Oklahoma Quality Jobs incentive program pays out $54 million amid budget crunch
This is a longer version of what appeared in Sunday’s paper: Search an online database of companies claiming Quality Jobs rebates View the Quality Jobs contract for the NBA’s Thunder basketball team View the Quality Jobs contract for Boeing Co. By PAUL MONIES Database Editor pmonies (at) opubco.com Oklahoma’s longtime economic development incentive for creating [...]
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Oklahoma Elections 2010: Precinct map for governor
The state Election Board has released a large amount of data from races across the state that is now available on its website. You can check out PDFs of county results for each race, and download precinct-level data for further analysis if you have a database program such as Microsoft Access. In contrast to my [...]
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Oklahoma’s Shariah Law amendment criticized, ridiculed
The amendment passed last week on Oklahoma to ban the consideration of Shariah law in the courts is the topic of debate in Politico’s Arena page today. Ignorant and bigoted are just a couple of the judgments.…
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Tom Cole Named to House GOP Transition Team
U.S. Rep. Tom Cole, R-Moore, was named today to the House Republican team that will work on the next majority’s rules and priorities.
The announcement was made by Rep. Greg Walden, the Oregon Republican who is heading up the transition. Republicans last week won more than 60 seats, enough to give them the majority when the new Congress begins in January.
In his eight years in Congress, Cole has served as a member of the Republican leadership team and on …
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New post-election Oklahoma House and Senate maps
I tend to get a little obsessive post-election with all the new data coming out from Tuesday’s results. On that note, here’s a couple of new maps based on the latest Republican gains in the Oklahoma House and Senate. The GOP picked up six seats in the Senate and eight in the House. Read Capitol [...]
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Oklahoma political vet Randy Swanson to head James Lankford team
Randy Swanson, who has been involved in Oklahoma Republican politics for decades, will be chief of staff for James Lankford, the newly elected Republican in the congressional district that includes Oklahoma City.
Swanson worked on GOP campaigns before handling press duties in the mid-1990s for U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas.
He most recently worked for the Oklahoma State Senate as the director of communications for the Republican leader. He also worked for J.C. Watts when Watts was on the Oklahoma Corporation …
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Sen. Jim Inhofe statement on Fort Hood shooting anniversary
Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, released this statement today in observance of the first anniversary of the Fort Hood shooting, in which Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, allegedly killed 13 people.
“Today, my thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims and our brave men and women in uniform. Their selfless service and sacrifices protect this nation and its people from those who wish us harm and our way of life. Whether in some distant land or …
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Coburn Op-Ed: Repeal the Health Care Bill
In a column in the Washington Examiner, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, says Republicans’ top priorities “should be to rein in wasteful spending and begin the task of repealing and replacing the health care bill.”…
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Dan Boren wants Nancy Pelosi replaced
U.S. Rep. Dan Boren, D-Muskogee, joined a growing chorus of conservative Democrats who want a new leader in the House in the wake of the party’s devastating losses in the House. Some conservative Democrats who survived on Tuesday have been quoted publicly as saying that they don’t want Speaker Nancy Pelosi, of California, to be the House minority leader next year. Boren agrees.
He released this statement this morning:
“I cannot in good conscience support Nancy Pelosi as Leader. I …
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GOP presidential hopefuls set up state PACs in Oklahoma
Sure, it’s two years away, but it’s never too early to set up political action committees if you’re considering a run for president. So far, three potential Republican candidates have started Oklahoma PACs that are tied to the national ones they’ve already established at the Federal Elections Commission. The state PACs allow them to donate to various candidates or issues in Oklahoma.
A look through the registered PACs at the Oklahoma Ethics Commission website shows that former Arkansas governor …
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