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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

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

Patrick B. McGuigan

07-Jun-2013

COMMENTARY: Pension reform – Keeping promises and reducing liabilities -

06-Jun-2013

COMMENTARY: OK Grading the 2013 State Legislature and Gov. Fallin -

Patrick B. McGuigan

03-Jun-2013

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

Patrick B. McGuigan

03-Jun-2013

Baptist Disaster Relief program models efficiency, effectiveness -

Patrick B. McGuigan

30-May-2013

Baptist relief leader discusses “tender and sensitive” moments, after the storm -

Patrick B. McGuigan

30-May-2013

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

Patrick B. McGuigan

28-May-2013

Baptist Disaster Relief administers massive relief program in Moore -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

28-May-2013

Chabad Center arranges major gift of Kosher meat, poultry, dairy products for OKC Regional Food Bank -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

24-May-2013

Moore state representatives thank donors, first responders, volunteers -

Patrick B. McGuigan

23-May-2013

Legislature passes funding measure for state tornado relief -

Patrick B. McGuigan

23-May-2013

No one sent them a memo, they just stepped up -

Patrick B. McGuigan

22-May-2013

Massive relief effort underway, storm impacts water treatment, blood supply -

Patrick B. McGuigan

21-May-2013

OK After the storm, a small voice -

Patrick B. McGuigan

21-May-2013

OKPOP worthy project, economic impact study contends -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

20-May-2013

Legislative opposition to Common Core Curriculum intensifies -

Patrick B. McGuigan

20-May-2013

Senate plan could rescue Insure Oklahoma program for working poor -

Patrick B. McGuigan

20-May-2013

State Legislators ponder veto overrides -

Patrick B. McGuigan

16-May-2013

Income tax receipts boost government revenue in April -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

16-May-2013

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

Patrick B. McGuigan

15-May-2013

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

Patrick B. McGuigan

15-May-2013

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

Patrick B. McGuigan

14-May-2013

Gov. Fallin signs income tax cut to take effect in 2015 -

Patrick B. McGuigan

14-May-2013

RNC’s Priebus says Oklahoma is model for “transformational” Republican Party -

Patrick B. McGuigan

13-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: Wishy Washy ObamaCare Buddies -

G. Keith Smith, M.D.

10-May-2013

State House sends $7.2 billion budget to Senate, ‘early’ adjournment discussed -

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 Democrats designate 2015-16 Leadership -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

07-May-2013

Gov. Fallin and legislators ponder next steps on state Medicaid program -

Patrick B. McGuigan

07-May-2013

Oklahoma’s gross revenue sets record high in April -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

04-May-2013

Driven by education and health care, OK government spending to jump at least $250 million -

Patrick B. McGuigan

02-May-2013

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

Patrick B. McGuigan

01-May-2013

Check It Out -- Kansas’ economy shows growth in first quarter of 2013 -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

30-Apr-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

Reps. Pittman, Matthews assume leadership of Legislative Black Caucus -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

25-Apr-2013

COMMENTARY: The stage is set: unimpressive tax cut, big jump in spending -

24-Apr-2013

OK Department of Human Services seminar on ‘opportunity gap’ slated -

Patrick B. McGuigan

24-Apr-2013

Governor, Speaker, Pro Temp announce accord on taxes, workers’ comp and infrastructure -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

23-Apr-2013

CapitolBeatOK writers garner honors from Society of Professional Journalists -

Billie Rodely

23-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

Editor’s Notebook: Johnson’s apology, foreign laws, tightening ROPE -

Patrick B. McGuigan

20-Apr-2013

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

Patrick B. McGuigan

19-Apr-2013

House Bill 1419 could curb ‘doctor shopping’ prescription drug abuses -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

18-Apr-2013

COMMENTARY: Earth Day Exposes the Ironies of the Left’s Trendy Environmentalism -

Todd Myers, Washington Policy Center

18-Apr-2013

Legislative leaders chide legislator for comments on House floor -

Patrick B. McGuigan

18-Apr-2013

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

Patrick B. McGuigan

17-Apr-2013

COMMENTARY: After the bomb, actions were louder than words -

Patrick B. McGuigan

17-Apr-2013

As state’s Higher Education officials tout economic impact, some doubts raised -

Patrick B. McGuigan

16-Apr-2013

Fallin signs School Security laws -

Staff Report

16-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

General Revenue fund shows big jump in corporate income taxes -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

09-Apr-2013

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

Patrick B. McGuigan

09-Apr-2013

COMMENTARY: Oklahoma budget-making as a five-act drama – or comedy, or tragedy -

Patrick B. McGuigan

06-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

IN BRIEF: Emergency Room usage by Oklahoma Medicaid recipients -

Patrick B. McGuigan

04-Apr-2013

State Senate panel passes income tax cut … with some differences -

Patrick B. McGuigan

04-Apr-2013

Treasurer's report: March Gross Receipts show "positives," including gross production and corporate income tax collections -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

03-Apr-2013

Oklahoma leaders maintain opposition to Medicaid expansion, as homegrown reform founders -

Patrick B. McGuigan

02-Apr-2013

A tale of two states: When it comes to Medicaid sustainability, Illinois and Oklahoma are more alike than not -

Patrick B. McGuigan

02-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

Unity in Diversity? Maybe not: Some love, and some hate, Oklahoma’s high rank in freedom index -

Patrick B. McGuigan

28-Mar-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

Editor’s Notebook: Closing time, lobbying day, haze hearing, hard core on Common Core -

Patrick B. McGuigan

26-Mar-2013

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

Patrick B. McGuigan

25-Mar-2013

Suicide now leading cause of death in U.S. -

Darla Shelden, The City Sentinel

25-Mar-2013

Rep. Morrissette, Sen. McAffrey push Anti-Hunger Act -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

23-Mar-2013

OCPA to release annual budget book -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

22-Mar-2013

COMMENTARY: Oklahoma Prison Reform or bovine scatology? Prove it! -

Patrick B. McGuigan

22-Mar-2013

Action Items for Oklahoma: Criminal Justice -

Gene Perry, Oklahoma Policy Institute

21-Mar-2013

Conservatives cheer as State Chamber of Oklahoma supports 'Shannon-Fallin tax cut' -

Patrick B. McGuigan

21-Mar-2013

COMMENTARY: Reflections on valor, tenderness, a Race to Baghdad, and the limits of power -

Patrick B. McGuigan

20-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

A reporter's soul, from the historian's heart -

Patrick B. McGuigan

15-Mar-2013

In tribute to Paul Harvey and all the rest: God made a journalist -

Patrick B. McGuigan

15-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

Tax refunds, drop in NatGas production reduces general revenues; sales taxes healthy -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

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

Asthma and Allergy Foundation's poll finds state opposition to some “prescription-only” proposals -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

10-Mar-2013

Sen. Johnson named to health committee of National Black Caucus -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

10-Mar-2013

At the Oklahoma Capitol, a Sheriff Clarke fan club? -

Patrick B. McGuigan

08-Mar-2013

Foreign law ban easily passes House but draws sharp critique -

Patrick B. McGuigan

07-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

Oklahoma policy conference about visions, hopes for women -

Patrick B. McGuigan

05-Mar-2013

Kate Obenshain works for ‘brighter future’ -

Patrick B. McGuigan

05-Mar-2013

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

Patrick B. McGuigan

04-Mar-2013

Treasurer Miller: Gross collections dip in February -

Staff Report

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

As winter storms advance, Lt. Todd lamb declares state of emergency -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

25-Feb-2013

States’ Rights Fight in Sooner State -

Patrick B. McGuigan

24-Feb-2013

Cole says sequestration is better than a tax hike -

Patrick B. McGuigan

22-Feb-2013

Watching Obama, this Republican misses Clinton -

Patrick B. McGuigan

21-Feb-2013

After sequestration battle, OK Rep. Cole sees three more big fights -

Patrick B. McGuigan

21-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

Budget & Pension reform group honors Gov. Fallin -

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

Bingman’s modest agenda grows more complex as session advances -

Patrick B. McGuigan

15-Feb-2013

Democratic Leader Scott Inman jabs at tax cut, defends water plan, backs Capitol spending -

Patrick B. McGuigan

15-Feb-2013

Rising income tax revenues yield FY 2013’s biggest general revenue fund surge, Doerflinger says -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

14-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

African-American Heritage celebrated at state Capitol -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

13-Feb-2013

Gen. Rita Aragon anticipates State of the Union comments on sequestration, role of women in the military -

Patrick B. McGuigan

12-Feb-2013

COMMENTARY: Mike Schwartz, the happy warrior -

Patrick B. McGuigan

11-Feb-2013

Gov. Fallin says recent history confirms income tax cuts yield higher long-term revenues -

Patrick B. McGuigan

08-Feb-2013

Grover Norquist's tax cut advocacy comes to Oklahoma state Capitol -

Patrick B. McGuigan

08-Feb-2013

Ten Interesting Facts on President Ronald Reagan's birthday -

National Constitution Center

06-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

Editor’s Notebook: Leon boosts Tulsa’s OKPOP, Labor says “enough,” and State of the State broadcast -

Patrick B. McGuigan

30-Jan-2013

Labor Commissioner Costello, legislative Democrats honor free market surgery center for entrepreneurial excellence -

25-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

By the numbers: 2455 pieces of legislation; GOP & Independent registrations surge -

Patrick B. McGuigan

19-Jan-2013

COMMENTARY: “Zero Dark Thirty” triggers introspection about security, defense, the military’s role, and America’s place in the world -

Patrick B. McGuigan

17-Jan-2013

Auditor Gary Jones closes county audit gap, reorganizes agency -

Patrick B. McGuigan

15-Jan-2013

On the shoulders of giants – T.W. Shannon and black political power in Oklahoma -

Patrick B. McGuigan

15-Jan-2013

Secretary of State Glenn Coffee leaving Fallin administration -

Patrick B. McGuigan

15-Jan-2013

State House Democrats Organize for 54th Legislature -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

13-Jan-2013

Framing the Picture: Speaker Shannon makes history, as outline of 2013 legislative session emerges -

Patrick B. McGuigan

11-Jan-2013

COMMENTARY: Markets, mandates and the right doctors -

Patrick B. McGuigan

09-Jan-2013

Analysis: Oklahoma Court decision may tighten bond issue standards – time will tell -

Patrick B. McGuigan

08-Jan-2013

Treasurer Miller describes Oklahoma's moderated economic growth -

Staff Report

06-Jan-2013

Commissioner Maughan begins second term in key county post -

Patrick B. McGuigan

05-Jan-2013

Tom Colbert becomes chief justice of Oklahoma state Supreme Court -

05-Jan-2013

James Lankford’s “no” vote on the “cliff” deal reflects core policy views -

Patrick B. McGuigan

03-Jan-2013

COMMENTARY: New Year’s Objectives, perhaps resolutions -

Patrick B. McGuigan

02-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

A billion here, and a billion there: Government revenue grows, but big tax cut unlikely -

Patrick B. McGuigan

20-Dec-2012

Surgery Center offers transparency, efficiency, affordability -

Patrick B. McGuigan

19-Dec-2012

COMMENTARY: Beards for Bork, and Bushmill vs. Jameson in the night -

Patrick B. McGuigan

19-Dec-2012

COMMENTARY: Remembering the greatest man I have ever known -

Patrick B. McGuigan

19-Dec-2012

Chamber says “best practices” report can guide state economic development -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

18-Dec-2012

Commentary: Notable Quotables analysis documents legacy media bias -

Patrick B. McGuigan

17-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

State Sales Tax Collections continue to surge -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

11-Dec-2012

What is Truth? The prism for all things, and the soul of education -

Patrick B. McGuigan

10-Dec-2012

Oklahoma paper smears conservative groups as “controversial” for advocating bipartisan education reforms -

Brandon Dutcher

09-Dec-2012

'TIS THE SEASON: Friendly cooperation from Costello, Edmondson -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Repport

08-Dec-2012

Secretary of State Glenn Coffee to leave office in January -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

07-Dec-2012

2012’s scariest people or groups: Oklahoma readers weigh in -

Patrick B. McGuigan

07-Dec-2012

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin stresses “shared savings” and state flexibility in meeting with Obama -

Patrick B. McGuigan

04-Dec-2012

Report: Both crime rate and prison populations declined in 2011 -

Patrick B McGuigan

02-Dec-2012

Fill It Up! Fallin joins OnCue to celebrate emergence of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as auto fuel -

Patrick B. McGuigan

01-Dec-2012

This land is our land: Law, liberty, free markets, free people -

Patrick B. McGuigan

29-Nov-2012

COMMENTARY: Note to Morningstar: Municipal and state pension hemmorhage accelerating -

Frank Keegan

29-Nov-2012

Food & Fund effort a major success, organizers report -

Patrick B. McGuigan

25-Nov-2012

Analysis: If things in Oklahoma are so good, why are they so (potentially) bad? -

Patrick B. McGuigan

21-Nov-2012

State Supreme Court, denies legal standing to school districts, special needs scholarships sustained -

Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin

20-Nov-2012

Democrats Inman, Dorman disappointed in Fallin’s call; Commissioner Doak supportive -

Patrick B. McGuigan

20-Nov-2012

Gov. Fallin: Oklahoma will not join health exchange or Medicaid expansion -

Patrick B. McGuigan

19-Nov-2012

COMMENTARY: Driving a man to drink -- Is Oklahoma state Treasurer Ken Miller “growing in office?” -

Patrick B. McGuigan

16-Nov-2012

State Policy Network honors David R. Brown with prestigious Roe Award -

Staff Report

16-Nov-2012

Former House Speaker Kris Steele joins TEEM as executive director -

Staff Report

15-Nov-2012

Analysts, including Pat McGuigan, discuss Election on Oklahoma Forum -

Staff Report

11-Nov-2012

OK: Republicans delivered the ‘coup de grace’ – and voters were in a “YES” mood -

Patrick B. McGuigan

09-Nov-2012

COMMENTARY: MCGUIGAN Through a glass, darkly: reflections of a lifelong pundit -

Patrick B McGuigan

09-Nov-2012

Facebook pundits: Oklahoma Watchdog readers weigh in -

Patrick B. McGuigan

09-Nov-2012

For most Oklahoma Facebook voters, voter ID is ok in OK -

Patrick B. McGuigan

06-Nov-2012

The Sum of All Fears – “Victory!” -

Patrick B. McGuigan

06-Nov-2012

CapitolBeatOK part of election night coverage on OETA -

Billy Rodely

06-Nov-2012

Will Election 2012 deliver the “coup de grace” to Oklahoma Democrats? -

Patrick B. McGuigan

05-Nov-2012

By the numbers, again: Republicans continue to gain on Democrats in voter registration numbers -

Patrick B. McGuigan

05-Nov-2012

Oklahomans take advantage of “early voting” and absentee ballots -

Patrick B. McGuigan

05-Nov-2012

Oklahoma “boots on the ground” – in battleground states Ohio and Colorado -

04-Nov-2012

All six Oklahoma state questions -- in 800 words -

Patrick B. McGuigan

02-Nov-2012

Government pension fixes may take time – but time has run out -

Frank Keegan

02-Nov-2012

Commentary: Telling a story and giving thanks -- to all those who give a damn -

Patrick B. McGuigan

01-Nov-2012

Are Romney voters in Oklahoma voting for Romney or against Obama? -

Sooner Poll

31-Oct-2012

Oklahoma Baptist responders may head East as part of massive relief effort -

Patrick B. McGuigan

30-Oct-2012

OK: Supreme Court retention votes get unprecedented attention -

Patrick B. McGuigan

30-Oct-2012

Analysis: Hobby Lobby case -- Matters of principle or “alleged religious beliefs”? -

Patrick B. McGuigan

26-Oct-2012

Romney still commands Oklahoma's eight electoral votes -

SoonerPoll.com

26-Oct-2012

Facebook fans have their say in final match -

Watchdog.org

23-Oct-2012

COMMENTARY: Beards for Bork, and Bushmill vs. Jameson in the night -

Patrick B. McGuigan

22-Oct-2012

COMMENTARY: Men who mattered: George McGovern and Dewey Bartlett -

Patrick B. McGuigan

22-Oct-2012

Planning ahead: CapitolBeatOK hosts Facebook debate party -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

22-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

As American as apple pie -- a film, a parable, a message of hope -

Patrick B. McGuigan

17-Oct-2012

Speaker Steele honored as five Shawneee non-profits presented Kaiser grants -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

16-Oct-2012

Is Big Brother watching us through our students? -

Stacy Martin

15-Oct-2012

Biden was for Bork before he was against him -

Patrick B. McGuigan

12-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

COMMENTARY: Tobacco harm reduction – no news, or good Snus? -

Patrick B. McGuigan

10-Oct-2012

Husband of state Supreme Court Justice Gurich wrote advocacy memo using state email -

Patrick B. McGuigan

09-Oct-2012

Commentary: Christopher Columbus -- The Man Who Made the World One -

Patrick B. McGuigan

08-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

Oklahoma’s Online college revolution to leave empire builders with big bills -

Stacy Martin

02-Oct-2012

Republicans and independents continue voter registration surge in Oklahoma -

Patrick B. McGuigan

01-Oct-2012

Student performance slipping despite cash thrown into public education -

Stacy Martin

26-Sep-2012

COMMENTARY: Look back in wonder – the building of an alternative news media infrastructure -

Patrick B. McGuigan

25-Sep-2012

Visitors from the East bear gifts of Medicaid Reform -

Patrick B. McGuigan

24-Sep-2012

Conservative policy advisor leaves Superintendent Barresi’s staff -

Stacy Martin and Patrick B. McGuigan

24-Sep-2012

Agreeing to disagree: OETA panelists parse Democratic party’s messaging -

Billie Rodely

20-Sep-2012

COMMENTARY: Can the Legislature do more than one thing at a time? -

Patrick B. McGuigan

20-Sep-2012

Water Fight: Old-fashioned fight threatens Oklahoma City's future -

Patrick B. McGuigan

18-Sep-2012

Teachers’ union dumps its ‘common ground’ lobbyist -

Stacy Martin

17-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

McGUIGAN: Remembering 9/11 -

Patrick B McGuigan

11-Sep-2012

All or nothing: Every state but Oklahoma has Libertarians on the ballot -

Patrick B. McGuigan

11-Sep-2012

Sooner State Democrats are blue, in a red state -

Patrick B. McGuigan

06-Sep-2012

Quartet of analysts assess Republican Convention, will look at the Democrats this Sunday -

Billie Rodely

06-Sep-2012

State activists, national expert fight for Libertarian ballot access -

Patrick B McGuigan

04-Sep-2012

Common Education: Administrative costs under fire -

Stacy Martin

04-Sep-2012

Kay Floyd gives hope to Democrats, but Republican surge continues in runoffs -

Patrick B. McGuigan

30-Aug-2012

Energy independence no longer a dream -

Tom Price

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: Power to the people who build the dream -

Mary Fallin

28-Aug-2012

Historic compact ends legal fight between tribe, state of Oklahoma -

Patrick B. McGuigan

28-Aug-2012

Back when Jesse was pro-life -

Patrick B. McGuigan

25-Aug-2012

Sooner State bucks national anti-incumbent surge in legislative races -

Patrick B. McGuigan

24-Aug-2012

Stacy Martin joins CapitolBeatOK full-time -

Staff Report

24-Aug-2012

COMMENTARY: “Who built that?” A grandson’s question sparks reflections on economic liberty -

Patrick B. McGuigan

24-Aug-2012

Dr. Tom to Romney: Listen to your wife -

Patrick B. McGuigan

22-Aug-2012

Gunfight in OK Second District -

Patrick B. McGuigan

21-Aug-2012

Oklahoma’s Second District: Guns and Gaffes – or ‘Book ’em, Danny’? -

Patrick B McGuigan

19-Aug-2012

Commentary: Increased Government Spending Is Our Default Setting -

Patrick B. McGuigan

17-Aug-2012

History says earth is round, medical costs will rise under Affordable Care Act -

Patrick B. McGuigan

17-Aug-2012

Lt. Gov. Lamb praises Oklahoma firefighters, and Romney’s surge -

Patrick B. McGuigan

16-Aug-2012

Election Board’s Paul Ziriax grapples with “unusual situation” in third party ballot fight -

Patrick B. McGuigan

13-Aug-2012

Ryan: OK with Oklahoma Republicans -- and some Democrats, too? -

Patrick B. McGuigan

13-Aug-2012

Paul Ryan in Oklahoma: Fight for Freedom “begins now” -

Paul Ryan

13-Aug-2012

State designates presidential electors, but nationally Americans Elect party abandons campaign -

Patrick B. McGuigan

10-Aug-2012

OPUBCO completes production assets and real estate sale to American Fidelity Assurance Co. -

Stacy Martin

08-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

COMMENTARY: A matter of trust: Court decision could reopen casino land use decisions -

Patrick B. McGuigan

03-Aug-2012

Reps. Nelson, Morrissette support final version of Human Services’ “Pinnacle Plan” -

Patrick B. McGuigan

25-Jul-2012

DHS “co-Neutrals” approve Pinnacle Plan, $100 million a year spending hike expected -

Patrick B McGuigan

25-Jul-2012

Six referred questions on statewide November ballot, with one citizen initiative still circulating -

Patrick B. McGuigan

24-Jul-2012

Impact of Henry Scholarships subject of documentary film -

Patrick B. McGuigan

23-Jul-2012

Gov. Fallin names two new members for DHS Comission -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

20-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

Rep. Morrissette to guide four interim studies with “health and safety” focus -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

17-Jul-2012

Education funding and policy a major focus of 2012 state Senate Interim Studies -

Patrick B. McGuigan

17-Jul-2012

Interim thinking: Speaker Steele approves dozens of Interim Studies -

Patrick B. McGuigan

14-Jul-2012

Kern, Morrissette, McDaniel, Murphey and other House members to lead significant interim study committees -

Patrick B. McGuigan

14-Jul-2012

Oklahoma High Court asked to review bonding practices -

Patrick B. McGuigan

13-Jul-2012

Huff, Puff and Post: Pols perfectly parodied -

Patrick B. McGuigan

13-Jul-2012

Rev. Paul Blair ends lawsuit against controversial political action committee -

Patrick B. McGuigan

13-Jul-2012

Commentary: Public pension infinite amortization puts taxpayers in debt forever -

Frank Keegan, State Budget Solutions

12-Jul-2012

Senator Jolley gratified as both lawsuit and ethics filings are dismissed -

CapitolBeatOK Staff Report

11-Jul-2012

Oklahoma delegation unites against President Obama’s health care law -

Patrick B. McGuigan

11-Jul-2012

Opinion: Local, state pensions fall another $1.5 trillion short so far this year -

Frank Keegan, State Budget Solutions

11-Jul-2012

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