Steve Fair
10-Dec-2013
Oklahoma State University Regents defend on-campus ban of e-cigarettes  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Dec-2013
Commentary: Shouting into the echo chamber  -  
Eric Boehm
06-Dec-2013
State Officials comment on the passing of Former Labor Commissioner Brenda Reneau  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Dec-2013
COMMENTARY: For OK Labor Commissioner Costello, ‘right-sizing’ is more than a slogan  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-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
Dr. Smith goes to Washington: OK’s favorite (doctor) son rises to national prominence advocating for free markets  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-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
In their joy: Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy and the Republic  -  
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
With only 346 Oklahomans signed up, leaders decry ‘ObamaCare debacle’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-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
Saying thanks, and finding ‘battle buddies’  -  
Rita Aragon
11-Nov-2013
Time on Target: Memories and Gratitude  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Nov-2013
Good Citizens: Russell Perry and Vicki Miles belong in the Hall of Fame  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Nov-2013
A-F grades released: Big City ‘supers’ offer starkly different response  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-Nov-2013
Tax revenues grow, but appropriated funds may tighten  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-Nov-2013
Oklahoma Eagle Forum honors Phyllis Schlafly, state leader Bunny Chambers and state Rep. Dan Fisher  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-Nov-2013
In an Oklahoma visit, Phyllis Schlafly blasts federal immigration proposals  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Nov-2013
Phyllis Schlafly hopes conservatives can stop ObamaCare, Common Core  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Nov-2013
Hopefuls lining up to challenge OK Schools Superintendent Janet Barresi  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-Nov-2013
COMMENTARY: Veggies, Muppets and the White House: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-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
For Sooner State’s fans of e-cigarettes, good news and bad news  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Oct-2013
COMMENTARY: In Oklahoma and Israel, blessings from a broken heart  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Oct-2013
Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma in joust over same-sex marriage plans  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Oct-2013
Back in the saddle again: Former OK House Speaker Benge named Fallin’s Secretary of State  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Oct-2013
Ada’s ban on tobacco use includes e-cigarettes  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Oct-2013
COMMENTARY: Whether start-up nation or pipeline nation, Israel’s economy booms, shadowed by Iran’s push for nukes  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Oct-2013
Oklahoma Interim Study: Family structure key factor in economic growth  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Oct-2013
Lawsuit by public school educators attacks OK scholarship program for special needs children  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Oct-2013
Arizona Education Savings Accounts aren’t vouchers, study says  -  
Mary C. Tillotson, Watchdog.org
12-Oct-2013
COMMENTARY: The man who made the world one  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
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
Analyst looks at Shutdown, Spending, Debt Ceiling as a “battle of conflicting principles”  -  
Billie Rodely
06-Oct-2013
Conservative state Rep. Paul Wesselhoft honored by ACLU-OK  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Oct-2013
COMMENTARY: Oklahoma’s failure at proactiveness stings during shutdown  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Oct-2013
Oklahoma Readers speak up for and against the shutdown  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Oct-2013
Early shutdown effects modest in Oklahoma, as analysts debate impact  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Oct-2013
Gov. Fallin joins CO Gov. Hickenlooper, asking Congress to avert shutdown  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Sep-2013
OKC National Memorial and Museum will stay open regardless of federal shutdown  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Sep-2013
Former Cheyenne & Arapaho Gov. Flyingman subject of criminal complaint  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Sep-2013
Revised gaming settlement agreement for Cheyenne & Arapaho, and state of Oklahoma, goes to feds  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Sep-2013
Fox News lineup changes show evolution of cable news  -  
Jason Stverak | Franklin Center
28-Sep-2013
All bark, no bite: Union protest fizzles outside conservative confab  -  
Travis Perry & Dustin Hurst
26-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
With new private sector support and proven achievement, Oklahoma charter schools posed for growth  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-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
OK private group’s control of high school athletics draws intense scrutiny  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Sep-2013
University of Oklahoma won't cut hours to avoid Obamacare regs, but one small college implements limits  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Sep-2013
State AFL-CIO leaders agree ACA is “not perfect”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-Sep-2013
Editor’s Notebook: Webb and Hiett back in public policy posts  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Sep-2013
New analysis of public school spending leaves out local spending  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Sep-2013
Tax take is down: OK general revenue collections drop 10 percent in August  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Sep-2013
Pat McGuigan on OETA’s Oklahoma Forum Sunday  -  
Billie Rodely
14-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
Insurance Commissioner Doak says his ObamaCare “fears have been confirmed”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-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
Oklahoma leaders rejoice over another year for Insure Oklahoma  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Sep-2013
Insure Oklahoma, premium support program, gets one-year extension  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Sep-2013
State pension liabilities top $4 trillion  -  
Eric Boehm Watchdog.org
05-Sep-2013
State Treasurer Ken Miller reports second straight month of record-setting tax receipts  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-Sep-2013
COMMENTARY: For Oklahoma, the good news is the bad news from Kansas was wrong  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-Sep-2013
COMMENTARY: State coalition opposing Syria intervention intensifies  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Sep-2013
Under the dome: Bills under consideration for the special session  -  
Patrick B . McGuigan
03-Sep-2013
Something Special: OK lawsuit reform restoration to require 31 bills  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Sep-2013
In testing results, more bad news for Oklahoma public education  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Sep-2013
This Labor Day, Let’s Celebrate The Economic Opportunity That Makes Our State Great  -  
Mark Costello, Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor
30-Aug-2013
Red Flag Analysis: OK Rogers State University, where defaults exceed graduations, gets entrepreneurial grant from the feds  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Aug-2013
BREAKING NEWS: Long-time Oklahoman reporter Michael McNutt to join Fallin staff  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Aug-2013
Cato Institute gives F- to state public education spending transparency  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Aug-2013
Records show Higher Ed Board sweetens pot for employees  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Aug-2013
Odilia Dank was ‘loved and admired’ – her services this weekend  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-Aug-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
Dueling Denunciations: Rainy Day cash, Nursing Home standards  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-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
Finance Secretary announces $2.7 million boost to Rainy Day Fund  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Aug-2013
COMMENTARY: With scores of important storylines, ‘citizen journalism’ is working  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Aug-2013
COMMENTARY: Smart-ALEC? OK Gov. Mary Fallin is no Thomas Jefferson  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-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
Oklahoma state tax collections: A record-shattering 12 months  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Aug-2013
COMMENTARY: Memories, meaning and momentum, in a transforming news business  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Aug-2013
COMMENTARY: School Spending Up, Student Achievement Flat  -  
Patrick B.McGuigan
07-Aug-2013
Gov. Mary Fallin announces national education and training agenda, as Democrats seek a credible opponent  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Aug-2013
Milton Friedman honored, as Oklahoma’s special needs children are ‘Free to Choose’  -  
PatrickB. McGuigan
01-Aug-2013
Is Oklahoma OK? Sooner State ranks just ‘fair-to-middlin’ in cost-benefit study  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
31-Jul-2013
Editor’s Notebook: Fallin becomes chair, Pruitt testifies, Hamm helps  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
31-Jul-2013
Oklahoma special session likely, despite opposition  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Jul-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
Tulsa man quips “Civic Hackers Invade White House”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-Jul-2013
Oklahoma’s economic dynamism -- in the eyes of the beholders?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Jul-2013
White House set to honor Tulsa man as ‘Champion of Change’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-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
Senate President Pro Temp Bingman backs special session focused on lawsuit reform  -  
Patriuck B. McGuigan
17-Jul-2013
A Bit Confused and Still Missin’ the Hippies  -  
G. Keith Smith, M.D.
17-Jul-2013
OK Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb hosts colleagues at national conference  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-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
Oklahoma coalition forms to declare ‘Syria – Not our War!’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-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
Oklahoma’s gross tax receipts: up for the year, down for the month  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Jul-2013
Critics of ‘ObamaCare’ skeptical of Leavitt Partners’ Medicaid recommendations  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Jul-2013
Early childhood education advocate Dr. Ramona Paul dies  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Jul-2013
Has identifying as a conservative in Oklahoma plateaued?  -  
Bill Shapard, SoonerPoll
02-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
COMMENTARY: Ivory Tower of Nonsense  -  
G. Keith Smith, M.D.
26-Jun-2013
Editor’s Notebook: Anti-war rally, Common Core conundrum, mayoral maneuvers in OKC, Taiwan ties  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-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
NEWS FLASH: Corrections’ Director Justin Jones is resigning, Tulsa World reports  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-Jun-2013
Water rights victory historic, setting stage for state-tribal case  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-Jun-2013
COMMENTARY Role Reversal: Rise of the Republicans, Retreat of the Democrats  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Jun-2013
Rise of the OK Republicans: Getting started  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-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
CapitolBeatOK's McGuigan designated one of America's top political reporters  -  
Billie Rodely
08-Jun-2013
Editor’s Notebook: Gen. Franks delivers, Speaker Shannon looks at judges, a Fallin veto  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-Jun-2013
 
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