Articles Tagged “Oklahoma”
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Water Wars
BY ROBERT JACKMAN This spring, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether or not Texas can legally come across the Red River and take Kiamichi River Basin water from take-outs inside Oklahoma. Another issue to be ruled on is what the Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma attorney generals – three out of the four states in [...]
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What Are Schools For?
BY SHARON MARTIN In the newspaper recently was the face, a mug shot, of a former student. He’d been arrested for an alleged armed robbery. He’d already served time for robbery, the article said. He had, but what the reporter didn’t say was that the first arrest happened when he was barely 18. His accomplices, [...]
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Where Are Today’s Responsible Democrats?
BY KENNETH WELLS We need Democrats, both progressive and moderate, to come back to the party and participate at all party levels. For too long, Democrats in solid blue states, as well as those states that were almost equally divided between progressives and conservatives, have become apathetic. We have now reached a point of near [...]
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Taxpayers Bear Cost Of ‘Reforms’
BY AL MCAFFREY I’ve already discussed [see columns posted 3.14.13 and 3.20.13] how Senate Bill 1062 – to change Oklahoma’s current workers compensation system to an administrative one – would hurt injured workers and employers. Now I want to talk about how this measure will negatively impact all Oklahoma taxpayers. First of all, SB 1062 [...]
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Horse Sense?
UPDATE [3.26.13, 2:35 p.m.]: The Oklahoma Senate today approved HB 1999, authorizing horse slaughtering. The vote was 32-14 with Republicans and Democrats on both sides of the issue. The measure now heads to the governor. Gov. Mary Fallin’s spokesperson has indicated she views it favorably. BY AL MCAFFREY There have been some bills filed [...]
