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[Excerpt] David K. Hill, an Oklahoma City businessman, has joined the race for the 5th Congressional District, becoming the second Republican candidate to announce this week.
[Excerpt] But if additional spending pays only to maintain a system of reading instruction that doesn’t teach children to read, then Oklahoma taxpayers will be left in a strange position. They’ll be hoping they don’t get what they paid for.
[Excerpt] After the Oklahoma Supreme Court issued its ruling in Beason v. I.E. Miller Services, Inc., striking down non-economic damage caps, House Judiciary Chair Christopher L. Kannady (R-Oklahoma City) sought input from all stakeholders to work on compromise legislation to move Oklahoma forward. Chairman Kannady reached out to the State Chamber of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State Medical Association, and Oklahoma Association for Justice, amongst others.
[Excerpt] Terry Neese, conservative Republican candidate for Oklahoma’s 5th Congressional District, today announced she will report raising over $200,000.00 for her campaign in the third quarter. Now boasting a campaign war chest of over $640,000.00 cash on hand, Neese continues to demonstrate a strong fundraising edge over the field of Republican candidates running to unseat Democratic incumbent Congresswoman Kendra Horn in 2020.
[Excerpt] “I’m a conservative Republican running for Congress because our values are under assault by radical Washington liberals. We must protect the American Dream for our children and grandchildren. There is no getting around it. Today’s Democrat party is trying to fundamentally change our great nation. I can’t watch the Washington circus from the sidelines any longer. I’m in and I’m ready to fight for Oklahoma,” Barresi said.
[Excerpt] Members of Oklahoma’s Congressional delegation released statements in support of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) this afternoon on the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s announcement of the three-country trade agreement.
[Excerpt] Eisenhower International School in Tulsa is being recognized for a second time with an international distinction by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The school received the prestigious Label Franc Education 2019 seal for its French dual-language program for Pre-K through fifth-graders.
[Excerpt] Attorney General Mike Hunter today released the following statement on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision regarding public nudity. [...] Attorney General Hunter advises that the ruling does not automatically invalidate local and state laws in Oklahoma.
[Excerpt] This week's Music Monday is 'These Are My People', from Johnny Cash's 1972 album 'America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song'. I've been on a bit of a genealogy kick lately, and when I heard a snippet of this song on a Volkswagen commercial, I just had to look it up.
[Excerpt] Attorney General Mike Hunter has sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation in support of North Dakota and Montana’s position that Washington state’s new law regarding crude oil transport interferes with federal law and stands to cause major economic harm to energy-producing states.
[Excerpt] “Contraband cellphones in our state prisons have become a serious public safety concern in Oklahoma,” said Governor Stitt. “This is a technology issue that must be answered with a technology solution in order to efficiently and effectively improve safety for our inmates, Department of Correction employees and citizens of Oklahoma."
[Excerpt] "I write in my capacity as the Attorney General of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, a federally recognized Cherokee tribal government—recognized by Congress in 1946. [...] Recently, the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, another Cherokee tribal government—which was not organized until 1976—claimed to appoint Kimberly Teehee as a Cherokee delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. The United Keetoowah Band opposes this appointment. The United Keetoowah Band further opposes any Cherokee delegate being seated in the House until such time as the United Keetoowah Band approves the delegate."
[Excerpt] As a result, it is feasible that as many as 200,000 technically uninsured Oklahomans already have access to insurance and/or low-cost health treatment. And that doesn’t even account for all the people who obtain care through Federally Qualified Health Centers, free clinics, and similar facilities. So how does it make sense to spend hundreds of millions more in state tax dollars on Medicaid expansion to insure the (effectively) already-insured?
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