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Istook's Insights: Unfair and Unbalanced, Religious liberty at risk, destruction of democracy  -  
Ernest Istook
05-Jul-2015
Legislators dismayed at Oklahoma State Supreme Court decision on Ten Commandments monument  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Jul-2015
ANALYSIS: Business Bills Omitted from the 2015 RIED List  -  
Mike Ray, Oklahoma House Democratic Staff
01-Jul-2015
Oklahomans respond to U.S. Supreme Court ruling on state's lethal injection protocols  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Jun-2015
Defenders of traditional marriage lament Supreme Court's controversial decision  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Jun-2015
Istook's Insights: Danger in the ObamaCare ruling, and pressuring workers into unions  -  
Ernest Istook
27-Jun-2015
Joyful Oklahoma gay rights advocates applaud High Court's controversial marriage decision  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Jun-2015
Oklahoma Critics of the Affordable Care Act decry U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding subsidies  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Jun-2015
Oklahoma History Center presents 'Black towns then … Black Towns Now,' on June 30  -  
Darla Sheldon
24-Jun-2015
Istook's Insights: The wearing of the green, and punishing us all  -  
Ernest Istook
23-Jun-2015
After Charleston: Overcoming the heart of darkness  -  
Joe Dorman
23-Jun-2015
Istook's Insights: Law and order collapsing? And, bans on Transfat, as Uncle Sam ails  -  
Ernest Istook
22-Jun-2015
Oklahoma County GOP asserts “complete disregard”  -  
David Arnett
21-Jun-2015
Speaker Hickman to sort through 122 Interim Study proposals  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
19-Jun-2015
Commission on Status of women presents 'Guardian Award' to Sen. AJ Griffin  -  
17-Jun-2015
COMMENTARY: Free Market wins in 2015 Oklahoma legislative session  -  
John Tidwell
17-Jun-2015
Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Option Revisions Adopted  -  
Bill Minick
17-Jun-2015
Istook's Insights: A nation of make-believe, and Washington's funny-money  -  
Ernest Istook
16-Jun-2015
Rep. David Perryman concerned state High Court ruling could void county tax sales  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
16-Jun-2015
'Mass Incarceration and the Death Penalty' – Thursday, June 18 forum at First Unitarian in OKC  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-Jun-2015
Residents in Canadian and Kingfisher counties seek permanent injunction against wind company  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
13-Jun-2015
Istook's Insights: Runaway regs, OSHA's bathroom 'guidance,' Obama's power, mud puddles as a federal issue  -  
Ernest Istook
12-Jun-2015
Gov. Fallin signs Rep. Marian Cooksey’s proposal boosting Proton Therapy  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
11-Jun-2015
Oklahoma’s historic ‘Right to Try’ law formally signed at state Capitol  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Jun-2015
A tale of two states (Oregon and Oklahoma) – From the Consumer Health Care Products Association  -  
Compiled by CapitolBeatOK
10-Jun-2015
Oklahoma Senator David Holt hails 2015 election reforms  -  
Staff Report
09-Jun-2015
Istook's Insight: President Obama wants to combine gun control with speech control  -  
Ernest Istook
08-Jun-2015
Democratic Legislative Leaders guide child safety measure to enactment  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-Jun-2015
Istook's Insights: Attacks on police, the shrinking middle class, and the Internet giveaway  -  
Ernest Istook
03-Jun-2015
Mark Hammons elected Democratic party state chair, Connie Johnson wins vice-chair's position  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
31-May-2015
ANALYSIS On the Cherokee fishing/hunting compact, 'Everything is Everything' – so stay tuned for details  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-May-2015
Nebraska abolishes capital punishment, Oklahoma opponents of penalty cheer  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-May-2015
Wesselhoft resolution presses for return of stolen art  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
27-May-2015
Sierra Club opposed Senate Bill 809, measure limiting municipal controls over oil and gas  -  
Staff Report
27-May-2015
Oklahoma Democratic leaders blast 2015 Legislature's final budget, Republican agenda  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-May-2015
Istook's Insights: Memorial Day, and Tribal gaming  -  
Ernest Istook
25-May-2015
Ben Carson wins straw poll at regional GOP conference in Oklahoma City  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-May-2015
Miracle or Providence? Oklahoma House unanimously encourages OU to return 'Shepherdess'  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-May-2015
Working late, to leave early: Oklahoma state budget proposal assailed but may pass soon  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-May-2015
Southern Republican Leadership Conference: Oklahoma's Estela Hernandez is a key player  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-May-2015
Ryan's Express: Republicans fight over whether tenure of TC (Thomas Clint) Ryan at state GOP should end  -  
Compiled by Patrick B. McGuigan
17-May-2015
A.C. Hamlin Parkway to be dedicated May 23 in Logan County  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
17-May-2015
Oklahoma treatment court programs honored for outstanding achievements  -  
Darla Shelden
15-May-2015
Insights: Focus on the dangerous, not the ordinary – and business tracking of employee  -  
Ernest Istook
15-May-2015
Lawmakers File Resolution Calling for Return of Stolen Jewish Art  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
12-May-2015
Sen. Kyle Loveless presses to ensure due process in asset forfeiture cases  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
11-May-2015
'Woman in Gold' grants humanity and dignity to Jews whose family art treasures were looted by Nazis  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-May-2015
Legislature sends Gov. Fallin Speaker Hickman's bill on electronic monitoring of parolees  -  
Staff Report
09-May-2015
Fallin signs measure allowing use of non-intoxicating marijuana derivative in medical treatment  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
04-May-2015
Fallin's signature puts “Right-to-Try” into Oklahoma law  -  
Staff Report
04-May-2015
This Journalist's Creed: In Love, Meeting Jesus, Along The Way  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-May-2015
Oklahoma leaders press to support traditional agricultural practices in modern times  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-May-2015
Historic 'Right-to-Farm' amendment heads to statewide ballot  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-May-2015
Of Fosters and Fathers – two new laws aim to improve conditions for foster children, presumed fathers  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
03-May-2015
COMMENTARY: Gov. Mary Fallin signs two significant pro-family bills into law  -  
Timothy Tardibono
03-May-2015
Gov. Fallin signs Grau's initiative reform, opposes EPA mandate  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
01-May-2015
Sen. Kevin Matthews released the following statement following the resignation of Tulsa County Undersheriff Tim Albin.  -  
Staff Report
01-May-2015
Fallin signs Rep. Pat Ownbey's measure on criminal justice information  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Apr-2015
Oklahoma Death Penalty Foes hear passionate story of conversion at annual awards dinner  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Apr-2015
SPECIAL REPORT: As Baltimore burns, end the posturing and lead  -  
Ernest Istook
28-Apr-2015
Guns and roses: Has political correctness run amok, or can common sense prevail?  -  
Earnest Istook
27-Apr-2015
Gov. Mary Fallin signs Denney-Jolley charter school expansion  -  
Staff Report
25-Apr-2015
Mike Ritze's drug testing improvement measure signed into law  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
25-Apr-2015
Legislature advances measures 'to protect religious liberty'  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
25-Apr-2015
Governor Fallin signs measure updating asbestos abatement provisions, agencies reach accord  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Apr-2015
Istook's Insights: Imaginary friends, hostile work environments, early birds for president, tangled webs we weave  -  
Ernest Istook
20-Apr-2015
Prayer, discernment, reformation: Tulsa case underscores nationwide concerns over police-involved killings  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Apr-2015
For the sake of the ten, and for the sake of us all: Prison Reform Now  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Apr-2015
Senate remembers Oklahoma state government employees who died or were injured in the bombing  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff
18-Apr-2015
Jolley-Denny bill expanding charter opportunities to all public school districts heads to Governor Fallin's desk  -  
Staff Report
16-Apr-2015
Hickman's measure fighting recidivism pending with Governor Fallin  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Apr-2015
Morrissette-Standridge 'right to try' measure heads to Governor Fallin  -  
Staff Report
14-Apr-2015
Gov. Fallin signs Kern's anti-trafficking measure into law  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Apr-2015
Praising Darla: Honoring a reporter, and a friend  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Apr-2015
At OCU, Powerful Prose Examines Powerful Surveillance  -  
Staff Report
11-Apr-2015
Grau-Bingman proposal for "budget-only" session clears House panel  -  
09-Apr-2015
State Legislature passes death penalty measures  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Apr-2015
COMMENTARY: Remember the KIDS? Is it for them, or for something else?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Apr-2015
Sally Kern’s bill to authorize wiretaps in human trafficking investigations heads to Gov. Fallin  -  
Staff Report
06-Apr-2015
Comment from Chicago: 'Insurance Rideshare Coverage Agreement Helps Protect the Public'  -  
Adapted by CapitolBeatOK Staff
06-Apr-2015
LESSON PLAN: Understanding public charter schools, in one easy lesson  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Apr-2015
Is $8,804 per pupil enough?  -  
Brandon Dutcher
04-Apr-2015
"Developmental Disability Awareness Day at the Capitol" held Wednesday  -  
Staff Report
25-Mar-2015
House Committee approves measure to address pesticide disposal, raise fee for Agriculture  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
24-Mar-2015
Istook's Insights: EPA looks at limiting shower time  -  
Ernest Istook
24-Mar-2015
COMMENTARY: In D.C., 'jolly' bipartisan coalition throws a life preserver to school choice -- in Oklahoma, Republicans help sink it  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Mar-2015
Oklahoma school teachers could benefit from income tax exemption  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Mar-2015
Rep. Bobby Cleveland says County Commissioners' group should follow Open Records Act  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
19-Mar-2015
Oklahoma House advances criminal justice measures  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Mar-2015
Oklahoma Conference of Churches hosts criminal justice conference  -  
Darla Shelden
18-Mar-2015
McGuigan named to Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame  -  
Billie Rodely
18-Mar-2015
Editor's Notebook: Education standards, academic testing and school choice  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-Mar-2015
Rep. Murphey presses for legislative pay cut  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
16-Mar-2015
Istook's Insights: Racism, Abe's lament, Hillary's emails, Google and Security, Big Top Loss  -  
Ernest Istook
16-Mar-2015
Rep. Sherrer's bill to limit 'adult cabarets' (H.B. 1607) survives close votes  -  
16-Mar-2015
History met on a bridge, to expand the boundaries of freedom  -  
Barack Obama
12-Mar-2015
State Rep. Mike Ritze applauds 10 Commandments ruling  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
11-Mar-2015
On the Shoulders of Giants: Reflections on black history in Oklahoma  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Mar-2015
Responses to the Fraternity video  -  
The City Sentinel Staff
10-Mar-2015
State Capitol voices unite to decry racist fraternity chant  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Mar-2015
OCU President Robert Henry joins iCivics board chaired by Justice O'Connor  -  
Darla Shelden
10-Mar-2015
Istook's Insights: ObamaCare do-over? And, the impact of cap-and-trade  -  
Ernest Istook
07-Mar-2015
Rep. Pat Ownbey's foster care proposals move to Oklahoma Senate  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Mar-2015
Senator Bingman's scrutiny of credits and incentives advances, as colleagues scrutinize budgets of lead agencies  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Mar-2015
First Oklahoma Capitol Muslim day draws big crowd, and some protests  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Mar-2015
Rep. Morrissette's 'right to try' bill clears Oklahoma House, heads to Senate  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
04-Mar-2015
Istook's Insights: White House claims it can raise taxes without Congress, security taken hostage, redistribution by fiat  -  
Ernest Istook
03-Mar-2015
Program Analysis: Through 'Special Care,' Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships reach more children  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Mar-2015
Unless restored to its original purposes, bill gutting transparency 'will not be heard on the House floor'  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
02-Mar-2015
Senator David Holt's election proposals advance  -  
CapitolBeatOk Staff Report
26-Feb-2015
At annual Capitol day, Capitol Cyclists concerned  -  
Staff Report
24-Feb-2015
Rep. David Brumbaugh’s measure would uphold private property rights  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
24-Feb-2015
Istook's Insights: Obama gets petty toward Israel's leader, and the Blob wants to control Internet  -  
Ernest Istook
24-Feb-2015
Rep. Wesselhoft regrets committee vote on open records bill, measure which press group says erodes government transparency  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
24-Feb-2015
Rep. Dunnington frustrated with demise of 'workplace equality' measures  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-Feb-2015
Rep. Kern's measure to allow wiretapping in human trafficking cases clears House floor  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-Feb-2015
Murphy & Morrissette join push to end ‘chamber of horrors’ at Licensure Board  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
19-Feb-2015
Oklahoma state Rep. Ann Coody explains her opposition to school choice  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-Feb-2015
Oklahoma’s Opportunity to End Political Organizing  -  
Mark Costello, Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor
17-Feb-2015
President Pro Temp Bingman wants to examine budget structure, identify opportunities for savings  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
16-Feb-2015
Documentary tells story of Children who led 'sit-ins' for state Civil Rights Movement  -  
Nasreen Iqbal, The City Sentinel
13-Feb-2015
In memory yet green: Ronald Reagan at 105  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Feb-2015
COMMENTARY Gov. Fallin campaigned on the economy, now she has to live with it  -  
Joe Dorman
04-Feb-2015
Stone Walls and Open Records: State DEQ rebuffs Oklahoma Department of Labor request for information on asbestos work  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Feb-2015
The 2015 State of the State Address  -  
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin
02-Feb-2015
Vigilant in how we treat each other' – Dr. King's last hours at 'The Mountaintop'  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Feb-2015
COMMENTARY: Oklahoma Workers' Compensation: Not At Risk  -  
Bill Minick
31-Jan-2015
As 2015 Legislature convenes, OETA to air Governor Mary Fallin’s 2015 'State of the State'  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
30-Jan-2015
California judges with traditional values are purged, and consumers could pay more for blinds  -  
Ernest Istook
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
“Children of the Civil Rights” documentary reviews stirring stories from city's transition, 1958-1964  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Jan-2015
Rep. Cooksey advocates insurance coverage for proton therapies  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
25-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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Oklahoma Speaker of the House Jeff Hickman announces committee leadership for 2015  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
15-Dec-2014
Pro-life, Pro-Choice Groups agree in pregnancy case  -  
Tom Strode
10-Dec-2014
Sen. Standridge appointed to attend national meeting  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-Dec-2014
State Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of State Question 640’s tax limit strictures  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Dec-2014
Return Fort Reno to the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
01-Dec-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
Lankford: President Obama was right the first time  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Nov-2014
Announcement of immigration executive action  -  
President Barack Obama
21-Nov-2014
Human Services promises continued efforts to improve foster home recruitment  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-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
State Chamber Welcomes Good News on State’s Pension Systems  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
13-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
Quartet of Oklahoma City anti-hunger leaders honored for good works  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-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
Jason Nelson leads at the Legislature, seeks fourth term in state House  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-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
Oklahoma City judicial forum affords opportunity to know trial judges before November election  -  
Darla Shelden
22-Oct-2014
Rep. Dank sets the stage for long-term care deliberations  -  
David Dank
21-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
'The Equalizer' as a parable on the limits of government  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-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
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
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
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
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
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
Oklahoma state Department of Labor to host Interstate Labor Standards Association conference  -  
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
Pat McGuigan plans to intensify his focus on state and local journalism  -  
Staff Report
01-Aug-2014
Rep. Bobby Cleveland presses, steadily for corrections and prison reforms  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
31-Jul-2014
Analyzing another mess that’s bigger and badder than the last one  -  
Stacy Martin
30-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
A.G. Scott Pruitt ‘hopes and prays’ a ‘consequential’ ruling hints at ACA’s demise  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-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
An analysis: U.S. Interior Department rebuffs BIA meddling in OK Cheyenne & Arapaho governance  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-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
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
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
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
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
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
Following Oklahoma, should New Mexico make a pension switch?  -  
Rob Nikolewski
18-Jun-2014
Rebuffing Arne Duncan, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin defends repeal of Common Core  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-Jun-2014
Oklahoma utilities say compliance with EPA standards will drive rate increases  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Jun-2014
New EPA regulations will likely trigger lawsuits, eventual U.S. Supreme Court decision  -  
Eric Boehm
10-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
Gov. Fallin must decide this week to sign or veto legislation repealing Common Core  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Jun-2014
NEWS UPDATE: COMMON CORE REPEAL HEADS TO FALLIN’S DESK  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
23-May-2014
NEWS UPDATE: COMMON CORE REPEAL CLEARS OKLAHOMA HOUSE  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
23-May-2014
Legislature overrides Gov. Mary Fallin’s veto, new law erodes third grade reading requirement  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-May-2014
Insurance Commissioner John Doak says ObamaCare exchange costs average $1,095 per enrollee  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-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
Pro-gun group leads revolt, OK House votes to override Gov. Fallin’s veto  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-May-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
Oklahoma conservatives plan to protest U.S. Attorney General Holder’s appearance  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Apr-2014
Oklahoma’s economic outlook slips from 14th to 21st in ‘Rich States, Poor States’ assessment  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Apr-2014
ANALYSIS: OK House Speaker Jeff Hickman steers conservative course  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Apr-2014
Oklahoma pension problems: $823 million annual debt, or $3.4 billion in savings after 30 years?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-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
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
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: ‘Pay for Success’ program could boost reform  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
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
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
ObamaCare to hurt Oklahoma Wage Earners  -  
Mark Costello
23-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
Analysis: OK Republicans to squabble over agency cuts, lower taxes, energy incentives  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Feb-2014
Governor Mary Fallin's State of the State Address  -  
Staff Report
03-Feb-2014
Seeking more positive tomorrows, Oklahoma school choice leaders push Arizona model  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Jan-2014
Remembering the man who helped make real ‘the promises of democracy’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Jan-2014
Prisons and purity: Is Oklahoma still crazy after all these years?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-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
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
After Coburn’s report: Inspector’s audit gives ‘clean’ bill or whitewash at Homeland Security?  -  
Kenric Ward | Watchdog.org
18-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
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
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
New study counters health arguments against e-cigarettes  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-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
Good Citizens: Russell Perry and Vicki Miles belong in the Hall of Fame  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-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
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
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
Oklahoma Interim Study: Family structure key factor in economic growth  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Oct-2013
Arizona Education Savings Accounts aren’t vouchers, study says  -  
Mary C. Tillotson, Watchdog.org
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
Conservative state Rep. Paul Wesselhoft honored by ACLU-OK  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Oct-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
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
State AFL-CIO leaders agree ACA is “not perfect”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-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
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
Under the dome: Bills under consideration for the special session  -  
Patrick B . McGuigan
03-Sep-2013
A.G. Pruitt presses to clear the haze from EPA regional standards fight  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-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
COMMENTARY: With scores of important storylines, ‘citizen journalism’ is working  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Aug-2013
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin sets special session for September 3  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Aug-2013
COMMENTARY: Memories, meaning and momentum, in a transforming news business  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Aug-2013
Milton Friedman honored, as Oklahoma’s special needs children are ‘Free to Choose’  -  
PatrickB. McGuigan
01-Aug-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
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
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
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
Critics of ‘ObamaCare’ skeptical of Leavitt Partners’ Medicaid recommendations  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-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
“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
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
Water rights victory historic, setting stage for state-tribal case  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-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
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
COMMENTARY: Don’t make the perfect the enemy of the good  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-May-2013
Senate clears omnibus budget, Gov. Fallin will sign soon  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-May-2013
Gov. Fallin vetoes pension reform bill, H.B. 2077  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-May-2013
State officials deliberate on ways to preserve Insure Oklahoma  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-May-2013
Oklahoma’s dynamic Medicaid discussion includes Florida pilot program  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-May-2013
COMMENTARY: From the Heartland, competitive federalism, where everything old is new again  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-May-2013
Obama administration denies extension of Insure Oklahoma program for working poor  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-May-2013
Gov. Fallin signs workers comp, infrastructure bills  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-May-2013
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
Governor, Speaker, Pro Temp announce accord on taxes, workers’ comp and infrastructure  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
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
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
COMMENTARY: Time and place: Judge Bork, the Mayflower Hotel’s Grand Ballroom, and unfinished work  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Apr-2013
Fallin signs trio of agreements with Gov. Boswell for Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Apr-2013
Americans United for Life to discuss policy, court cases at city event  -  
Staff Report
06-Apr-2013
Oklahoma leaders maintain opposition to Medicaid expansion, as homegrown reform founders  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Apr-2013
Emerging from despair, quartet of women graduate into productive citizenship  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Apr-2013
Mercatus Center raves about Oklahoma’s dramatic move toward economic liberty  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Mar-2013
Progress in the midst of peril: Oklahoma’s ReMerge program graduate looks forward to ‘a positive, productive life’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Mar-2013
Hoosier State decision could influence Oklahoma special needs scholarship litigation  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Mar-2013
OK: For the 2014 budget -- $200 million more, or $200 million less?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Mar-2013
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
First group of women set for graduation from Oklahoma County diversion program  -  
CapitolBeat Staff Report
20-Mar-2013
Gov. Fallin wants to consolidate pension administration -- firefighters oppose that and more  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Mar-2013
Pension reforms advance, including the firefighters fund  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Mar-2013
Prison plan at center of controversy between reform advocates and governor's staff  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Mar-2013
Conservative activists cheer Rand Paul at national conference – and “Ben Franklin” stops in  -  
Keisha Schultz
16-Mar-2013
Gov. Fallin hails bill that revises Council overseeing prisoner reentry programs  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Mar-2013
Oklahoma Attorney General’s Chief of Staff unresponsive to written question on state programs for non-violent offenders  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Mar-2013
Habemus Papam! Habemus Budgetam?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Mar-2013
Midnight special: Oklahoma House advances bill to allow armed teachers  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Mar-2013
Oklahoma local-level government entities win total of 10 National transparency awards  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
13-Mar-2013
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin renews pledge of support for American Indian museum financing, as bond foes demur  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Mar-2013
COMMENTARY: Sooner and Later: For prison reform, light a candle and ‘stick with it’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Mar-2013
Transparency Tipsheet & Commentary: How to be a transparency watchdog  -  
Kevin Palmer
11-Mar-2013
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
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
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
COMMENTARY: Practical or moral, for the sake of the ten  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Feb-2013
Gov. Fallin rebuffs Justice Reinvestment implementation funds  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Feb-2013
Gridiron delivers again: Witty musical satire performs this week at Plaza Lyric  -  
Publius
25-Feb-2013
States’ Rights Fight in Sooner State  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Feb-2013
Hobby Lobby garners new support in challenge to HHS mandate  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Feb-2013
States’ Rights panel advances Speaker’s contingency plan for spending cuts  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Feb-2013
Senate Administrative Workers’ Comp act unveiled, hearing Tuesday  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Feb-2013
Oklahoma pension reformers seek ‘sustainability’ and ‘intergenerational fairness’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Feb-2013
Speaker’s bill a reform of unemployment comp system – or ‘Kabuki-theatre set-up?”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Feb-2013
COMMENTARY: Mike Schwartz, the happy warrior  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-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
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
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
Secretary of State Glenn Coffee leaving Fallin administration  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Jan-2013
Framing the Picture: Speaker Shannon makes history, as outline of 2013 legislative session emerges  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Jan-2013
Analysis: Oklahoma Court decision may tighten bond issue standards – time will tell  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Jan-2013
Tom Colbert becomes chief justice of Oklahoma state Supreme Court  -  
05-Jan-2013
Oklahoma City's Top 10 stories: Devon makes history, OCU expands, and the Thunder rolls  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
29-Dec-2012
Editor’s Notebook: Bennington superintendent to challenge Barresi, Ridley retires (in part), school safety commission formed  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Dec-2012
COMMENTARY: Remembering the greatest man I have ever known  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Dec-2012
News Analysis: A layman’s journey through Oklahoma’s right-to-work data  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Dec-2012
COMMENTARY: Right to work transformed Oklahoma, and can do the same for Michigan  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Dec-2012
Report: Both crime rate and prison populations declined in 2011  -  
Patrick B McGuigan
02-Dec-2012
COMMENTARY: Note to Morningstar: Municipal and state pension hemmorhage accelerating  -  
Frank Keegan
29-Nov-2012
State Supreme Court, denies legal standing to school districts, special needs scholarships sustained  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
20-Nov-2012
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
Government pension fixes may take time – but time has run out  -  
Frank Keegan
02-Nov-2012
OK: Supreme Court retention votes get unprecedented attention  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Oct-2012
Analysis: Hobby Lobby case -- Matters of principle or “alleged religious beliefs”?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Oct-2012
COMMENTARY: Beards for Bork, and Bushmill vs. Jameson in the night  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
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
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
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
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
COMMENTARY: Can the Legislature do more than one thing at a time?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Sep-2012
We’re still No. 1! Prison crowding plan runs into questions, comments, awkward silences  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Sep-2012
Oklahoma Supremes spike Libertarian candidates from ballot  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Sep-2012
America’s most important ballot question that you’ve never heard of (yet)  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Sep-2012
All or nothing: Every state but Oklahoma has Libertarians on the ballot  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Sep-2012
State activists, national expert fight for Libertarian ballot access  -  
Patrick B McGuigan
04-Sep-2012
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
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
COMMENTARY: “Who built that?” A grandson’s question sparks reflections on economic liberty  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Aug-2012
Gunfight in OK Second District  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-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
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
COMMENTARY: State lawmakers sink deeper into denial on pension catastrophe  -  
Frank Keegan
08-Aug-2012
A leader, a dreamer and a doer – Archie Hoffman sought return of Cheyenne & Arapaho lands  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
31-Jul-2012
Reps. Nelson, Morrissette support final version of Human Services’ “Pinnacle Plan”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Jul-2012
DHS “co-Neutrals” approve Pinnacle Plan, $100 million a year spending hike expected  -  
Patrick B McGuigan
25-Jul-2012
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